Day: August 22, 2022
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RT Chief Suggests Russian Involvement in Skripal Poisonings
The editor-in-chief of the Kremlin-backed RT network on Monday appeared to suggest Russia’s involvement in the 2018 poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal in Britain — a crime Moscow has repeatedly denied. Western countries hit Russia with sanctions and expelled dozens of diplomats following the near-fatal poisonings of Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer who…
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‘A Signal to All of Us’: Moscow Blames Kyiv for Killing of Ideologue’s Daughter
Russia said Monday that Ukraine was responsible for carrying out a car bombing that killed Daria Dugina, the adult daughter of nationalist ideologue and Ukraine war supporter Alexander Dugin, as experts said the assassination would likely spook Kremlin loyalists. Dugina, 29, died Saturday evening when a car bomb exploded in the Toyota Land Cruiser she…
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In Photos: Russia Celebrates Flag Day Amid Ukraine War
Russia on Monday marked Flag Day, its annual holiday celebrating the country’s tricolor flag that was restored following the Soviet collapse in 1991. Russia has celebrated Flag Day every year since 1994, when then-President Boris Yeltsin created the holiday. This year’s events were overshadowed by the country’s nearly six-month war against Ukraine. Displaying the tricolor…
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China’s Energy Imports From Russia Spike to $35B – Bloomberg
China continues to boost Russia’s war chest with surging purchases of energy resources as other countries shun Russian goods over its invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reported Monday. Between March and July, China spent $35 billion on Russian oil, gas and coal compared with $20 billion the same time last year, Bloomberg said, citing the latest Chinese…
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Rodman Planning Russia Trip for Jailed Griner – Report
Eccentric former NBA star Dennis Rodman is planning a trip to Russia in an effort to seek the release of imprisoned WNBA player Brittney Griner, NBC News reported on Sunday. The network quoted Rodman as saying that he was hoping to fly to Russia this week in an attempt to help basketball superstar Griner, who was sentenced to nine…
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Putin Hails ‘Military Glory, Traditional Values’ on Russia Flag Day
The Russian flag inspires Russians to “military glory” and represents their adherence to “traditional values,” President Vladimir Putin said in an address marking National Flag Day on Monday. Nearly six months after launching a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine that has pushed Russia into historic political and economic isolation, Putin vowed that Moscow would continue charting…