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POLITICS1d agoTrump ‘blindsided’ his own Ukraine peace envoys by agreeing diesel deal with Putin: reportOfficials were left ‘surprised’ at the announcement having just offered Kyiv new security guaranteesThe Independent World
POLITICS1d agoTrump plays Russian roulette on eve of midtermsPresident Trump is indulging his fondness for Vladimir Putin at a moment of acute political peril, forcing Republicans in the midterms to take cover as he showers Moscow with one-sided concessions.Why it matters: With just three weeks until the election, Trump is rekindling a decade-long, scandal-scarred relationship with a dictator reviled by most Americans — including his own supporters.Driving the news: Since speaking with Putin on Friday, Trump has embarked on a remarkable five-day campaign of diplomatic concessions and cover for Russia — sparking bipartisan blowback just as voters prepareAxios
POLITICS1d agoZelensky reveals what US threatened Ukraine withThe Donald Trump administration warned that it could suspend intelligence sharing with Ukraine if Kyiv did not stop striking Russian oil refineries.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICS1d agoJapan urges Russia to ensure 'impartial treatment' for arrested journalistTokyo said Wednesday it had urged Moscow to ensure "fair and impartial treatment" for a Japanese journalist who was arrested by Russia on suspicion of espionage. Russia's foreign…Japan Today
POLITICS1d agoRussia showing ‘disrespect’ to Trump with overnight strikes on energy facilities, says ZelenskiyUS president denies intelligence sharing has stopped in row over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil plantsIrish Times World
POLITICS1d agoZelenskyy turns to European allies as Washington waversGood morning, I’m Mared Gwyn. Today: European leaders close ranks with Zelenskyy, drones keep raining on the Black Sea, and an exclusive interview with the Spanish Foreign Minister.EuroNews [en]
POLITICS1d agoBurnham sends fresh message to Ukraine ahead of Zelensky visitBurnham will hold talks with Zelensky on Wednesday at Downing StreetThe Independent World
POLITICS1d agoHow North Macedonia’s Inheritance Tax Policy Penalises Childless HeirsWhen one member of a childless couple dies in North Macedonia, the other has to pay tax to inherit the home they both lived in - and the legal complications don’t end there.Balkan Insight
POLITICS1d agoBosnia’s New Government was Being Built as Votes Were Still Being CountedParty leaders were criss-crossing the country assembling backstage coalition deals ‘on the road’ long before all the ballot-counting was finished.Balkan Insight
POLITICS1d agoGermany joins Ukraine Transport Support Fund with EUR 1M contributionGermany has joined the Ukraine Transport Support Fund with a contribution of €1 million.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICS1d agoThe US journalist who became Putin's political prisoner | with Evan Gershkovich👉Listen to The World With Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈Sky News World
POLITICS1d agoForum 2000 participants to join Global Crimea International Conference in KyivThe Forum 2000 discussion platform is supporting the Fourth Global Crimea International Conference, titled “Global Crimea: Understanding Ukraine Through the Global South,” scheduled to take place in Kyiv on October 19.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICS1d agoHinson breaks with Trump on Russia diesel dealIowa Senate GOP candidate Ashley Hinson said on Tuesday that she didn’t agree with a recent deal President Trump struck with Russia that would import 300,000 tons of diesel to the U.S. and global marketplace, taking issue with the U.S. making a deal with an adversary.   “We need to lower gas prices in this…The Hill
POLITICS1d agoWho is Sofya Rozenfeld, the internationally renowned Russian ornithologist sentenced to three and a half years for donating to Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation?Sofya Rozenfeld has spent her life studying Arctic birds: traveling to Russia’s Far North on expeditions, following flocks of geese in a seaplane, and fighting to protect rare species. Now the scientist, one of Russia’s leading ornithologists with a doctorate in biological sciences, has been sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony for two donations of 1,000 rubles each to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). Rozenfeld admitted guilt in part, saying she had been unable to cancel her recurring payments because she was on an expedition and out of contact. T-invariant examined why sMeduza [en]
