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Scholz condemns war, urges Russia to negotiate with Ukraine in first call with Putin in nearly 2 years

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke by phone on Nov. 15, their first direct call in nearly two years, according to a German government statement. Earlier in the day, Bloomberg reported that Putin and Scholz were scheduled to speak, though it did not specify the time or topics of discussion. The […]

Ukraine

November 15, 2024

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Russian court sentences US citizen to 15 years for alleged espionage

A Russian court on Dec. 24 convicted U.S. citizen Eugene Spector of espionage and sentenced him to 15 years in a high-security prison. Spector, 52, was already serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence for bribery when he was charged with espionage. The Moscow City Court on Dec. 24 added 13 years to Spector's sentence after convicting him […]

Ukraine

December 24, 2024

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Monthly inflation in Russia accelerates, hitting a record number in 2.5 years

Russian monthly inflation in November hit a record high, rising over 1.5 times compared to October, the Moscow Times reported on Nov. 27. According to the Federal State Statistics Service (RosStat), during the week of Nov. 19-25, the consumer price index increased by 0.36%, up 1.15% from the beginning of the month, and over 8% […]

Ukraine

November 28, 2024

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Ukraine can help restore stability in Syria after years of Russian interference, Zelensky says

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has a chance to contribute to restoring stability in Syria after years of Russian interference, emphasizing that this effort will also bolster Ukraine’s own pursuit of peace. "It would be the right step to restore our diplomatic relations and economic cooperation with Syria," he said during his evening address […]

Ukraine

December 30, 2024

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Russian lawyer sentenced to 7 years in prison for publicly speaking out against Ukraine war, media reports

A Russian court has sentenced prominent lawyer Dmitry Talantov to seven years in prison for criticizing the war in Ukraine on social media, according to the Russian independent monitoring group OVD-Info. Talantov, 63, was arrested in June 2022 and has been behind bars for over two years. He was convicted of inciting hatred and spreading […]

Ukraine

November 28, 2024

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Polish consulate in St. Petersburg closes after over 50 years

Poland’s consulate in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has shut down, with the staff taking down the Polish and EU flags and clearing out the building, the Polish RMF24 news outlet reported on Jan. 8. Poland closed its consulate building in St. Petersburg after 53 years. The decision follows Warsaw's order to close a […]

Ukraine

January 8, 2025

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Media: 24-year-old Ukrainian man from Russian-occupied Melitopol accused of 'criminal espionage' by FSB, faces up to 20 years in prison

Leonid Popov, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia since 2017, was charged with espionage by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russian independent outlet IStories reported on Nov. 29. The case against him was opened in Aug. 2024, but he disappeared over a year before, in Apr. 2023. According to IStories, he has endured […]

Ukraine

December 1, 2024

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Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about Biden family's ties to Ukrainian business jailed for 6 years

A Californian court sentenced former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who falsely accused the Biden family of taking a bribe from a Ukrainian business, to six years in prison, CNN reported on Jan. 8. Smirnov is accused of tax evasion and making false statements that U.S. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter each received $5 […]

Ukraine

January 9, 2025

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German court sentences killers of Ukrainian basketball players to 8.5-10 years

A court in the German city of Essen on Dec. 2 sentenced four teenagers to between eight and a half to 10 years in a youth detention center for the murder of two Ukrainian basketball players earlier this year, German media reported. Volodymyr Yermakov, 17, and Artem Kozachenko, 18, were attacked with knives in Oberhausen […]

Ukraine

December 3, 2024

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Russia could challenge EU's defense readiness within 5 years, Kallas says

European Union leaders are warning that Russia could test the bloc's readiness to defend itself within the next three to five years, calling for an increase in defense budgets and deepen military cooperation among member states. Speaking at a European Defense Agency meeting on Jan. 22, EU's chief diplomat Kaja Kallas stressed that the bloc […]

Ukraine

January 22, 2025

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30 years ago today, Ukraine traded nuclear arms for security assurances, a decision that still haunts Kyiv today

On Dec. 5, 1994, Ukraine had signed a set of political agreements that would guarantee the country's sovereignty and independence in return for accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Signed in Budapest, the memorandum would lay grounds for Ukraine to dispose of its nuclear arsenal in return for the U.S., […]

Ukraine

December 5, 2024

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‘We believe that in 5 years, Ukraine's defense sector will attract half a billion dollars;’ Q&A with foreign defense investors

Ukraine has become a hotbed of defense innovation, as Russia’s deadly invasion fuels a rapid development of new battlefield technologies. Kyiv now aims to become a global leader in the defense sector, but with its economy drained by the war, it needs foreign investment to accomplish its goal. Ukraine has the capacity to produce around […]

Ukraine

October 9, 2024

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