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If convicted, Evan Gershkovich faces a sentence of up to 20 years. Yekaterinburg: A shaven-headed Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors on Wednesday in a Russian court where the US journalist is facing accusations of espionage. Prosecutors say the Wall Street Journal reporter gathered secret information on the orders of the US Central…
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Secret shipment: The EU estimates around 6 billion cubic metres of Russian LNG was shipped via the bloc’s ports last year. | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union (EU) on June 24 slapped new sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine, targeting Moscow’s shadow fleet of tankers moving liquefied natural gas (LNG) through Europe. At…
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Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s anti-immigration Reform U.K. party, faced strong criticism on Saturday after saying that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with the BBC on Friday, Mr. Farage said “we have provoked this war”, while adding that “of course” it was Russian president Vladimir Putin’s “fault”. Prime Minister Rishi…
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Prigozhin and his Wagner Group continue to command respect. Moscow: Almost a year since Yevgeny Prigozhin sent his Wagner mercenaries marching towards Moscow in a rebellion against Russia’s military leadership, residents in the capital spoke of respect and admiration for the late renegade. The mercenary chief died in a mysterious aeroplane crash two months after…
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Blinken condemned growing military cooperation between Russia and North Korea. Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned growing military cooperation between Russia and North Korea and reaffirmed the “vital” importance of the Seoul-Washington alliance during phone talks with his South Korean counterpart, his spokesperson said. The call between Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister…
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia must abide by United Nations sanctions on North Korea, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on June 21 after the two countries this week deepened ties and agreed to provide immediate military assistance if either faces armed aggression. The pact — signed by Russian…
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The teacher will spend 5 years in jail and 15 more in a “strict-regime penal colony”. (Representational) Washington: A Russian military court has jailed a teacher for 20 years on “high treason” charges for sending money to Ukraine, with the defendant saying colleagues reported him to authorities. Russia has unleashed a mass crackdown on dissent…
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US expressed deep concern over Russian President Putin’s threat to supply North Korea with weapons. Washington: The United States expressed deep concern Thursday over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to supply North Korea with weapons, warning such a move would “destabilize” the Korean peninsula. Putin, during a rare visit to Pyongyang, signed a mutual defense…
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Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seeking to curb each other’s ability to fight in a war that is now in its third year, officials said on June 20. With no…
Her trial will be held behind closed doors, as is customary in such cases in Russia. London: A Russian-American woman arrested earlier this year while visiting family in Russia went on trial for alleged treason on Thursday after authorities accused her of raising money to send to the Ukrainian army. Ksenia Karelina, who was born…
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