The imposition of US sanctions against the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) is something of a paradox. The RSPP reflects the interests of businessmen and companies – ie. the locomotives of the capitalist economy. So, by definition, these are the very people who most believe in free markets. …
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Russian soldiers drastically differ from Ukrainian service members because they are not human, according to an American transgender journalist recently appointed as an official spokesperson for Kiev’s territorial defense forces. On Saturday, Sarah Ashton-Cirillo posted a 21-second clip on X (formerly Twitter) in which she is seen standing in front …
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Monday that it arrested a woman who had passed on intelligence to the Russians about the location of President Vladimir Zelensky so they could try to assassinate him. The suspect is a resident of the port city of Ochakov in Nikolaev Region, …
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Russia has delivered some 1,700 tons of state-of-art nuclear equipment to China, including a reactor hull and four steam generators for the Tianwan nuclear power plant. The facility already has four older VVER-1000 water-water energetic reactors among its six operational units and is set to receive two more VVER-1200 reactors, …
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Ukrainian maritime drones tried to attack Russian civilian vessels in the Black Sea, but were destroyed by Russia’s navy escort ships, the Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday. In a statement, the ministry said that “overnight, the Kiev regime tried to stage a terror attack on Russian civilian transport ships heading …
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Russian forces have stopped Ukraine’s much-hyped counteroffensive dead in its tracks, inflicting tens of thousands of casualties on Kiev’s troops, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Monday. Speaking at a conference attended by senior military commanders, Shoigu noted that Kiev “is desperately throwing new forces in a bid to storm …
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Dashcam footage of the Ukrainian strike on the Russian port city of Taganrog, located in southwestern Rostov Region, has surfaced online. The city’s center was hit by a repurposed anti-aircraft S-200 missile earlier on Friday, injuring over a dozen civilians and inflicting material damage. The short video shows the missile …
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The Russian Defense Ministry has acknowledged that a missile struck the southwest port city of Taganrog on Friday, calling the incident a “terrorist attack” by Ukraine. The city center was hit by a major blast on Friday, with at least 15 people injured, according to local authorities. Ukrainian forces used …
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The Ukrainian military has ramped up its counteroffensive, but sustained heavy losses in the process, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. During the past 24 hours, Kiev launched a major attack on Russian positions in Zaporozhye Region, Putin revealed when talking to reporters on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa …
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Ukraine uses Russian oil refined in Hungary and Türkiye to power its Western-supplied tanks and diesel generators, the German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Monday. Hungary’s oil and gas giant MOL has “doubled its sales to Ukraine in the past six months,” the business daily noted, citing Ukrainian customs officials. “Since …
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