Thu 24 March 2022: Any demand by Russia to receive payment in roubles for its gas exports would represent a breach of contract, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday. President Vladimir Putin has said Russia, the world’s largest natural gas producer, will soon require “unfriendly” countries to pay for fuel in roubles, raising […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: A French court, on Wednesday, annulled the government’s decision to close a mosque near the city of Bordeaux, Anadolu News Agency reports. Sefen Guez Guez, the lawyer of the Association of the Al Farouk Mosque, said that the Bordeaux Administrative Court annulled the Gironde Governorate’s 14 March decision to close the mosque for […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: NATO leaders decided on Thursday to reset the alliance’s long-term defense posture at the eastern flank and to send further support to embattled Ukraine. “Today, NATO leaders agreed to reset our deterrence and defense for the longer term to face a new security reality,” NATO chief Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: Russia’s media regulator has imposed restrictions on Google News, accusing the company of disseminating “false” material on Russia’s offensive in Ukraine. According to a statement from Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor reported by the agencies, the decision was made at the request of the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office. “Google provided access to […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: Anonymous says it’s hacked into unsecured printers across Russia in order to print out ‘anti-propaganda’ messages about the Ukrainian invasion. A member of the collective, whose Twitter handle is @DepaixPorteur, tweeted: “We have been printing anti-propaganda and tor installation instructions to printers all over [Russia] for 2 hours, and printed 100,000+ copies […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: The U.N. General Assembly votes Thursday on a resolution backed by over 90 countries that blames Russia for the escalating humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and demands an immediate halt to hostilities, especially attacks on civilians and their homes, schools and hospitals. Russia has denounced the resolution as “anti-Russian” and accuses its […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: A Russian ship has been destroyed and burned down in the Azov Sea port of Berdiansk, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has reported. It did not specify any details, but posted a video showing huge plumes of smoke rising from the port. The ship, Orsk, is a beachable landing support ship for transporting paratroopers. […]
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Thu 24 March 2022: Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state, died at the age of 84, according to her family. She fled the Nazis as a youngster in her native Czechoslovakia during World War II. Albright was a tough-talking diplomat in a US administration that avoided getting involved in the genocides in […]
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Wed 23 March 2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government on Wednesday to transfer into rubles payments for Russia’s energy resources coming from “unfriendly countries.” Speaking at a meeting with the government in Moscow, Putin said after the US and EU sanctioned the Russian state debt in dollars and euros, which in economic terms […]
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Anti-war protests near Russian embassy in Warsaw, Poland – 2014. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed 23 March 2022: Poland expelled 45 Russian diplomats on suspicion of spying on Wednesday, according to the country’s interior minister. Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said on Twitter that “Poland expelled 45 Russian spies pretending to be diplomats,” Polska wydala 45 rosyjskich szpiegów […]
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