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New Trial of Russia’s Jailed Opposition Leader Navalny Begins

A new trial of Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s jailed opposition leader, began on Monday, with several extremism charges potentially adding decades to the prison sentences that he is already serving. Although the charges were filed in a Moscow district court, the trial was held about 150 miles east of the capital in the penal colony

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Russia’s Gas Exports Are Expected to Slide in 2023

Evidence is piling up about the steady disintegration of Russia’s vital natural gas export industry since the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian news reports estimate that Russia’s gas exports by pipeline could fall as much as 50 percent in volume this year from last year. And last year was an especially bad year. The problems

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Tony Blair on Russia’s Warfare in Ukraine: A Digital Occasion

When Russia started its navy invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, it marked the beginning of the most important battle in Europe since World Warfare II. The reverberations are being felt the world over. World meals and power costs shot up, sending inflation to ranges unseen in a long time. NATO nations joined collectively in

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China’s Echoes of Russia’s Alternate Actuality Intensify Across the World

When Twitter put up a warning message atop a Russian authorities put up denying civilian killings in Bucha, Ukraine, final week, China’s state media rushed to its protection. “On Twitter @mfa_russia’s assertion on #Bucha received censored,” wrote Frontline, a Twitter account related to China’s official English-language broadcaster, CGTN. In a Chinese language Communist Occasion newspaper,

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Your Friday Briefing: Russia’s Rising Isolation

Good morning. We’re overlaying Russia’s departure from the U.N. human rights council, a political blow to Pakistan’s Imran Khan and Shanghai’s rising frustration with Covid restrictions. Diplomacy: Prospects for profitable peace talks have dimmed: Russia’s international minister stated Ukraine had proposed a brand new draft deal that deviated from earlier variations, and President Aleksandr Lukashenko

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