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POLITICSOct 2Ukrainian minister hopes to heal misunderstanding with South KoreaA Ukrainian minister expressed a desire to resolve a misunderstanding with South Korea, indicating ongoing diplomatic efforts to improve bilateral relations.freemalaysiatoday.com · Malaysia
POLITICSOct 2Seoul ups the ante in Ukraine feud over North Korean POW transfer disclosureSouth ‌Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday threatened unspecified measures against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledged what Seoul says was a confidentiality agreement covering the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers and apologised. “If the refusal to acknowledge the facts and issue a public apology continues, we will take additional measures,” Lee said in a social media post. Lee also expressed “grave regret” over what he described as Ukrainian remarks about an imminent ⁠military...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 2President Z-Korea warns Ukraine: apologies, otherwise 'measures' will followDe Zuid-Koreaanse president Lee Jae-myung heeft de Oekraïense regering gewaarschuwd om snel met excuses te komen voor het voorval met de twee Noord-Koreaanse krijgsgevangenen, die vorige week door Oekraïne werden uitgeleverd aan Zuid-Korea. De Oekraïense president Zelensky maakte die uitlevering openbaar, tot woede van de Zuid-Koreanen: die beweren dat er een afspraak tot geheimhouding bestond tussen de twee landen. Zuid-Korea probeert de dialoog te hervatten met de noorderburen, dus de uitlevering van krijgsgevangenen ligt gevoelig. Erkenning Mocht Oekraïne volhouden in zijn recht te staan, dNOS Buitenland
POLITICSOct 2Seoul warns 'further action' if Ukraine does not apologise over prisoner-of-war rowPresident Lee Jae Myung also accused Kyiv of "attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula".BBC World
POLITICSOct 2Nuclear war , Ukraine , AI totalitarianism : Key takeaways from Putin Valdai speechheraldglobe.com · United States
POLITICSOct 1Latvian parliament adopts amendments on minority languages, restricting use of RussianLatvia's public-service media will be allowed to produce content in Russian only in an emergency, under a state of emergency, or for the targeted debunking of disinformation.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 1US sanctions Kremlin-backed fintech A7 after FT investigationPayments group that moved almost $7bn through global banks designated a transnational criminal organisationFinancial Times
POLITICSOct 1U.S. designates Russia-linked sanctions-evasion payment network A7 a ‘significant transnational criminal organization’The U.S. Treasury Department has designated A7, a Russia-linked payment network created to evade sanctions, a “significant transnational criminal organization.”Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1How Vyacheslav Volodin secured a record third term as speaker of Russia’s State Duma — and why Putin keeps him thereNewly elected State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin opened the new parliament’s first session with some advice for lawmakers:Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1Latvia bans its public broadcaster from producing regular Russian-language content (except during emergencies)Latvia’s parliament, the Saeima, has passed a law that effectively bans the public broadcaster LSM from producing content in Russian.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1Russian prosecutors file lawsuit against Kazakh businessman and new International Chess Federation president Timur TurlovRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has sued Kazakhstani businessman Timur Turlov and Freedom Finance, the holding company he founded, RBC reported. A deputy prosecutor general filed the lawsuit in Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1Putin bans taking more than one million rubles in cash from Russia to Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and four other countries. What if you need to take more?Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned Russians and foreigners from taking cash exceeding 1 million rubles to other Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries — Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan — as well as Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The restriction took effect on September 29.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1Latvians head to the polls with Russia on their mindsOn October 3, Latvians will elect a new parliament with Russia looming large over the campaign. Security fears dominate the agenda, but so does a debate over the economic cost of cutting ties with Moscow.DW News [en]
POLITICSOct 1How does the Kremlin want the loyalist media to report on Russia’s 2027 federal budget? Start with social benefits. Don’t mention that 44% goes to the military and security agencies.Russian state-run and government-aligned online news outlets have received guidelines on how to cover Russia’s proposed 2027 budget. The government submitted it to the State Duma on September 30.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1Jaw-Jaw With Belarus, Revisited Amid Ukraine WarIn 2021, Michael Kimmage wrote, “Belarus and the Ukraine Trap,” where he argued the United States should adopt a realistic diplomatic relationship with Belarus that takes into account its strategic partnership with Russia and learns from overpromises made to Ukraine. Five years later, we asked Michael to revisit his arguments. Image: President of BelarusIn your 2021 article, you named Belarus as one of the most likely places for a war to break out between Russia and the West. Belarus became a staging ground for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, yet a direct confrontation with NATWar on the Rocks
POLITICSOct 1'There is a list of people to eliminate': opposition figure Garry Kasparov says he is threatened by Russian servicesLe Figaro International
POLITICSOct 1After Belarus Prisoner Release, US Senators Call For Similar Steps In AzerbaijanIn mid-September, Belarus released 25 prisoners held in politically linked cases after the United States agreed to lift sanctions on two major Belarusian companies. Now three US senators from both major parties are calling on President Donald Trump's administration to pursue a similar approach with Azerbaijan, where rights groups say some 300 political prisoners, including journalists and activists, are behind bars.RFE/RL
POLITICSOct 1Lviv court sentences Viacheslav Zinchenko to life for murder of former Ukrainian lawmaker Iryna FarionLviv’s Shevchenkivskyi District Court sentenced Dnipro resident Viacheslav Zinchenko to life in prison for murdering politician Iryna Farion.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1Proekt investigation finds Russian officials flying on private jets apparently provided by oligarchs whose industries they overseeProekt has published an extensive investigation into senior Russian officials’ use of private jets. Its journalists examined a database from the border service of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that leaked in 2023. It contained records of more than 100 million people who left Russia by air or other means in 2014–2023. The reporters spent a year analyzing international flight records for 1,064 senior Russian officials. We briefly summarize the investigation’s most important findings.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1Putin reiterates his threat to Europe: “The point of no return can arrive unexpectedly”El País
POLITICSOct 1Putin reportedly asked Russian business leaders to help fund the war. Moscow expects 471 billion rubles in ‘voluntary’ contributions from companies this year.Russian authorities expect to receive 471.4 billion rubles in voluntary contributions from businesses to the national budget in 2026, according to an explanatory note accompanying the draft 2027–2029 budget reviewed by The Bell.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 1G20: Russia criticises US and warns of trade order disintegrationSpeaking during a two-day gathering of G20 trade minister, Maxim Reshetnikov said the rules were being 'dismantled' while the new ones remain 'unclear'.Africanews [en]
POLITICSOct 1Finland to provide EUR 50M loan for Ukraine's reconstructionFinland will provide a EUR 50 million loan to the International Development Association (IDA), part of the World Bank Group, to channel the funds toward Ukraine's reconstruction.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSBREAKINGOct 1EU turns page on Ukraine's $27 billion deficit, says all needs are coveredEuroNews [en]