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PoliticsSep 18Trump signs late Senator Lindsey Graham’s ‘sanctions from hell’ law against RussiaU.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a new sanctions law against Russia — the “sanctions from hell,” as the American press calls them — according to a statement on the White House website.Meduza [en]
PoliticsSep 18Trump says his son’s wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch is ‘totally allowed’ - AP NewsTrump says his son’s wedding party being bankrolled by a Russian oligarch is ‘totally allowed’ apnews.comAP News
ConflictSep 18Zelensky urges U.S. lawmakers to pass Graham’s sanctions bill after Russian guided bomb hit apartment building in northeastern Ukraine, killing two city council employeesMeduza [en]
PoliticsSep 18Trump says son told him he’ll repay Russian oligarch for wedding partiesUS President Donald Trump ⁠said on Friday that his son Donald Trump Jnr has told him he would pay back a Russian oligarch who bankrolled wedding celebrations for him in the Bahamas in May. Democrats in ‌the US Congress launched an investigation this week into reports that Umar Kremlev, a wealthy Russian businessman and president of the International Boxing Association, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the wedding festivities. ProPublica, which first reported Kremlev’s involvement, said...South China Morning Post
PoliticsSep 18Donald Trump claims son repaid Russian boxing chief Umar Kremlev for Bahamas wedding expensesU.S. President Donald Trump said his son has repaid Umar Kremlev, head of the International Boxing Association, who covered part of the cost of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding.Meduza [en]
PoliticsSep 18Trump signs sweeping Russia sanctions billThe bill is named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch advocate of aid for Ukraine.BBC World
PoliticsSep 18Trump signs Russia sanctions bill championed by GrahamThe new law lets the president impose tariffs on the largest purchases of Russian oil and natural gas.CBS News
PoliticsSep 18Trump says son paid back Russian oligarch for wedding giftPresident Trump said Friday that his son Donald Trump Jr. paid back the Russian oligarch who funded some of his lavish wedding celebrations after concerns flared over ethics violations and potential influences from foreign adversaries. President Trump was asked in the Oval Office whether it was appropriate that his son accepted the gift from Umar…The Hill
PoliticsSep 18Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence FindsNYT US
PoliticsSep 18Russia labels director of Cannes Grand Prix winner a 'foreign agent'Russia on Friday said it had added the director of the Cannes Grand Prix winner "Minotaur", a grim oeuvre set against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, to…Japan Today
ConflictSep 18Russian drone attack hits Kyiv region, injuring two, setting warehouses ablazeTwo men were injured in a Russian drone attack on the Bucha district of the Kyiv region in the evening of September 18.Ukrinform [en]
PoliticsSep 18Russia’s Parliamentary Elections Offer Rituals, Not ResultsPolling shows that United Russia is all but certain to maintain its power.Foreign Policy
ConflictSep 18Budanov: Ukraine can successfully counter Russia on information frontRussia is pouring enormous resources into propaganda and manipulation, but Ukraine has the tools to successfully counter the enemy on the information front.Ukrinform [en]
ConflictSep 18Russian guided bombs hit Sumy, damaging apartment buildings, injuring residentsUkrinform [en]
PoliticsSep 18Russian pro-peace parliamentary candidate Yulia Kuznetsova resurfaces after going missing, saying a ‘difficult conversation’ left her needing psychological and medical helpYulia Kuznetsova, a State Duma candidate from the Greens party who disappeared a day earlier after a meeting with voters, has posted a video.Meduza [en]
PoliticsSep 18Russia labels Cannes-winning director Andrey Zvyagintsev a ‘foreign agent’Acclaimed Russian film director who won 2026 Grand Prix award at Cannes, ⁠has been critical of the war in Ukraine.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsSep 18‘Who washes Putin’s underpants?’ Pet Shop Boys revisit Navalny’s poisoning in a new song released as Russia votes in parliamentary elections.The British pop group Pet Shop Boys has released a new song, “A Top Secret Washing Machine,” on its YouTube channel. The track was timed to coincide with Russia’s State Duma elections.Meduza [en]
ConflictSep 18Time to stop suggesting AI is conscious?, Riyadh Calling: Saudi’s Hour of News, Russian electionsThis week, Saudi Arabia has turned to its allies for military support as Iran-backed Houthi rebels tighten their grip on Yemen’s Red Sea coast and the Bab el Mandeb shipping choke point, while drone attacks on the Kingdom’s oil infrastructure deepen an emerging energy crisis. In Russia, voters head to the polls for a tightly controlled parliamentary election with little meaningful opposition, as Putin insists there will be no new mobilisation. Meanwhile, warnings about the risks of AI are coming from inside the industry itself, with Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warning against treating France 24 [en]
ConflictSep 18Two killed, two injured in Russian attack on BalakliiaUkrinform [en]
PoliticsSep 18Will Russia Ever Be ‘Normal’?Empires inevitably decline, and Putin’s project will be no exception.Foreign Policy
ConflictSep 18France says Russian hybrid attacks are intensifyingIrish Times World
PoliticsSep 18Trump to sign Russia sanctions bill today, source saysPresident Trump will sign the recently passed Russia sanctions bill Friday, a White House official tells CBS News. CBS News' Weijia Jiang has more on that and the rest of the news coming out of the White House.CBS News
PoliticsSep 18Do elections in Russia make a difference?Millions of people are choosing a new lower house of Parliament.Al Jazeera [en]
ConflictSep 18UN report: widespread sexual violence in Ukraine, especially by Russian troopsNOS Buitenland