German lawmakers agreed Thursday to strip former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of his office and staff after he maintained and defended his long-standing ties with Russia and its energy sector despite the invasion of staff. Sven Kindler, a financial policy spokesman for the Greens, one of the governing parties, tweeted that parliament’s budget committee approved a […]
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The Russian government is planning to leave the WHO and World Trade Organisation as Putin continues to isolate his nation from the West following the invasion of Ukraine.Moscow’s Foreign Ministry yesterday sent a list of international organisations to parliament, with orders to review it and break ‘obligations [or] treaties which do not bring benefit, but […]
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Russia has warned Finland that it will be “forced” to respond if the long-neutral country joins NATO soon, despite the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry made the announcement on Thursday.The statement read, “Finland joining NATO is a radical change in the country’s foreign policy. “Russia will be forced to take […]
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Japan describes four islands whose ownership it disputes with moscow as “illegally occupied by Russia” within the latest version of a diplomatic report released Friday, using stronger language to explain the territorial flap than alternative recent versions and underscoring the chilled relations between the 2 sides amid the Russian invasion of Ukrayina. The description in […]
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Mariupol is one giant “Fuck You!”, to Putin, to Russia, to the idea of Pan-Slavism and to the reputation of the Orkish… ah Russian… Army. The city is 90% Russian speaking, yet it failed to revolt in 2014. Eight years later and the Russians again assumed that just because they spoke the same language, the […]
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Yes, absolutely. only yesterday, four Russian fighters violated Swedish airspace and were repelled. This was in all probability a completely idiotic approach of claiming “Don’t be part of nato, or else”. Russia looks to be pass by morons these days. Our reaction thus far has been just about “Or else what, exactly? You’re going to […]
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The first refugees from the besieged southern port city of Mariupol have arrived in Lviv in western Ukraine. The evacuees describe scenes of terror in the city which is under sustained Russian bombardment. “The city is being wiped off the face of the earth,” says 28-year-old Yulia Yashenko. Yulia and her elderly parents are among […]
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Donations being funneled to the Ukrainian army in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are in the millions of dollars, according to new data from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. Research shows that $4.1 million in crypto has been raised by nongovernmental organizations and volunteer groups in Ukraine since the invasion began, including a single $3 million donation early […]
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Russian assaults on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have been met with fierce resistance, as the Ukrainian military says it fought off several attacks. The military said in a Facebook post early on Saturday that an army unit managed to repel Russian forces near its base on a major city street. In a new video, President […]
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The Ukrainian armed forces has posted a statement saying that Russian military began “intensive shelling” of its units in the east of the country. Russia also launched missile strikes on Boryspil airport near Kyiv and several other airports, the statement said. It said the Ukrainian air force is fighting off an air attack by Russia. […]
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