• 11/19/2024

Is a Chinese Vessel Raiding Pacific Graves?

Wall Street Journal Naval grave-robbing shows no respect for the allied WWII dead. https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-salvage-steel-world-war-ii-british-navy-ships-hms-repulse-hms-prince-of-wales-27533f6a

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Kenya and Russia to sign new trade agreement — Kenyan president’s press service

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The statement notes that the volume of bilateral trade remains at a low level, despite the existing potential https://tass.com/economy/1624693

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Russia’s Krasnodar Bans Signs in Foreign Languages

Moscow Times Mayor Yevgeny Naumov said that the changes would help unite “the architectural appearance of the regional capital in a single style.” https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/29/russias-krasnodar-bans-signs-in-foreign-languages-a81321

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EU ambassadors make demarche about Georgia after it resumed air traffic with Russia

Pravda Ukraine Pavel Gerchinsky, the EU ambassador in Georgia, gave a demarche about Georgia to Levan Davitashvili, Vice Prime-Minister and Minister of Economy of Georgia, on 29 May. This decision was made due to Georgia resuming direct air traffic between Tbilisi and Moscow. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/29/7404383/

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Belarusian female astronaut to go ISS in March 2024 — Roscosmos

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the space corporation plans, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and a female cosmonaut from Belarus will make a short flight and return to Earth on the Soyuz MS-24 https://tass.com/science/1624689

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Dragon’s teeth in Belarus: anti-tank defensive structures stretch out for 2 kilometres near Homieĺ

Pravda Ukraine Defensive fortifications were built in Belarus near the border with Ukraine; satellite images of the Planet Labs service show that they stretch for two kilometres. Source: Belarusian edition of Radio Liberty, Belaruski Hajun Details: Defensive structures, including dragon’s teeth, appeared near the Belarusian village of Kalinina, 20 kilometres from the border with Ukraine…

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Roscosmos’ Kononenko has chance to break record for most days spent in space

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Taking into account the cosmonaut’s forthcoming year-long mission, he may exceed 1,000 days spent in orbit https://tass.com/science/1624685

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Greenpeace gets tagged as undesirable organization in Russia

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The move was made in accordance with parts 1, 4, and 7 of article 3.1 of Russia’s federal law on measures against persons involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms and the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens https://tass.com/politics/1624677

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International observers say Erdogan enjoyed ‘unjustified advantage’ during campaign

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The international mission to observe the second round of the presidential election in Turkey included 232 observers from 31 countries https://tass.com/world/1624669

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