The current crisis in Ukraine, in which Russia has recognized the rebel republics in the Donbass, looks unusual, but this is not a new story for the post-Soviet space. Something similar to the events happening in the Donbass today took place in 1992, and the enclave that then arose still exists. …
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Moscow had asked Kiev to withdraw troops from Donbass republics to avoid bloodshed, but Ukraine refused, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed for the first time on Wednesday. “I want to say this for the first time: at the very beginning of the operation in Donbass, to avoid bloodshed, we asked …
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A former NYPD captain, Mayor-elect Eric Adams has promised to reinstate the city’s Anti-Crime units. Some 600 officers worked in these plainclothes units until they were disbanded by Mayor Bill deBlasio last summer amid a surge in anti-police sentiment following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. At a sit-down …
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“Baku is glad that the long-term Karabakh conflict is coming to an end,” Aliyev said in the early hours of Tuesday local time (2300 GMT Monday). The agreement is in the interest of both Azerbaijan and Armenia and will lead to a lasting peace and end to bloodshed, he added. …
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Speaking at an educational youth forum on Sunday, the Russian Foreign Minister touched upon the ongoing unrest in neighboring Belarus. The country is enduring a wave of mass protests triggered by contested elections. “The Belarusian people will decide for themselves how to get out of this situation,” Lavrov said, adding that …
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