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POLITICSSep 21Trump’s deportation program sends Russian citizens to these four countries — not Russia — under secret agreementsMeduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21EU and five other countries condemn Russia's 'sham' electionsEU top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Monday dismissed Russia's parliamentary elections as a "veneer" of democracy, and said she was proposing sanctions against those who organised them in occupied Ukraine. Five other countries – the UK, Norway, Australia, New Zealand and Canada – also condemned Russia's move as a violation of the UN charter.RFI [en]
POLITICSSep 21EU Reportedly Set To Remove Sanctions On Russian Oligarchs Usmanov and FridmanThe European Union looked set to remove Russian-Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov and Russian-Israeli oligarch Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list while prolonging the asset freezes and visa bans for the near 3,000 other individuals and entities on the blacklist by an unprecedented three years.RFE/RL
POLITICSSep 21Putin puts U.S.-based packaging company AptarGroup’s Russian factory under temporary management by Danone’s former Russian armRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree placing a 100% stake in Aptar Vladimir, a company owned by France’s Aptar Europe Holding, under temporary management. Aptar Vladimir owns a plant in Russia that makes plastic packaging.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Russia’s Finance Ministry announces ‘tax changes’ to cover companies’ defense and drone-attack recovery spendingRussia’s Finance Ministry is drafting changes to tax legislation that would account for companies’ spending on defending and repairing facilities damaged in drone attacks, Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Sazanov said on the sidelines of the Moscow Financial Forum.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Zelensky responds to Trump's statement that Russia lost control of diesel fuel productionIn response to U.S. President Donald Trump's statement that Russia has lost control over diesel fuel production, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once again confirmed Kyiv's readiness for de-escalation and a peaceful settlement, provided Moscow has a similar desire.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 21Ruling pro - Putin party set to win Russia tightly controlled wartime parliamentary electionarticle.wn.com · United States
POLITICSSep 21EU countries move toward Russia sanctions dealThe deal will likely only go ahead if entrepreneurs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman are removed from the sanctions list.Politico Europe
POLITICSSep 21Dispatch from Baku: Azerbaijan must look forward even amid Russian and Iranian conflictsA recent visit to the Caucasus region reveals a country exposed to two wars, but also one that must not wait to chart its economic and diplomatic future. The post Dispatch from Baku: Azerbaijan must look forward even amid Russian and Iranian conflicts appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
POLITICSSep 21Trump: Russia has lost control of diesel fuel production due to war against UkraineU.S. President Donald Trump stated that Russia has lost control over its diesel fuel production due to the war against Ukraine, calling it a “disgrace.”Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 21United Russia lost to New People in most hubs of anti-war emigrationUnited Russia failed to win the most votes at most overseas polling stations in cities that have become major hubs for Russian emigres since the start of the full-scale war, according to Agentstvo, an independent Russian investigative outlet. Agentstvo reached that conclusion after analyzing Central Election Commission data on voting results from 27 polling stations abroad.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Senate Republican on Trump Jr. wedding gift from Russian oligarch: ‘Really bad’Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) says Donald Trump Jr.’s acceptance of lavish gifts from a Russian oligarch with ties to the Kremlin looks “really bad” and warned it would be “wrong” for anyone with “proximity to power” to accept items of great value from an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Anytime someone gives you a…The Hill
POLITICSSep 21Russia’s State Duma election delivered record turnout and a landslide for United Russia. Kremlin insiders say the results were achieved ‘through very dirty means.’Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Putin's United Russia party secures record score in tightly controlled electionElectoral chief Ella Pamfilova said preliminary results showed United Russia – which has dominated Russian politics for 25 years – won 355 of the Duma's 450 seats. The result handed Vladimir Putin's party an increased supermajority.Le Monde [en]
POLITICSSep 21EU deadlocked over France’s bid to take Russian tycoon off sanctions listParis wants Alisher Usmanov removed from the bloc’s blacklist. Other capitals aren’t convinced.Politico Europe
POLITICSSep 21‘The veneer of democracy is all that remains in Russia,’ EU foreign policy chief Kallas says. Brussels pledges new sanctions after State Duma elections.The European Union is preparing new sanctions against Russia over its recent elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament. The measures will target election organizers and candidates who ran in Ukraine’s occupied territories, as well as anyone Brussels considers responsible for undermining free elections inside Russia, the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said in a declaration published on the Council of the EU’s website.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21A Just Russia clears 5% threshold to enter State DumaA Just Russia won 5.00% of the party-list vote with 96.95% of ballots counted, Russia’s Central Election Commission reported.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 21Trump presses Zelenskiy to stop hitting Russian refineriesUS president tells Ukrainian leader in phone call it is all about ‘diesel, diesel, diesel’, according to officialsIrish Times World
POLITICSSep 21Putin-affiliated party wins sham elections in RussiaDe Poetin-gezinde regeringspartij Verenigd Rusland is zoals verwacht de grootste geworden bij de verkiezingen voor de Doema, het Russische Lagerhuis. De voorlopige officiële uitslag is na drie dagen stemmen bekendgemaakt door de voorzitter van de centrale kiescommissie van het land. Bij voorgaande verkiezingen de voorbije decennia was er sprake van grootschalige fraude, stelden onafhankelijke waarnemers vast. Onafhankelijk toezicht op de stembusgang en het tellen van de stemmen is er in Rusland niet meer. Volgens de kiescommissie staat Verenigd Rusland na het tellen van 95 procent van de stemmNOS Buitenland
POLITICSSep 21Pro - Putin Party Wins Russian Election | NewsRadio 560 WHYNwhyn.iheart.com · United States
POLITICSSep 21Georgia denies granting international protection to Russian army deserternews.az · Azerbaijan
POLITICSSep 21Russia: Putin party retains majority in controlled parliamentary voteVladimir Putin's United Russia won just under 58% of the vote, the electoral commission said. Meanwhile, Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov won nearly 100% of the vote in elections in the Russian republic of Chechnya.DW News [en]
POLITICSSep 21Russia Announces Election Results Cementing Putin's Power; EU Slams 'Veneer Of Democracy'RFE/RL
POLITICSSep 21Putin’s party dominates in Russia’s sham electionsThe EU's top diplomat slammed the vote as "another major setback for Russian democracy."Politico Europe