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Zelensky: Ukraine Will Become ‘Big Israel,’ with Security Top Priority

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that amid the Russian operation, Ukraine will become “big Israel”, with security being the top priority for the country over the next 10 years. In an interview with Ukrainian journalists broadcast on national television, Zelensky also said that “Ukraine had no option but to ...

April 5, 2022

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More EU Member States Expel Russian Diplomats

Italy, Denmark and Sweden have decided to expel a combined total of 48 Russian diplomats, becoming the latest EU countries to resort to the measure in the ongoing diplomatic crisis amid Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. Foreign ministers from the three countries informed the Russian ambassadors of their decisions on Tuesday. ...

April 5, 2022

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Medvedev Slams Bucha Story as Fake Ukrainian Propaganda

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that the situation in the Ukrainian town of Bucha is another example of Ukraine’s fake propaganda. “An aircraft picture taken from a computer game. A drone downed by a jar of pickles. ‘Dead heroes’ who surrendered to a ...

April 5, 2022

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France Says Places Great Importance on Dialogue with Putin

French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune said Paris believes that maintaining dialogue on Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin is very important. During an interview with the RFI radio station on Tuesday, Beaune asked if French President Emmanuel Macron planned to continue telephone talks with Putin. He ...

April 5, 2022

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German Consumer Goods Giant to Continue Business in Russia

German chemical and consumer goods giant Henkel will continue doing business in Russia, according to the company’s Chairperson Simone Bagel-Trah. “This is sometimes viewed very critically by the public. So, it is important to me to stress we are fully applying all applicable sanctions,” she told shareholders on Monday during ...

April 5, 2022

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Duma Speaker: Bucha Incident False Flag to Discredit Russia

Russia’s State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Tuesday that the situation in the Ukrainian city of Bucha is a false flag to discredit Moscow and justify Western sanctions. “The only objective is to discredit Russia, justify the sanctions, weapons supplies and other unfriendly actions, as well as to further ...

April 5, 2022

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FILE PHOTO: An employee in branded jacket walks past a part of Gazprom's Power Of Siberia gas pipeline at the Atamanskaya compressor station outside the far eastern town of Svobodny, in Amur region, Russia November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov./File Photo

Germany Seizes Russian Gas Company

Germany has taken ownership of a local branch of Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom. Berlin’s energy regulator will temporarily control the company despite Moscow’s previous insistence that such a move would be illegal. Gazprom Germania, a subsidiary of the Saint Petersburg-based firm, operates some of the country’s largest natural gas ...

April 5, 2022

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Russia Resumes Flights to More than 50 ‘Friendly’ Nations

Russian authorities announced plans on Monday to end the ban on flights to and from 52 countries starting April 9, as Moscow continues to lift Covid-19-related restrictions. The measure would apply to “friendly countries,” Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said, referring to nations which did not join in on Western sanctions ...

April 4, 2022

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Putin Signs Decree with Visa Restrictions against ‘Unfriendly Countries’

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree with visa restrictions against “unfriendly countries” in response to sanctions over Ukraine. The decree, which comes into force on Monday, suspends Russia’s simplified visa process with some EU countries as well as Norway, Switzerland, Denmark and Iceland. Moscow introduced an “unfriendly” list of ...

April 4, 2022

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Russia to Reap Huge Profits from Energy Exports: Reports

Russia’s energy revenue is expected to skyrocket this year if trading partners continue purchases of oil and gas from the sanction-hit country. Russia will get an estimated $321 billion in energy exports in 2022, marking a surge of more than a third compared to last year, according to a Bloomberg ...

April 4, 2022