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Russian President Vladimir Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country's prime minister on Friday, keeping on a technocrat who has maintained a low political profile. Most other cabinet members are expected to keep their jobs, though the fate of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appears uncertain. In line with Russian law, Mishustin, who has held the job for the past four years, submitted his cabinet's resignation on Tuesday when Putin began his fifth presidential term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration. Mishustin, the former head of Russia's tax service, steered clear of political state...
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Approaching nearly a quarter-century in power, Vladimir Putin will place his hand on a copy of the constitution on Tuesday and start another six-year term as president, maintaining his extraordinary authority. Following the 2022 operation in Ukraine that has become Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II, Russia has been heavily sanctioned by the West and is turning other regimes like China and North Korea for support. The question now is what Putin will do over the course of another six years, both at home and abroad. On April 17, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE...
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Russian plans to hold drills simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons, the Defense Ministry announced Monday, days after the Kremlin reacted angrily to comments by senior Western officials about the war in Ukraine. The drills are in response to “provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials regarding the Russian Federation,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement. It is the first time that Russia has publicly announced drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, though its strategic nuclear forces regularly hold exercises. Tactical nuclear weapons have a lower yield co...
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Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late activist Alexei Navalny, the Lithuanian president announced on Friday. Volkov was attacked in March outside his home in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, where he lives in exile. The attacker smashed one of his car’s windows, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and hit him with a hammer, police said at the time. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced the arrests to reporters in Vilnius and thanked Poland for its work. He said the suspects would be handed over to Li...
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After the “election” of Vladimir Putin for yet another presidential term last month, the list of those who lined up to congratulate the Russian dictator made for intriguing reading. Belarus’ Lukashenka said support for Putin was “overwhelming”; Azerbaijan’s Aliyev offered his warm regards on the occasion of Putin’s claimed 87,28% of the “vote” - whilst just last month Aliyev received congratulations from Putin for his 92% victory. Kim Jong Un said he would “firmly join hands” with his neighbour to the west. Iran was, of course, keen to congratulate the former KGB man. An anti-ideology links th...
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The EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders says there are "two main options are being considered: an international court based on a multilateral agreement or a simplified solution based on a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe". In addition, a special transfer mechanism will be created, to transfer cases from Ukrainian courts to this new court. The Netherlands expressed its readiness to host the court, in addition to the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA), which is already operational. Reynders believes that the...
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This is one of the main conclusions from an exclusive Euronews poll conducted by Ipsos among almost 26,000 respondents across 18 member states ahead of the elections to the European Parliament, which will be held between 6 and 9 June. The first-of-its-kind survey shows that 47% of Europeans hold a "positive" opinion of Volodymyr Zelenskyy while 32% have a "negative" view. Meanwhile, 21% say they "don't know enough" about the president, who has topped headlines for the past two years and has travelled extensively around the continent to speak on behalf of his war-torn nation. This makes Zelensk...
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A prominent Russian human rights advocate who faced imprisonment for openly condemning the war in Ukraine is marking his 71st birthday in jail, where he is reportedly facing harsh treatment from prison authorities. According to the Memorial, Russia's oldest human rights organisation, Oleg Orlov's health is rapidly declining due to the conditions of his journeys between prison and courtroom. Putin says he supported Alexei Navalny prisoner swapHis wife, Tatiana, expressed concern that these conditions will take a toll on his ability to adequately prepare for his upcoming appeal, saying she is wo...
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Foreign diplomats from the United States, EU countries, Africa and Latin America have joined thousands who laid flowers, wreaths and other tokens such as teddy bears, to create a makeshift memorial outside the Crocus City Hall music. At least 144 people were killed and 551 were injured when gunmen shot at thousands of concertgoers and set the building alight on 22 March, the deadliest attack in the country in years. The carnage happened before a concert at the venue in Krasnogorsk, a northern Moscow suburb, by the band Picnic. Russian authorities arrested four Tajikistan nationals - Dalerdzhon...
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Two large portraits of the late Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, have been spray-painted onto a property owned by a former Czech foreign minister behind a monument honouring Soviet soldiers in Vienna. Completed on Wednesday (27 March) by Austrian graffiti duo Joel Gamnou, the portraits cover the wall situated behind the monument, which had previously been painted in the blue and yellow national colours of Ukraine following Russia's invasion in 2022. "It’s nice to give a political statement behind a memorial, to choose the flag of Ukraine, and in addition to that Navalny, who always u...
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