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May 16, 2025May 16, 2025

Threats from Moscow, “detached” demands, largest POW exchange to date: Key takeaways from the Russia-Ukraine talks in Turkey

A meeting between delegations from Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul on May 16, 2025. Photo: PAP / EPA…

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May 15, 2025May 15, 2025

Russian botnet begins sending out fake European articles defending Putin’s decision not to meet with Zelensky in Istanbul

The Russian bot network Matryoshka has begun distributing fake articles presented as editorials by major Western media outlets.…

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May 15, 2025May 15, 2025

Moscow Metro unveils recreated Stalin sculpture destroyed in the 1960s

The recently unveiled “restoration” of a sculptural relief depicting Joseph Stalin at Moscow’s Taganskaya metro station. Photo: SOTAvision…

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May 15, 2025May 15, 2025

U.S. Justice Department seeks to deport Russian biologist working at Harvard for “smuggling” frog embryos

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Kseniia Petrova, a Russian biologist working at Harvard, with smuggling frog…

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May 15, 2025May 15, 2025

Russia detains prominent publishers over books allegedly promoting “LGBT propaganda”

Key figures in Russia’s publishing industry — including a senior director at the country’s largest publishing house —…

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Criminal

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025

Suspect Arrested in Cross-Border Balkan Drug Smuggling Probe

Dozens of notorious Balkan crime figures have obtained Bosnian passports using stolen identities and insider access. The cost is borne by innocent citizens, whose names then trigger red alerts at the border.

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May 14, 2025May 14, 2025

Estonia attempts to detain “civilian vessel” in Gulf of Finland, ship confirmed as member of Russia’s “shadow fleet”

The Jaguar tanker is a member of Russia’s “shadow fleet.” Photo: Maritime Optima Доступно на русском Earlier today,…

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May 14, 2025May 14, 2025

Germany bans far-right secessionist “Kingdom of Germany” group, arrests leaders including self-declared “sovereign”

Masked German police officers in Berlin during a raid targeting right-wing extremists linked to the foiled Reichsbürger coup…

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May 14, 2025May 14, 2025

Russia imprisons head of independent election watchdog for five years

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has sentenced Grigory Melkonyants, the head of Russia’s only independent election monitoring group, to…

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May 13, 2025May 13, 2025

Commander known for using prisoners in “meat grinder” assaults to supervise Russian youth policy, IStories reports

Major Igor Yurgin (in civilian clothing) appears before inmates at a correctional facility in Yakutia. Photo: Russian Ministry…

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