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OSCE official jailed for ‘spying’ in Russian-held Ukraine
5 months, 1 week ago

OSCE official jailed for ‘spying’ in Russian-held Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

European security group slams sentencing of Vadym Golda for ‘reconnaissance activities’ used to direct missile strikes. The Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic sentenced Vadym Golda to 14 years in a penal colony on charges of gathering intelligence on industrial sites that was used to direct missile strikes in the region, said Russia’s prosecutor general on Friday, posting …

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Explained: How the election in Russia works
9 months, 1 week ago

Explained: How the election in Russia works

Firstpost  

Russia is holding its presidential election from 15-17 March, only to re-elect President Vladimir Putin for another six-year term. In 2008, Dmitry Medvedev ran for president and Putin served as prime minister before winning 63.6 per cent of the vote in the 2012 presidential election and 76.7 per cent in 2018. People, including supporters of Russian incumbent president and presidential …

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Belarusians vote in a tightly controlled election as the opposition calls for its boycott
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Belarusians vote in a tightly controlled election as the opposition calls for its boycott

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Sunday’s tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections in Belarus are set to cement the hard-line rule of the country’s authoritarian leader, despite a prominent opposition leader’s call for a boycott. “Detentions, arrests and searches are taking place during the vote.” Speaking during Tuesday’s meeting with top Belarusian law enforcement officials, Lukashenko alleged without offering evidence that Western …

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Serbia’s ruling populists say weekend elections were fair despite international criticism, protests
1 year ago

Serbia’s ruling populists say weekend elections were fair despite international criticism, protests

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s ruling populists insisted on Tuesday that weekend snap elections were free and fair despite criticism from international observers who noted multiple irregularities during the vote in the Balkan nation that is a candidate for European Union membership. Some opposition politicians spent a night in the building after lodging formal complaints against what they say was “a …

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Russia-Ukraine latest updates: US officials to meet Zelenskyy
2 years, 8 months ago

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: US officials to meet Zelenskyy

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine news from April 24: President Zelenskyy says he hopes to secure heavy weapons at talks with senior US officials. Let us reach a just end on this path — the beginning of a happy life and prosperity of Ukraine.” Zelenskyy said that “on Easter, we ask God for great grace to make our dream come true – this is …

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Will NATO engage with Russia’s security demands?
2 years, 11 months ago

Will NATO engage with Russia’s security demands?

Al Jazeera  

Russia wants NATO to ban Ukraine and former Soviet nations from joining, a request slammed as a non-starter by the West. The Kremlin instead blames NATO for undermining the region’s security and has sent a wish-list of security demands to Washington – most of which have already been slammed as “non-starters”. “It’s very difficult for NATO to do anything which …

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Russia says NATO talks ‘unsuccessful’ as Poland warns of war
2 years, 11 months ago

Russia says NATO talks ‘unsuccessful’ as Poland warns of war

Al Jazeera  

Week of diplomacy aimed at easing Russia-Ukraine tensions looks set to fail as fears of escalation rise. The Kremlin’s list of security demands from the West includes legally binding promises that NATO will never allow former Soviet republic Ukraine to become a member and that the organisation will pull back troops from former Communist states in central and eastern Europe …

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U.S. warns Russia as Kremlin talks about war threat in Ukraine
3 years ago

U.S. warns Russia as Kremlin talks about war threat in Ukraine

LA Times  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meet on the sidelines of an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe meeting in Stockholm on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at their meeting in Stockholm on Thursday that “if Russia decides to pursue confrontation, there …

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Kazakh ruling party sweeps election; OSCE says vote uncompetitive
3 years, 11 months ago

Kazakh ruling party sweeps election; OSCE says vote uncompetitive

Al Jazeera  

Kazakhstan’s ruling party has cemented its grip on parliament in the opposition-free election, officials said on Monday. The Central Election Commission said that the ruling Nur Otan party won 71 percent of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary election and two other parties loyal to the government also won seats. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who succeeded him as the country’s president, hailed Sunday’s …

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