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29th July 2023
Magnitsky affair: US Congressional committee seeks Magnitsky sanctions against ex-Swiss attorney general – SWI http://swissinfo.ch
swissinfo.ch Magnitsky affair: sanctions sought against ex-Swiss attorney general The US Helsinki Commission has called for sanctions to be imposed against three Swiss citizens in connection with a Russian tax scandal.
30th July 2023
Now the big question is whether Interpol will honor Russia’s arrest warrant. Based on Interpol’s previous inability to stop Russia abusing their system, I wouldn’t be so sure.
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29th July 2023
Putin placed International Criminal Court Judge Tomoko Akane (Japan) on Russia’s wanted list in response to Judge Akane issuing the arrest warrant for Putin for his war crimes in Ukraine. #赤根智子最高
30th July 2023
Poland raises alarm as Wagner forces move closer to border | Armed Groups News | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com Poland raises alarm as Wagner forces move closer to border PM Mateusz Morawiecki expresses concern over movement of Russian mercenary fighters in Belarus near the Polish border.
30th July 2023
To understand what this mercurial figure might do next, it is instructive to look at the transformations of his past
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Putin’s “team members have been really pretty shaken in their confidence that the man who seemed like their dictator behaved so incompetently over the Prigozhin affair,” says historian Robert Service. “Putin was… astonished that the puppet could turn out to be the puppeteer.”
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the notorious chief of Russia’s Wagner mercenary company, praised Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg in a telephone interview with the Afrique Media channel on July 26.
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A month after his mutiny, one Russian paper suggests Prigozhin isn’t displaying “the behaviour of someone who suffered a political defeat & regrets his actions.” It predicts “the Prigozhin situation will develop in the most fast-moving & possibly dramatic way.” #ReadingRussia
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Putin held a working meeting with Ibrahim Traoré, a rebel who seized power in Burkina Faso with the help of Russian mercenaries from the “Wagner” PMC.
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29th July 2023
Wagner mercenaries moved towards Poland – Morawiecki According to the Polish Prime Minister, more than 100 mercenaries of the Wagner group have moved towards the Suwalki Gap near Hrodna in Belarus. They may be disguised as border guards to help illegal migrants get into Poland.… Show more
30th July 2023
Lithuania and Poland are considering jointly closing the border with Belarus in case of serious incidents involving soldiers of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group. #Poland #Ukraine #Russia #RussiaisATerroistState #Lithuania #NATO #EU
29th July 2023
WAKE UP: We’ve been going through this process of globalism for much longer than people realize.
30th July 2023
The Russian military launched yet another attack on Ukraine’s Snake Island in the Black Sea on the night of July 30, using tactical aviation, Colonel Vladyslav Nazarov of the Southern Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on July 30.
english.nv.ua Russians launch air strike on Snake Island for third time in a month
30th July 2023
Japanese, Colombian and Lithuanian mercenaries fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine go to the front line in the SMO zone.
Russian occupiers launched yet another attack on Ukraine’s Snake Island in the Black Sea on the night of July 30, using tactical aviation, Colonel Vladyslav Nazarov of the Southern Operational…
30th July 2023
Yes, there are Russians who are actively opposing Putin. Many of them. The Free Russia Legion is a unit of the Ukrainian military, composed of Russian citizens, seeking to overthrow the criminal Putin Regime.
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Putin’s much-hyped “power vertical” has disappeared. Instead of a strong hand, there are dozens of mini-Prigozhins, and while they may be more predictable than the Wagner leader, they are no less dangerous, writes
30th July 2023
East European leftist put me on the spot this evening with a hard question: “Why aren’t the F-16s already in Ukraine?”
30th July 2023
Russian leftist academic imprisoned for opposing Russian war of aggression.
themoscowtimes.com Russian Anti-War Sociologist Charged With ‘Justifying Terrorism’
30th July 2023
Russian invasion forces, who have controlled the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) since the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, have put the plant’s fifth reactor into cold shutdown, the IAEA reported on July 29.
Zaporizhzhya NPP’s fifth reactor put into cold shutdown – IAEA
Russian invasion forces, who have controlled the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) since the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion
Boris Kagarlitsky, a Russian sociologist and Marxist theorist who has openly opposed Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, has been detained on
30th July 2023
‘s President Putin’s blackmailing the world with the global food crisis. He’s trying to bargain for lifting sanctions attacking ‘s ports and blocking the Black Sea. But grain can still be exported. Read more about the Grain Deal without
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“Russia needs to show that they have some allies somewhere. At the moment, the Iranians are the only allies that are ready to stick their head above the parapet.” Kremlin critic Bill Browder tells #TimesRadio that no other countries will show “camaraderie” Russia.
Pope Francis urges Russia to resume grain agreement “I appeal to the authorities of the Russian Federation so that the Black Sea Initiative is restored and grain can be transported safely,” the pontiff said after the traditional Sunday sermon.
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Money is the key reason Russia blocked Ukrainian ports in 2022 and killed the Grain Initiative last week. Russia seeks to eliminate competition and profit from high food costs. By acting together, we can end Russian food blackmail and restore Ukrainian sea exports.
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Soviet-born author Gary Shteyngart joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Shteyngart article for The Atlantic titled, “I Watched Russian Television for Five Days Straight,” and why Donald Trump’s indictments worry the Kremlin.
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30th July 2023
“Putin has made plenty of fatal mistakes. But as long as he is in charge, Moscow will dedicate its still vast resources to achieving his obsession with destroying and subordinating Ukraine.”
30th July 2023
Putin at the Naval Parade in St. Petersburg. “Russia is consistently building up the power of its fleet, this year alone, 30 ships of various classes are replenishing the Navy. Our fleet selflessly and reverently serves our country.” Would he know his Baltic fleet in Kronstadt… Show more
Putin is looking for a bigger war, not an off-ramp, in Ukraine
New mobilisation law is part of a wider effort to maximise Russia’s firepower and blunt western supp https://twitter.com/i/status/1685586098209099778
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