A number of former McDonald’s restaurants reopened in Russia with new branding and ownership on Sunday – the as Russia Day was celebrated across the country. The iconic golden arches logo of McDonald’s has been taken down at restaurants across the country, and the sites have reopened as ‘Vkusno i Tochka’, …
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According to Reuters, the US government is considering selling to Ukraine four MQ-1C Grey Eagle drones capable of firing Hellfire missiles for use against Russian forces participating in the special military operation in the Donbass region. If true, the sale would require special permission from both the State Department and US …
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The US has been concealing information about its “military biological activity” in the post-Soviet states, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. This, according to Zakharova, raises “serious questions” about Washington’s compliance with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). In an interview with TASS published on Sunday, …
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No peace agreement that excludes Russia can be successful in the long run, Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, said on Saturday. Naryshkin that any attempts to sideline Moscow in international politics are doomed to fail. “Russia is a traditional guarantor of international peace and security. No …
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The Polish government was too quick to ban Russian coal, Pawel Poncyljusz, a member of the Civic Coalition of Warsaw’s Parliament, told state-run Polskie Radio on Friday. In his opinion, the sudden reduction in supplies will hurt the average person. “It is a problem. Such radical decisions were made too quickly, …
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The first road bridge between Russia and China opened for freight traffic on Friday amid the deep crisis in relations between Moscow and the West over the Russian military offensive in Ukraine. Construction of the 1,080-meter-long crossing between the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk and China’s Heihe across the Amur River …
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US sanctions against Russia are having a “huge” impact on the rising food and energy prices at home, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has conceded. Yellen was asked during the New York Times’ DealBook DC Policy Forum on Thursday if already soaring US gas prices would continue to increase. “It’s unlikely …
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Boeing’s decision to pause production of its popular 737 MAX plane may be due to sanctions imposed on Moscow, air safety expert Roman Gusarov told the newspaper Izvestia. Russia provides critical parts and components to the American aircraft maker. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Boeing had to …
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Kiev forces are almost out of ammunition and can only rely on Western-supplied arms in the battle against Russia, a top Ukrainian intelligence official has said. “This is an artillery war now,” Vadim Skibitsky, the deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, told The Guardian on Friday. Ranged combat is going …
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The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) slashed its key interest rate on Friday from 11% to 9.5%. The regulator noted that inflation in the country shows signs of easing. “The external environment for the Russian economy remains challenging and significantly constrains economic activity. At the same time, inflation is slowing …
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