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Russian troops conduct “population census” of occupied territories of Kherson Oblast

Pravda Ukraine The Russian forces are conducting a door-to-door in the occupied territories of Kherson Oblast under the pretext of a population census. The occupiers are trying to find local partisans, checking if the residents had any Russian passports. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/22/7403289/

Specialist Investor NGP Raises $700 Million for Clean-Energy Fund

Wall Street Journal The Dallas investment firm also closed on $527 million for its second royalty and mineral-rights fund. https://www.wsj.com/articles/specialist-investor-ngp-raises-700-million-for-clean-energy-fund-f2eb9b6a

Top Property Owners Are Creditworthy—They Might Default Anyway

Wall Street Journal Powerful investors such as Brookfield Asset Management are starting to cut their losing real estate bets to protect returns. https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-property-owners-are-creditworthythey-might-default-anyway-d3d428a9

U.S. Courtship of Pacific Nations Leads to Key Security Deal

Wall Street Journal Papua New Guinea agrees to defense-cooperation and maritime-security pacts with Washington during Blinken visit. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-courtship-of-pacific-nations-leads-to-key-security-deal-90cb60f5

Missile that landed inside Poland in December 2022 was no threat — Polish Defense Ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Marcin Ociepa denied Polish media reports that there had been a conflict between the Defense Ministry and top army brass https://tass.com/defense/1621049

US sanctions have no impact on activities of Polymetal’s Russian subsidiary

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “It was clear that such a situation was possible sooner or later, which is why preparations to it were held beforehand. We isolated the assets in two countries that we operate in, quite long ago through virtually building two parallel systems of sales,…

‘Optimism’ in Jerusalem about direct flights to Saudi Arabia

Jerusalem Post Only Israeli Muslims will be allowed on the flights to Saudi Arabia from Israel if they are finalized. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-743826

Weapons being “discussed” in West to eventually arrive in Ukraine — Russian MFA

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “It is clear that the entire range of weapons and military equipment that is in what some have described as ‘discussion phase’ will end up in Ukraine in one way or another,” Sergey Ryabkov said https://tass.com/politics/1621039

Russia’s Kalibr missile systems in high demand on world arms markets — Rosoboronexport

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Kalibr (NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) is a Russian cruise missile system engineered and produced by the Yekaterinburg-based Novator Design Bureau (part of the Almaz-Antey defense manufacturer) and based on the S-10 Granat technology https://tass.com/defense/1621041

Nexta co-founder Protasevich pardoned in Belarus

Pravda Ukraine Roman Protasevich, an opposition journalist and one of the founders of the Nexta Telegram channel, who was sentenced by the Belarusian regime to 8 years in prison, has been pardoned. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/22/7403279/