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POLITICSOct 7EU ambassadors approve largest-ever sanctions list against Russia - sourceUkrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 7US issues formal complaint to Russia over response to suspected death related to labTrump said he expects to speak with Putin "very soon."ABC News
POLITICSOct 7A Russian man swam to Lithuania to seek asylum. He was sent back to Russia, where he was sentenced to six years in prison.The Baltic Fleet Military Court sentenced Igor Odintsov, a 68-year-old Russian national, to six years in prison. In September, Odintsov swam from Russia’s Kaliningrad region to Lithuania along the Neman River and requested political asylum, but Lithuanian border guards sent him back to Russia.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 7Russia glosses over Stalin-era repression in reinvented museumIn a Moscow museum that once housed evidence of Stalin-era repression, serene family scenes flickered on a screen as a narrator hailed the tranquillity of pre-World War II life in the Soviet Union. The museum – set up to commemorate the “genocide of the Soviet people” – has elbowed out the award-winning Gulag History Museum, a harrowing collection that had for years cast a light on the killings and imprisonment of millions under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. But since Russia launched its...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 7Trump speaking to Putin about suspected plague death after reports of second case in RussiaPresident said he is in ‘very deep discussions’ about the potential outbreak with U.S. intelligence servicesThe Independent World
POLITICSOct 7Two Decades On, Politkovskaya's Daughter Says Little Has Changed In Russia Since Her Mother's MurderTwo decades after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a tenacious investigative reporter who exposed the brutality of Russia's war in Chechnya and documented how President Vladimir Putin curtailed democracy in Russia, her daughter Vera says little has changed in the country's political climate.RFE/RL
POLITICSOct 7Latvia’s Foreign Ministry reportedly moves to declare Russian journalist Leonid Ragozin persona non grataLatvia’s Foreign Ministry has begun the process of declaring “another Russian citizen” persona non grata, Foreign Ministry head Baiba Braže said. She said the decision followed consultations with the Internal Affairs Minister and the prime minister and was based on information “from the competent authorities.”Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 7Lida Moniava to remain director of children’s hospice after Russia drops charges over anti-war postLida Moniava, founder of the House with a Lighthouse children’s hospice, will remain the organization’s director after the criminal case against her was closed, Mikhail Biryukov, her defense attorney, told the Russian business news outlet RBC.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 7Russia to videotape driving tests and photograph candidatesRussia is changing the rules for its driving test: candidates will be photographed during the theory exam, and the process will be recorded on audio and video. The changes, set out in a government resolution, take effect March 1, 2027.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 7Politkovskaya 'predicted' Russia's turn under Putin, editor says on 20th anniversary of her deathAssassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya "predicted" Moscow's trajectory under President Vladimir Putin 20 years ago, her former editor said ahead of the anniversary of her death on Wednesday. Politkovskaya had reported on the war in Chechnya and Putin's rise before she was gunned down in her Moscow apartment block on October 7, 2006.France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 7Removing Russian oligarchs from sanctions list sets 'a very bad precedent', Browder saysBill Browder, once Russia’s largest foreign investor, said sanctions are the “worst thing” that can happen to Russian oligarchs, adding that they are “scheming and trying to come up with ways of getting off the sanctions list”.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 7Trump says he’ll call Putin about suspected plague outbreak in RussiaU.S. President Donald Trump said he would call Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible plague outbreak in Russia.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 720 Years Since The Death Of Russian Journalist Anna PolitkovskayaOctober 7 marks the 20th anniversary of the murder of prominent Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, a tenacious investigative reporter who exposed the brutality of Russia's war in Chechnya and documented how President Vladimir Putin curtailed democracy in Russia. Her daughter, Vera, tells RFE/RL how warning signs were ignored. Two decades later, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov -- a frequent subject of Politkovskaya’s reporting -- remains in power amid continuing allegations of torture, killings, and other abuses.RFE/RL
POLITICSOct 7Trump set to talk to Russia's Putin 'very soon' about plague-related death in SiberiaTrump says he will speak with Putin “very soon” over a plague incident in Russia as CDC monitor the situation.CNBC
POLITICSOct 6Trump says will speak to Putin on plague, after death of Russian lab techUS President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the United Nations called for transparency from Moscow. Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-plague measures and played down the reports of an incident at a plague research institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region last week. But Washington is showing growing concern, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 6Latvia moves to expel Russian journalist who used to work for BBCLeonid Ragozin made remarks widely interpreted as making excuses for the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and hybrid attacks in Europe.Politico Europe
POLITICSOct 6Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned GovernmentJames Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.NYT US
POLITICSOct 6Russia drops war posts case against children’s hospice founder Moniava - ReutersRussia drops war posts case against children’s hospice founder Moniava ReutersReuters World
POLITICSOct 6Russia charged children’s hospice founder Lida Moniava with spreading ‘fake news’ about the military over an anti-war post. Investigators now say she committed no crime.The felony case against Lida Moniava, founder of the Lighthouse Charity Foundation hospice, has been abandoned after officials determined that her actions do not constitute a crime.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 6Russian ‘lab leak’ aside, it’s Trump’s sketchy approach to it all that’s worryingAfter Trump withdrew from the WHO and slashed funding for medical research, American scientists told me they feared China would take over as the world leader in science. Situations like this underscore how risky that move was, writes Holly BaxterThe Independent World
POLITICSOct 6Germany says it hasn’t changed student visa rules for Russians after rejecting applicant over ‘security concerns’The German embassy in Moscow said Germany continues to issue student visas to Russian citizens, with each application reviewed on an individual basis. The embassy was responding to the case of a Higher School of Economics (HSE) student who was denied a study visa over “security concerns.”Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 6Russia charges journalist Andrei Loshak with ‘justification of terrorism’Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 6Former German spy chief arrested on espionage charges. He made at least seven trips to Russia after leaving office.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 6South Korea has become one of Russia’s biggest fuel suppliers. Some shipments are arriving on sanctioned tankers.By the end of summer, South Korea had become Russia’s second-largest supplier of petroleum products, and sanctioned tankers were among those used to ship the fuel, The Guardian reported.Meduza [en]
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