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The number of North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region has risen by about 2,000, the Pentagon said on Monday, bringing the total in the area bordering Ukraine to some 10,000. “We think that the total number of DPRK forces in Russia … could be closer to around 11 to 12,000”, with “at least 10,000 […]
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Self-exiled entrepreneur Yevgeny Chichvarkin said Friday that he is temporarily stepping away from Russia’s opposition, criticizing activists for “fighting each other” instead of uniting against the Kremlin. “I’ve decided to withdraw from the Russian opposition for now, until my colleagues and friends refocus on fighting the bloody, monstrous, disgraceful Putin regime,” Chichvarkin said in a video […]
Sanctioning Third-Country Enablers of Russia’s War Against Ukraine Press Statement Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State October 30, 2024 Building on the unprecedented measures we have already imposed in coordination with our allies and partners, the United States is today imposing sanctions on nearly 400 entities and individuals for enabling Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine. This action […]
The US is sanctioning almost 400 individuals and companies in India, China and Turkey as part of a bid to crack down on a sprawling network that has helped keep Russia’s war machine running nearly three years into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The list of targets includes companies in China, a US adversary that […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at North Korean forces in Russia, Hezbollah naming its new leader, and an election recount in the country of Georgia. ‘Growing Desperation’ NATO confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have deployed to Russia’s Kursk region to help combat Ukraine. This marks a “significant escalation” in the […]
In Zheleznogorsk, the Kursk region of Russia, fragments of an unmanned aerial vehicle crashed and exploded on a busy ringway. The incident was captured on video. The footage that was posted on Gaza Telegram channel shows the drone debris falling just several meters from passing cars and exploding, sending smaller debris flying around. […]
An increasing number of Russian political activists have been placed in forced psychiatric treatment — a practice dating back to the Soviet era and involves confinement in mental hospitals. According to rights activists, some political prisoners who have undergone this treatment report being subjected to humiliation, beatings and being injected with powerful antipsychotic drugs. The number of […]
Russian officials, businesses and media have been reporting shortages of workers across different sectors of the economy for over a year. Now some are saying that the reality of labor deficit is a new reality that the country will have to live with in the coming years. “There will never be cheap labor in our […]
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -Shares in Amsterdam-based Nebius Group plunged 26% when trading for the first time since February 2022 on Monday, as the AI infrastructure firm’s Nasdaq listing, formerly held by Yandex (NASDAQ:), often dubbed “Russia’s Google (NASDAQ:)”, went live. Trading was suspended soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when the stock traded under […]