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Russia’s Wagner group prepares to send Hezbollah weapons amid clashes with Israel, US says
ByMichael Armstrong November 2, 2023

Russia’s mercenary group is preparing to deliver an advanced air defense missile system to Hezbollah as the Lebanese militia group clashes with Israel, according to US intelligence. American officials are currently monitoring discussions between the Wagner mercenary group and Lebanon’s Hamas-supporting militia over the possible delivery of the SA-22, a system that uses anti-aircraft missiles…

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Russia has tightened capital controls to help prop up rouble, report says
ByMichael Armstrong October 31, 2023

Western companies that sell their Russian assets restricted from taking proceeds in dollars and euros Russia has reportedly imposed additional currency controls in an attempt to prop up the falling rouble, restricting western companies that sell their Russian assets from taking the proceeds in dollars and euros. International companies that want to exit Russia after…

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Dagestan: Mob storms Russian airport in search of Jews
ByMichael Armstrong October 30, 2023

Israel has urged Russia to protect “all its citizens and all Jews” after a large mob shouting antisemitic slogans stormed a Dagestan airport. Video footage on social media showed an angry crowd running through the airport in Makhachkala seeking people arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv. Some of the crowd ran on to the…

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Hamas delegation visits Moscow, discusses release of hostages in Gaza – agencies
ByMichael Armstrong October 26, 2023

MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) – A delegation from Hamas visited Moscow on Thursday for talks on the release of foreign hostages including Russian citizens that the militant group is currently holding in Gaza, Russian news agencies reported, citing the foreign ministry. Senior Hamas member Abu Marzouk was among those attending the talks, TASS reported. “Contacts…

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Russian lawmakers vote to scrap ratification of nuclear test ban treaty
ByMichael Armstrong October 18, 2023

Oct 18 (Reuters) – Russia’s parliament moved swiftly to fulfil the wish of President Vladimir Putin by completing the passage of a bill that shifts Moscow’s legal stance on nuclear testing at a time of acute tension with the West. The lower house, the State Duma, on Wednesday passed the second and third readings of…

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Putin in China for talks with ‘dear friend’ Xi Jinping
ByMichael Armstrong October 17, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for the Belt and Road Initiative forum. It is Putin’s first visit to China since February 2022, weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, where he is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum Wednesday….

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North Korea-Russia border rail traffic surging with unknown cargo, satellite imagery shows
ByMichael Armstrong October 11, 2023

Korean unification think tank Beyond Parallel claims satellite images show a major increase in covered, unknown shipments across the border Railway traffic across the border of North Korea and Russia has surged since last month with unknown cargo. US-based Korean unification think tank Beyond Parallel examined satellite imagery of railcars and transportation facilities between the…

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Undersea pipeline damage appears to be deliberate, says Finland
ByMichael Armstrong October 11, 2023

Media cites intelligence sources saying Russian sabotage suspected after unusual drop in pressure Extensive damage to an undersea gas pipeline and communications cable connecting Finland and Estonia “could not have occurred by accident” and appears to be the result of a “deliberate … external act”, Finnish authorities have said. “It is likely that the damage…

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Russia seeks to rejoin UN’s human rights council
ByMichael Armstrong September 26, 2023

Russia is seeking to rejoin the United Nations human rights council in an election that will be seen as a key test of its international standing. It was expelled from the UN’s pre-eminent human rights body last April after its forces invaded Ukraine. But now Russian diplomats are seeking to get their country re-elected to…

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New US sanctions target people and companies in Turkey, Georgia and Russia
ByMichael Armstrong September 14, 2023

The US has announced a raft of new sanctions aimed at people and companies in countries, notably NATO member Turkey, that sell Western technology to Russia that could be used to bolster its war effort. The US is slapping sanctions on more than 150 businesses and people from Russia to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates…

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