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Turkey, China, Spain get bulk of shipments sent via Black Sea grain corridor — coordinator

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. So far, 30.3 million metric tons of grain on 953 vessels have been transported through the grain corridor. https://tass.com/world/1622843

Rossiya airline to start flying to Cuba from July 1

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The company will initially make two flights per week, on Thursday and Saturday https://tass.com/economy/1622841

Brexit Was Expected to Slash Immigration. Instead It Hit a Record.

Wall Street Journal The U.K. experience illustrates that even if industrialized nations want to curb migration, they can face pressure to allow it to avoid the economic damage from labor shortages. https://www.wsj.com/articles/brexit-was-expected-to-slash-immigration-instead-it-hit-a-record-82a7d37b

Court arrests US$300,804 worth of property of Hola Prystan’s occupying administration head

Pravda Ukraine The court arrested real estate, transport vehicles and corporate rights of the so-called “head” of the Hola Prystan Occupying Administration in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine. Source: press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (PGO) PGO does not name the collaborator suspected of cooperating with the aggressor state but, according to the…

Ukraine shifts defence procurement to NATO countries’ model – Ukraine’s Defence Minister

Pravda Ukraine The Defence Procurement Agency will be responsible for procuring weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Source: Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Defence Minister, as reported by European Pravda Quote: “This decision brings the Defence Ministry one step closer to the implementation of NATO standards and procedures and will contribute to the…

Russia Dissolves Oldest Opposition Party

Moscow Times Parnas’ members have faced persecution and assassinations in recent years. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/25/russia-dissolves-oldest-opposition-party-a81282

‘Another hostile act by Kiev’: Kremlin on sabotage attempts on Russian nuke power plants

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Speaking of how the saboteurs managed to infiltrate Russia and which measures could be taken in reaction to this, Dmitry Peskov suggested that the press address such inquiries to the relevant agencies https://tass.com/politics/1622837

Russia orders Swedish consulate in St. Petersburg to be shuttered, effective September 1

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Russian Foreign Ministry also announced that it would shutter its own Consulate General in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second-largest city https://tass.com/politics/1622835

Deployment of Russian nukes should serve to caution West against escalation — Belarus

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is added that Minsk is focused on ensuring the readiness of its armed forces to carry out their assigned missions, including to protect the Russia-Belarus Union State’s western borders https://tass.com/world/1622833

Wagner Begins Handoff of Ukraine’s Bakhmut to Russia’s Military

Wall Street Journal The head of the Russian paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his fighters are handing over the city to Russian regular troops following a monthslong battle. https://www.wsj.com/articles/wagner-begins-handoff-of-ukraines-bakhmut-to-russias-military-3c765d97