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Russia’s Oil Revenue Falls by Third on Weak Prices, Strong Ruble Russia’s proceeds from oil in the state budget shrank by a third from a year ago in July following a drop in global crude prices and the appreciation of the nation’s currency.

🇷🇺🛢📉 Russia’s proceeds from oil in the state budget shrank by a third from a year ago in July following a drop in global crude prices and the appreciation of the nation’s currency.

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National Guard colonel arrested in major drone funds embezzlement case involving MP, ex-governor Colonel Vasyl Myshanskyi is accused of signing government contracts with supplier companies at knowingly inflated prices.

🇺🇦 Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered the arrest of Colonel Vasyl Myshanskyi, the head of a National Guard unit suspected in a corruption case involving the purchase of electronic warfare equipment and drones, Suspilne reported on Aug. 5.

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🇩🇰🇳🇴🇸🇪🇺🇦 Denmark, Norway and Sweden confirmed that they would fund a $500m package of equipment and munitions for #Ukraine sourced from the US under the new #NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List initiative.

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Ukraine found components from India in Russian drones, official says Kyiv has found components from India in Russian drones used for attacks on Ukraine, the country's top presidential official said on Tuesday.

💬 Kyiv has found components from #India in Russian drones used for attacks on #Ukraine, the country's top presidential official said on Tuesday.

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India accuses EU, US of double standard over Russian trade India has sharply criticised the United States and the European Union, saying it is being unfairly singled out by them over its Russian oil purchases when they both trade extensively with Moscow despite the war in Ukraine.

🇮🇳 #India has sharply criticised the United States and the European Union, saying it is being unfairly singled out by them over its Russian oil purchases when they both trade extensively with Moscow despite the war in Ukraine.

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Exclusive: Putin doubts potency of Trump's ultimatum to end the war, sources say Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to bow to a sanctions ultimatum expiring this Friday from U.S. President Donald Trump, and retains the goal of capturing four regions of Ukraine in their entirety, sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters.

🇷🇺 #Putin is unlikely to bow to a sanctions ultimatum expiring this Friday from #Trump, and retains the goal of capturing four regions of #Ukraine in their entirety, sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters.

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Moldova's pro-Kremlin regional leader jailed in election fraud case A Moldovan court sentenced pro-Kremlin regional leader Evgenia Gutul on Tuesday to seven years in jail for channelling money from Russia to finance a political party.

🇲🇩 A Moldovan court sentenced pro-Kremlin regional leader Evgenia Gutul on Tuesday to seven years in jail for channelling money from #Russia to finance a political party.

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Ukraine claims it killed over 330 troops during failed Russian attack in Sumy Oblast, shows footage Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) special forces fought off a Russian attempt to advance in Sumy Oblast, "destroying more than eight Russian companies" during the battle, the agency said on Aug. 5

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian military intelligence special forces fought off a Russian attempt to advance in Sumy Oblast, "destroying more than eight Russian companies" during the battle, the agency said on Aug. 5

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Moscow-based pharma firm sues Raiffeisenbank for 337.5 million euros Moscow-based biotech firm R-Pharm International has sued Raiffeisen's Russian unit for 337.5 million euros ($390 million), court filings show, in a case that a Russian newspaper says is linked to R-Pharm's failure to sell an asset in Germany.

🇷🇺 Moscow-based biotech firm R-Pharm International has sued Raiffeisen's Russian unit for 337.5 million euros, court filings show, in a case that a Russian newspaper says is linked to R-Pharm's failure to sell an asset in Germany.

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Russian court lifts temporary freeze of Raiffeisen's shares in its Russian unit A Russian court has lifted interim measures that froze shares owned Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International in its Russian subsidiary, a lawyer for the bank and the Russian unit, Raiffeisenbank, told Reuters on Tuesday.

🇷🇺 A Russian court has lifted interim measures that froze shares owned Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International in its Russian subsidiary, a lawyer for the bank and the Russian unit, Raiffeisenbank, told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Exclusive | Tortured Ukrainian POW branded with ‘Glory to Russia’ vows to return to battle after recovery: ‘Thirst for revenge’ “After I will be healed, I want to go back to protect and fight for the country — and I will join it with more fervor, kind of a thirst for revenge,” Andriy Pereverzev exclusively told The Post fro…

💬 Andriy Pereverzev said from his hospital bed in Ukraine that he'd return with vengeance to the battle for his country’s freedom against Moscow after suffering macabre and humiliating treatment akin to the maniacal habits of Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele in Russian captivity
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- Zelensky says mercenaries from China, Pakistan, other countries fighting for #Russia
- Ukrainian strike destroys Russian S-300 in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- #Ukraine strikes 5 Russian fighter jets at the airfield in annexed Crimea

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- Trump again threatens India with tariffs over Russian oil purchases
- US investors eye strategic Bulgarian storage filled with Russian gas
- Dutch deliver first Patriot missiles to Ukraine under new US-NATO plan
- 2 Russian oil refineries cut production after Ukrainian drone attacks

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How Russia reins in the internet by blocking websites and isolating it from the rest of the world Going online in Russia can be frustrating, complicated and even dangerous

🇷🇺 YouTube videos that won't load. A visit to a popular independent media website that produces only a blank page. Cellphone internet connections that are down for hours or days.

Going online in #Russia can be frustrating, complicated and even dangerous.

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Russian Strikes Kill One, Wound Many In Ukraine's East Russian strikes hit a railway station in eastern Ukraine, killing a mechanic and wounding four workers, the national rail company said Tuesday.

