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The European Union has frozen Russian assets worth $13.8 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said Tuesday. “For the moment, we have frozen — co
Jul. 12, 2022
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A Moscow court on Friday sentenced a city councillor to seven years in prison for denouncing President Vladimir Putin’s military intervention in Ukraine. Alexei Gorinov, 60, is the first elected membe
Jul. 8, 2022
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The United States and Western allies pressured Russia at G20 talks in Indonesia Friday over its “unprovoked and unjustifiable war of choice” in Ukraine, but Moscow’s envoy remained defiant. US Secreta
Jul. 8, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s propaganda apparatus is preparing to exploit coming divisions in European public opinion as inevitable cracks in the support for the Ukrainian war effort appear, a US intelligence firm said o
Jul. 7, 2022
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Russia’s parliament on Wednesday toughened legislation on state treason and espionage and introduced harsh prison terms for calls to act against national security. “The changes are an adequate and tim
Jul. 6, 2022
War in Ukraine
An explosion on July 3 in the Russian city of Belgorod killed three people and injured four others. There was also, according to preliminary reports, damage to eight private houses, three high-rise bu
Jul. 6, 2022
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Vladimir Putin answered questions from media representatives in Turkmenistan on June 29. Russian President Vladimir Putin answered questions from media representatives in Turkmenistan. He explained th
Jun. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia said Monday that two of its debt payments were blocked from reaching creditors, pushing the country closer to its first foreign default in a century due to sanctions over the Ukraine offensive.
Jun. 28, 2022
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Global confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin has fallen through the floor, according to data from Pew Research. The Spring 2022 Global Attitudes Survey, spanning 18 countries, found that 90%
Jun. 24, 2022
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The West has been relatively united in its reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine so far. But beyond the US and Europe, attitudes are not so clear. Beijing has invited the Brics countries Brazil,
Jun. 23, 2022
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Lithuania has banned the transit of certain goods across its territory to the Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, citing EU sanctions as the reason for the measure. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pes
Jun. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
On June 19, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law banning Russian music and printed materials in Ukraine on TV, radio, and in public places. According to the law, these amendments will be in place unt
Jun. 21, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s economic authorities have clashed over inflation and growth forecasts in rare public displays of discord at a flagship forum in Saint Petersburg. The annual Saint Petersburg International Eco
Jun. 18, 2022
War in Ukraine
In the bedroom of his modest apartment in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, ex-university lecturer Roman Melnichenko has two bags packed: one if he goes to prison, the other if he has to flee. “
Jun. 14, 2022
Russia
Editor’s note: the following is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s nightly address to the nation as it appears in English on the presidential website. Unbreakable people of the bravest country!
May. 20, 2022
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Surveyed readers of U.S.-based Time news magazine gave a plurality of their votes to select President Volodymyr Zelensky as the most influential person among 100 notable people of the year in the publ
May. 20, 2022
The Russian delegation brought a collective 76 years of high-level government service to the table in Riyadh compared to that of the US representatives whose experience was measured in weeks.
Feb. 19