The Russian Defense Ministry has announced that on Wednesday 248 of its service members have been released from Ukrainian captivity. Kiev has claimed that 230 of its personnel have been exchanged with Moscow. The swap of captured personnel was the result of a “complex negotiation process” facilitated by the “humanitarian mediation” of the United Arab …
Read More »Russian military confirms major prisoner exchange with Ukraine
A total of 110 Russians have returned home from Ukraine as part of a major prisoner exchange with Kiev, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. The group included 72 civilian sailors who had been held in Ukraine since February 2022, it added. In exchange, Moscow released 108 female soldiers …
Read More »Kremlin explains priorities in POW exchange with Ukraine
Bringing captured Russian soldiers back home is the top priority for Moscow, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. The official made the remarks following a major POW exchange between Moscow and Kiev. “The return of our soldiers and all the soldiers who fought and are fighting for the …
Read More »Russia and Ukraine hold largest POW exchange
Russia and Ukraine held a new prisoner of war exchange on Wednesday. The swap has become the largest exchange since the beginning of the ongoing conflict, with each side surrendering 144 prisoners. Ukraine’s military intelligence service was the first to announce the exchange, releasing photos of the swap. The batch …
Read More »UAE offers to mediate POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine – RIA source
The UAE has offered its “assistance” in a potential prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Monday, citing a law enforcement source. The Emirati proposals are being considered as the lists of prisoners slated for the swaps are finalized, the report said. Both Russia …
Read More »Largest crypto exchange halts Bitcoin withdrawals
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has temporarily halted Bitcoin withdrawals “due to a stuck transaction causing a backlog,” CEO Changpeng Zhao said in a tweet on Monday. Zhao tried to reassure users that their funds were safe and the problem was only impacting the Bitcoin network. The Binance team …
Read More »WATCH exchange of jailed Russian pilot for ex-US marine
Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who spent some 12 years in a US prison was exchanged on Wednesday for US national Trevor Reed sentenced to nine years behind bars back in 2020. The exchange became possible following a “lengthy negotiation process” Russian diplomats have said. The exchange, which took place in …
Read More »Russian producers obliged to sell more fuel at exchange auctions
In an attempt to reach a balance in the domestic gasoline and diesel markets, the Russian government will now be requiring the country’s oil producers to sell more fuel at exchange auctions. “Oil companies will have to sell more fuel at exchange auctions. The decision is aimed at maintaining a …
Read More »Yogi held Indian stock exchange like ‘puppet in his hands’ for years – regulator
The former head of India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE), the country’s largest, shared confidential information with her yoga guru for years, seeking his advice when making performance decisions, a probe by India’s market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has found. The regulator broke the news on …
Read More »Former Soviet Republics exchange fire on the border
Violence broke out at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border late on Thursday, with the clashes occurred at a poorly-demarcated part of the frontier, where the territories of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan meet, at a point where each country has multiple enclaves in the territory of its neighboring states. The trouble reportedly began when a Tajik vehicle …
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