Russia, Ukraine and Kirishi Oil
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You could be forgiven for thinking everyone in Russia either supports the war in Ukraine or is too scared to do anything about it. A dominant narrative is that Russian civil society is passive, complicit or has been quashed to the point of being neutralised.
Four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is facing a spring of discontent. Rolling digital blackouts in Russian cities have touched a nerve with ordinary citizens and public pushback against Russian President Vladimir Putin is emerging.
Cuts to exclude military, welfare spending, focus on non-essential expenses Oil price rises due to Iran war will affect budget decisions Finance Ministry yet to decide on extent of cuts Says prioritisation of spending under discussion MOSCOW, March 11 ...
Though the move has been framed as a deterrent to Ukrainian drone attacks, it comes as part of a broader push for internet censorship inside Russia. The Russian government has temporarily shut down mobile internet service in Moscow in an attempt to stop ...
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Russia's VPN crackdown disrupts banks, marketplaces and government services
Russia's intensified blocking of virtual private networks (VPNs) is causing widespread collateral disruption to legal banking, e-commerce, government and healthcare services, with Novosibirsk among the worst-hit regions,
Russia Warns of Danger from SLV Debris; ON POINT: Targeting Senior Leaders in Washington and Tehran; BOOK REVIEW: Leadership in th
The ruling paves the way for the group's members to be criminally prosecuted as something akin to a terrorist threat.
The Biden administration called Dimitri Simes, a former Trump adviser, a Russian propagandist. He says the charges against him violate free speech.