"Where they are being used is not the seller's issue," an #Iranian diplomat said.
The #Kremlin responded to the death of #raisi#Putin said that he “knew President Raisi to be a reliable partner… who made an invaluable contribution to friendly relations between #Russia and #Iran
One clear sign of how ignorant and immature the college protesters are is how they all don't seem to want to be held accountable for the crimes they committed.
I wish that our U.S. campuses would at least still assign students to read MLK's Letter from a Birmingham jail, and Thoreau's essay on Civil Disobedience.
I think these protesters have failed the guidelines of: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and effective direct action.
I agree with you, Clara, regarding the predilections of #Erdogan. (Interesting, BTW, that you should use the official #Türkiye;)) #Iran could not conquer #Israel.
However, as we can see by its huge production of drones for the #Kremlin, it can cause havoc regarding the region's #infrastructure.
Also, I have read a bit about the technologies it employs (actually...
The #US and most #EU nations will boycott a #Kremlin ceremony to swear in Vladimir #Putin for a new six-year term as president on Tuesday, but #France and some other EU states were expected to send an envoy despite a plea by #Kyiv.
The varying diplomatic response by the Western powers underscored differences over how to handle the Russian leader more than two years after he launched a full-scale invasion of #Ukraine.
Russian ofcls claimed the order was in response to comments from the West about the possibility of more direct involvement in #Ukraine. #NATO called the announcement “irresponsible.”
The #Kremlin said the order came in response to comments by 2 European leaders that raised the prospect of more direct Western intervention in the #war.
The exercise, the Defense Ministry said, would involve forces of the Southern Military District, an area that covers Russian - #occupied#Ukraine & part of #Russia’s border region w/ Ukraine. It said the exercise would take place “in the near future.”
As many as a million Russians fled abroad in the first year of the #Kremlin’s invasion of #Ukraine. Now thousands are returning home, delivering a propaganda victory to President Vladimir #Putin and a boost to his war economy.
Russian citizens have faced difficulty or refusal when trying to renew expiring residence permits, according to Finion’s Kartamyshev. Most of those who do wind up choosing to return to #Russia.
Over the past several months, #Ukraine drones have penetrated ever deeper into Russian territory, striking an oil refinery as far away from the border as the northwestern city of St. Petersburg, and more recently, a drone assembly plant in the republic of #Tatarstan. Increasingly, these air attacks are sapping into #Russia’s diesel and gasoline production, which #Kyiv hopes will hit the #Kremlin’s wallet and reduce the availability of fuel for Russia’s war machine.
Sinon puisqu'on parle de la Géorgie, en ce moment même la jeunesse géorgienne manifeste contre le gouvernent complaisent envers le Kremlin qui la gouverne et fait face à une répression brutale.
A wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries deep inside #Russia has left the #Kremlin racing to defend its own territory while still waging war on its neighbor. But the attacks have also achieved the unthinkable — leaving the world’s largest petrostate running low on petrol.
Diesel prices for Russian consumers have skyrocketed, rising almost 10 percent in the past week alone.
Police in #Georgia 's capital used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters who rallied outside the parliament to protest a foreign influence bill. They denounced it as “the Russian law” because #Moscow uses similar legislation to stigmatize independent news media and organizations critical of the #Kremlin. Regis Gente reports from #Tbilisi.
2 Russian-born #Czech citizens ran a #hotel in #Greece that doubled as #SafeHouse for infamous unit of Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU) as it carried out #bombings & #poisonings across Europe
Husband/wife Nikolay & Elena #Saposnikov ran Villa Elena, a 3-story hotel hosted members of #Kremlin's “most grimly accomplished #assassination and #sabotage squad,” Unit #29155, on a regular basis for the last 15 years.
"We are witnessing a historic process -- Russians are leaving for the first time in two centuries," independent Azerbaijani analyst Elhan Shahinoglu told AFP.
The #Kremlin-owned gas company #Gazprom has plunged to its first annual loss in more than 20 years, after gas sales more than halved following Vladimir #Putin’s invasion of #Ukraine.