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War in Ukraine
Alena Dirksen, the Russian-born German owner of the Rodina restaurant in Mittweida, published a video on TikTok on Monday, Oct. 10, where she filmed Ukrainian protesters in Dresden on the same day tha
Oct. 12, 2022
Russia
According to the country’s Interfax news agency, the Russian government added Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, to a list of terrorist and extremist organisations on Oct.11. The anno
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
In an exclusive interview with Kyiv Post, Oleksiy Honcharenko, Ukrainian lawmaker and member of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) delegation, shared his impressions about his
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s economy may face multiple long-term challenges, but for now energy exports appear to be helping it ride out Western sanctions imposed over the offensive against Ukraine. Moscow says inflation
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
While mobilization continues inside Russia, historic buildings in Ukraine’s occupied territories are being turned into fortresses. In the southern Siberian Republic of Tuva, homeland of Russian Defen
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
The military-industrial complex of Belarus is already involved in the repair of Russian equipment damaged during hostilities. In addition, the first batch of twenty T-72 tanks was removed from storage
Oct. 12, 2022
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has recently given an interview to the Washington Post in which she has expressed her view on relations with neighboring Ukraine, Russia’s war against it, and why she thi
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday, Oct.12, called on American allies to accelerate financial disbursements to Ukraine. “We are calling on our partners and allies to join us by swiftly disb
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden has branded Russian President Vladimir Putin a “rational actor” whose invasion of Ukraine is “irrational,” in a TV interview with CNN on Oct. 11. Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tappe
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said it is important for Ukraine to win the war against Russia, otherwise the world will be vulnerable for further Russia’s aggression. He said this at a pr
Oct. 12, 2022
War in Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky told G7 leaders on Tuesday, Oct. 11, that Vladimir Putin still had “room for escalation” after two days of widespread aerial strikes on cities across Ukraine, including K
Oct. 11, 2022
Members of Generation Z (the demographic group under 25 years of age) are already making a serious global impact: they are leaving Russia by the hundreds of thousands to avoid military conscription. F
Oct. 11, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russian Army General Sergei Surovikin has been appointed commander of the joint grouping of Russian troops, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday, Oct. 8. Surovikin’s first day of work
Oct. 11, 2022
War in Ukraine
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the margins of a regional summit in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on Wednesday, Oct.12, a Turkish official told AFP. Turkey
Oct. 11, 2022
Billionaire Silicon Valley investor Yuri Milner said Monday he had renounced his Russian citizenship. “My family and I left Russia for good in 2014, after the Russian annexation of Crimea. And this su
Oct. 11, 2022
Dr. Thomas O’Donnell is an American energy and geopolitics expert, based for the last decade in Berlin. He has been deeply engaged in analysis and critique of the German-Russian gas partnership and co
Oct. 11, 2022
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The June 19 defense pact signed between Russia and North Korea included a promise to provide military assistance to one another – within days Pyongyang said it was sending troops to Ukraine.
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