Backlink: NEWS MAX A powerful truck explosion seriously damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea on Saturday, hitting a prestigious symbol of Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and the key supply route to Russian forces battling to hold territory captured in southern Ukraine. […]
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Backlink: REUTERS Russian space officials have informed U.S. counterparts that Moscow would like to keep flying its cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until their own orbital outpost is built and operational, a senior NASA official told Reuters on Wednesday. […]
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Backlink: THE HILLL Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Sunday cautioned Russian President Vladimir Putin against carrying out his threat of a nuclear attack, saying it would be a “suicide weapon.”Vladimir Putin against carrying out his threat of a nuclear attack, saying it would be a “suicide weapon.” […]
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Backlink: VISIONTIMES Sanctions-hit VTB Bank has urged President Vladimir Putin to curb the activities of Western grain traders in Russia, citing the need to strengthen Russian traders’ role in the global market. In the letter, dated Sept. 14, VTB Chief Executive Andrei Kostin asked Putin to issue a decree to prohibit companies belonging to […]
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Backlink: EURO NEWS The European Union aims to impose a price cap on Russian oil and further restrict commercial links with Moscow with a fresh package of sanctions announced on Wednesday by Ursula von der Leyen. The latest proposal comes in direct response to the referendums held in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine and the decree of partial […]
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Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES “If Russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on the 25th of this month, referring to threats to use nuclear weapons. “The United States will respond decisively.” […]
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Backlink: RADIO FREE EUROPE In some regions, men are driven off in buses, with wives, mothers, and sisters sobbing openly and waving goodbye. In other places, men say they’re steeling themselves for battle. On the borders with Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Mongolia, long lines of cars are reported as people try to urgently leave the […]
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Backlink: REUTERS Europe was investigating leaks in two Russian gas pipelines that churned up the Baltic Sea with bubbles on Tuesday and raised concerns from Copenhagen to Moscow about sabotage on infrastructure at the heart of a European energy standoff. […]
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Backlink: THE BL More than 200 days have passed since President Vladimir Putin launched the “special military operation,” against Ukraine, and China has moved closer to Russia, cooperating on several vital issues. However, a recent meeting between the foreign ministers of China and Ukraine cast doubt on China’s true intentions. […]
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Backlink: NDTV Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he will deploy citizens to fight Ukraine on Wednesday, “how to break an arm at home” became the top Google search in Russia. The Russians also bought one-way plane tickets out of the country after the announcement. […]
Backlink: BREITBART Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a partial military conscription in a speech on Wednesday in which he accused the West of “nuclear blackmail” and trying to “destroy” Russia. […]
Backlink: NDTV The Kremlin called Vladimir Sungorkin’s passing a “great loss to Russian journalism”. Vladimir Sungorkin, the editor-in-chief of Russian state newspaper Pravda, has died at the age of 68. Mr Sungorkin, who was a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, had a stroke while on a business trip to Khabarovsk. […]
Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday introduced a bi-partisan bill that would designate the Russian government as a “state sponsor of terrorism.” It comes the same day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia as a “terrorist state” after Russian forces fired a missile on the Karachunivske […]
Backlink: NEWS WEEK Kremlin officials and state media propagandists are acknowledging recent Russian defeats in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region in a move meant to shield President Vladimir Putin from responsibility, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). […]
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