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According to reliable reports, several protests took place in Dagestan on Sep. 25, with regional capital Makhachkala hosting the largest demonstration. Urban residents gathered in the city centre arou
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is now taking its toll on its own population. Following Putin’s mobilisation, the authorities are not being picky about whom they send to war and are recruit
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
The head of the UN atomic energy watchdog said Monday he was ready to continue talks in Ukraine and Russia this week to set up a security zone around a key nuclear power plant. Fighting around Ukraine
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says the ongoing partial mobilization in Russia and referenda being run in occupied regions of Ukraine suggest that the Russians are “struggling bad
Sep. 26, 2022
The death toll has risen to 13 people, including seven children, after a man opened fire Monday at his former school in central Russia, authorities said. The attack was the latest in a series of schoo
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
Fresh hostilities broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region last week. As a result, nearly 100 people have been killed in the busiest week of violence in the region since
Sep. 26, 2022
There were few surprises in the Italian elections held on Sep. 25. The center-right coalition won 44% of the votes for the Senate, far more than the center-left coalition, with 27%, according to the v
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the United States expressed concern to Russia over the threats of using nuclear weapons in the war with Ukraine. “We’re focused on making sure that
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russian authorities on Sunday, Sep. 25, promised to fix the mistakes in their troop call-up for Ukraine, after some public outrage over students, older or sick people being mistakenly ordered to repor
Sep. 26, 2022
Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews gathered in the Ukrainian city of Uman for their annual pilgrimage, officials said Sunday, Sep. 25, despite authorities asking them to skip the trip because of the wa
Sep. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
A British man freed from captivity in east Ukraine in a prisoner swap told Sunday, Sep. 25, how his captors stabbed him in the back and forced him to sing the Russian national anthem. Aiden Aslin, who
Sep. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
Backed Into a Corner ( Read Part I here.) Yet while the nuclear threats are directed against NATO countries rather than Ukraine, Ukraine is the reason why Russia is in trouble and which now seems to o
Sep. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
Roman Gerstein, an 83-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, has a blunt riposte for Kremlin justifications of its invasion: “There are no Nazis here.” For supporters of Russian President Vladimir Put
Sep. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
Slightly after dusk on Sep. 22, Ukrainian air defense operators near Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine detected a swarm of Russian drones volleying over the front lines. Coming at them were some of Moscow’
Sep. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
Pressure ratcheted up on President Vladimir Putin as his decision to send reservists to Ukraine triggered spreading protests and hundreds of arrests at home, and Western leaders tore into the Russian
Sep. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
A Moroccan prisoner of war released as part of an exchange between Moscow and Kyiv said he wanted to draw attention to the “struggle” of Ukraine as he returned home Saturday, Sep. 24. “I’m happy to co
Sep. 25, 2022
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The June 19 defense pact signed between Russia and North Korea included a promise to provide military assistance to one another – within days Pyongyang said it was sending troops to Ukraine.
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