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian strikes hit a railway station in eastern #Ukraine, killing a mechanic and wounding four workers, the national rail company said Tuesday.

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July quake appears to have damaged Russian nuclear sub base, NY Times reports A nuclear submarine base in Russia's remote Far East region was damaged last week following one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the area in decades, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing satellite images.

🇷🇺 A nuclear submarine base in Russia's remote Far East region was damaged last week following one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the area in decades, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing satellite images.

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🇪🇺🇺🇲 Both Brussels and Washington appear to be moving in the same direction, plotting sanctions against Beijing and Delhi, respectively, over their persistent enabling of Moscow throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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US Attorney General orders grand jury hearings on Trump-Russia probe Pam Bondi directs a prosecutor to seek a potential indictment, but it is unclear who could be charged.

🇺🇲 US Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered prosecutors to open legal proceedings into allegations of a so-called Russiagate conspiracy that Donald #Trump has long claimed was concocted by political foes to smear him.

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4 killed, 3 injured by Russian drone, artillery strikes in Zaporizhzhia Oblast "During the day, the occupiers carried out 431 strikes on 16 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region," Governor Ivan Fedorov said.

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian drone and artillery strikes in Zaporizhzhia Oblast killed four people and injured three others on Aug. 4, Governor Ivan Fedorov reported early the next day.

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Ukraine's drone attack sparks fires in Rostov region, Russia says An overnight Ukrainian drone attack sparked several fires, including at a power substation, in the southern Russian region of Rostov, the acting regional governor said on Tuesday.

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 An overnight Ukrainian drone attack sparked several fires, including at a power substation, in the southern Russian region of Rostov, the acting regional governor said on Tuesday.

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🇷🇺 Russian authorities continue to intensify the use of bribery charges, including to scapegoat regional government officials responsible for Russia's border defense and target defense industry officials and critical information space actors.

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Panama ceases registering ships over 15 years old in effort to curb Russian “shadow fleet” activity Panama has amended its ship registry policy to improve fleet performance and reduce vessel detentions, according to a report by the Russian news agency Interfax. The new rules will have the effect of ...

🇵🇦 Panama's amended its ship registry policy to improve fleet performance and reduce vessel detentions. The new rules will have the effect of preventing older vessels — like many of those associated with the so-called “shadow fleet” — from sailing under the Panamanian flag
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Russian forces regrouping near Dnipro River as they prepare for more active 'island war,' Ukrainian military officials say A decrease in assault operations is "related to the regrouping of the relevant Russian units in order to eventually resume more active assaults on the island zone of the right bank of Kherson Oblast,"...

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian forces have temporarily decreased the number of assault operations in Kherson Oblast over the past day as they regroup in preparation for more active assaults on islands in the Dnipro River, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said.

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Russian drone strike kills two in Ukraine's northeast Kharkiv region A Russian drone attack on Monday killed two people on a moped in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region near the border, regional police said.

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Russian drone attack on Monday killed two people on a moped in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region near the border, regional police said.

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Exclusive: US investors eye strategic Bulgarian storage filled with Russian gas Two American financiers, with support from a former campaign manager of U.S. President Donald Trump, have approached Bulgarian authorities to discuss a possible investment in a state-owned underground storage filled mostly with Russian natural gas, according to five people familiar with the matter.

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🇺🇸🇧🇬 Two American financiers, with support from a former campaign manager of Trump, have approached Bulgarian authorities to discuss a possible investment in a state-owned underground storage filled mostly with Russian natural gas, Reuters reports.

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India's biggest refiner buys US, Middle East crude as Trump slams Russia purchases Indian Oil Corp has bought 7 million barrels of crude from the United States, Canada and the Middle East, four trade sources said on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his criticism of the country over its purchases of Russian oil.

🇮🇳🛢 Indian Oil Corp has bought 7 million barrels of crude from the United States, Canada and the Middle East, as Trump ramped up his criticism of the country over its purchases of Russian oil.

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Netherlands to start NATO's new Ukraine weapons finance scheme with $578 mln payment The Netherlands will be the first contributor to NATO's new "Priority Ukraine Requirements List" (PURL) financing mechanism for Ukraine weapons with a 500 million euros ($578 million) payment, the Dutch defence ministry said on Monday.

🇳🇱🇺🇦 The Netherlands will be the first contributor to NATO's new "Priority Ukraine Requirements List" financing mechanism for #Ukraine weapons with a 500 million euros payment, the Dutch defence minister said on Monday.

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Russia's Ryazan oil refinery halves refining capacity after drone attacks, sources say Ryazan oil refinery, operated by the Rosneft oil company, has halted around half its refining capacity since August 2 following a Ukrainian drone attack last week, three industry sources said.

🇷🇺🛢 Ryazan oil refinery, operated by the Rosneft oil company, has halted around half its refining capacity since August 2 following a Ukrainian drone attack last week, Reuters reports.

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Russia says it abandons moratorium on deploying short and medium-range missiles Russia no longer considers itself bound by a moratorium on the deployment of short- and medium-range missiles, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

🇷🇺 #Russia no longer considers itself bound by a moratorium on the deployment of short- and medium-range missiles, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

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Zelenskiy says 'mercenaries' from China, Pakistan and other countries fighting for Russia President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukrainian troops in northeastern Ukraine were fighting foreign "mercenaries" from various countries including China, Pakistan and parts of Africa, and vowed a response.

💬 President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukrainian troops in northeastern #Ukraine were fighting foreign "mercenaries" from various countries including China, Pakistan and parts of Africa, and vowed a response.

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