POLITICSBREAKING1d agoAlbanian police fire tear gas at protesters as Education Ministry attackedAt least 23 protesters have been arrested in demonstrations in the capital.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICS1d agoOrganizers of Kanye West’s canceled St. Petersburg concerts say prosecutors found no evidence of fraudProsecutors found no evidence of fraud in a review of Say Agency, which was organizing rapper Kanye West’s concerts in St. Petersburg.Meduza [en]
POLITICS1d agoHow to avoid military conscription and pressure to sign an army contract in RussiaIn September 2022, Grigory Sverdlin, the former director of Nochlezhka, an organization that helps homeless people, launched Idite Lesom (“Get Lost”). The project helps Russians avoid mobilization or desert the military. Over four years, more than 85,000 people have used its services. Meduza has already published a detailed guide to avoiding being sent to the front. Now we’ve asked the Idite Lesom team to share the advice they give people who turn to them for help.Meduza [en]
POLITICSBREAKING1d agoRussia detains Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying⁠Russia’s FSB security agency said on ⁠Tuesday it had detained a Japanese journalist ⁠for alleged espionage, and Moscow’s foreign ministry said it regretted that Tokyo was using correspondents to carry out spying. In a statement on its website, the FSB said the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper journalist was detained in the far eastern Sakhalin region on the day before he planned to leave Russia. It did ‌not specify when this was. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in a statement...South China Morning Post
POLITICS1d agoSchools in Azerbaijan are barring girls who wear hijabs from class. Some of their male classmates are refusing to attend in solidarity.In late September, Azerbaijan approved new school uniform rules, including a ban on “items inconsistent with the principle of secularism.” Inspections soon began at schools, and girls wearing hijabs were barred from classes. Protests broke out in Baku and other cities, with schoolgirls and their classmates demanding that everyone’s right to an education be upheld. On October 12, 37 people were detained in Baku. The Interior Ministry said protesters had tried to “grossly disrupt public order.” Meanwhile, users began reporting that they could not access TikTok and Instagram — the country’s two mMeduza [en]
POLITICS1d agoBurnham sends fresh message to Ukraine ahead of Zelensky visit after Trump's diesel deal with RussiaBurnham will hold talks with Zelensky on Wednesday at Downing StreetThe Independent World
POLITICS1d agoBurnham pledges ‘rock-solid support’ for Ukraine as Zelenskyy makes UK tripThe British leader has asked ministers to draw up proposals for further sanctions, military support and fiscal packages to help the war-torn country.Politico Europe
POLITICS1d agoTrump’s diesel deal with Putin, a rebuke from Brussels, and a squabble over Europe’s enormous Russian energy billMeduza [en]
POLITICS1d agoJailed Russian historian Yury Dmitriev, who uncovered Soviet mass graves, is sent back to prison without a diagnosis after a suspected stroke, supporters sayHistorian Yury Dmitriev, 70, has been returned to Penal Colony No. 18 in Mordovia from a prison hospital, the human rights group ZPCh said, citing his support group. He was taken to the hospital in late September with a suspected stroke.Meduza [en]
POLITICS1d ago‘My only home.’ Russian journalist Leonid Ragozin spent 12 years building a life in Latvia. Now he’s afraid to return.Latvia’s Foreign Ministry said on October 6 that it had added a Russian citizen to its list of personae non gratae. It did not name him. According to Delfi and Politico, he is journalist Leonid Ragozin, who moved from Russia to Latvia after the annexation of Crimea, obtained permanent residency there, and writes for Western media outlets. Ragozin appears set to become the first independent journalist opposed to the war on Latvia’s persona non grata list, which includes more than 150 Russians. He would find himself alongside numerous Russian propagandists and prominent supporters of Russia’s agMeduza [en]
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