A Russian court on Friday extended the detention of an editor working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a broadcaster funded by the American government, who was arrested in October on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent. A district court in Kazan, about 500 miles east of Moscow, ordered the editor, Alsu Kurmasheva,…
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Propagandist of the Soloviev Live TV channel Yulia Lozanova, speaking under the pseudonym Yulia Vityazeva, was sentenced in absentia, based on materials from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), to 11 years in prison. “Based on the materials of the Security Service, collaborator Yulia Lozanova (better known under the pseudonym Yulia Vityazeva), who is hiding…
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In “Bad Press,” you witness the moment when the Muscogee (Creek) Nation loses true freedom of the press. It happens with shocking speed: the Muscogee National Council, in a listless 7-6 vote in 2018, repeals the tribe’s Free Press Act. The battle to claw back this right is the nerve-racking subject of this civic-minded documentary…
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The Main Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is conducting an investigation into the poisoning of intelligence officers and Marianna Budanova, the wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense, Kyrylo Budanov, said Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of…
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Regular tests of Ukrainian unmanned aerial systems of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine demonstrated the high technical data of one of the kamikaze drones and the manufacturer’s readiness to scale production, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. “In the tests that took place recently, drones from six manufacturers were tested. Mainly FPV drones…
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A Moscow court on Tuesday extended the pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal who has been held in Russia for nearly eight months on an espionage charge that he, his newspaper and the U.S. government vehemently reject. Mr. Gershkovich, 32, has been held in the notoriously strict Lefortovo…
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks on Monday with head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and thanked her for her positive assessment of Ukraine’s implementation of the recommendations of the European Commission, the press service of the head of state reported. “Our country will continue to implement all its obligations, in…
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Ukraine will receive sea boats to escort ships along the grain corridor in the Black Sea, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said and added that there are already corresponding agreements with partners. “I have agreements with several states regarding powerful escort [of the vessels] by Ukrainians, but on different equipment, on a convoy. That is, they will…
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Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Marketa Pekarova Adamova and Chairman of the Parliament of Finland Jussi Halla-aho spoke at a plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Saturday, said member of the European Solidarity faction Oleksiy Honcharenko. “Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the…
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Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics is confident that the European Union will make a decision on financial support for Ukraine. “I am confident that this will be done, but maybe it will take more time. I think that Ukraine needs help now, and there are many needs in Ukraine, and needs not only on the battlefield,…
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