A poll of 2,000 Ukrainian citizens, published on Thursday by NGO, Rating, showed a clear gap between those happy with the direction the country is heading in, and those who think it’s on the wrong track. Although Kiev’s official line is that the country was an unwilling partner in the …
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Legion bettered former Russian Premier League team Anzhi Makhachkala, the club Khabib supported as a boy, 2-0 to reach the Russian Cup group stage, which will se them pitted against some of the country’s top clubs. The club on Friday posted an image to their official Instagram page of president Shamil Lakhiyalov shaking …
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That’s according to Alexey Kudrin, the head of Russia’s Accounts Chamber, the parliamentary body that oversees the country’s finances. Kudrin is also a former deputy prime minister and served as the minister of finance. In his opinion, Russia should stop focusing on domestic consumption and turn its focus to exports, …
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“This overdue legislation will save lives,” Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, declared on Wednesday. In addition to cleaning up existing PFAS contamination, the law would help people who have suffered exposure to the deadly chemicals and avoid future exposure. However, the nationwide version …
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As might have been expected, the weekend’s G7 summit saw a particularly strong focus on China. Among the pledges was an apparent bid to counter Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – a massive transcontinental infrastructure and investment portfolio – with an ‘alternative’ proposed by the West. Titled ‘Build Back …
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Andrei Denisov, Russia’s ambassador to the East Asian nation, wrote in a new essay collection made available on Tuesday that economic partnerships and positive political relations alone were enough in the short term. “I believe that a formal alliance, especially a military-political one, is not the most optimal scheme for …
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The IDF boasted of the targeted assassination strikes in a tweet early on Wednesday morning, which it said it conducted alongside Israel’s internal security service, the ISA, commonly known as the Shin Bet. “Our fighter jets, with the ISA, neutralized key figures of Hamas’ intelligence: Hassan Kaogi, head of the …
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Chaim Kanievsky, who is considered a leading authority in the Jewish Orthodox community, gave an affirmative answer when asked by Israeli outlet News 12 about the possibility of the Israeli right forming a coalition with Israeli Arab parties. The 93-year-old cleric and spiritual leader of the United Torah Judaism party …
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The European Union publicly espouses a policy of strategic autonomy, meaning that it should, in theory, strive to be more independent, pursue its own interests. However, recent events suggest that the EU is perfectly content being a ping pong ball in the US’ Cold War 2.0: Electric Boogaloo. For starters, …
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The idea of a four-day working week has been a long-held fantasy of the Left but now it looks like Spain will be the first European country to trial the idea while the rest of us stand back and watch the economy tank. The government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez …
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