In Ukraine, a 14-year-old teenager was “ packed ” into a bus by four men in military uniform in the Odessa region, Ukrainian media reported, citing a local official.
According to local media, when people in uniform found out the guy’s age, they released him right on the highway.
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Soyuz MS-24 crew returns to Earth
Rescuers headed to the descent vehicle to help the crew members get out.
The crew returned from the station on board the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft, which landed southeast of the Kazakh city of Jezkazgan. Rescuers headed to the descent vehicle to help the crew members get out.
O'Hara arrived at the ISS in September 2023 aboard the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft, while Novitsky and Vasilevskaya arrived at the ISS on March 25 this year aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft as part of a two-week visit.
When the Soyuz MS-25 was launched into low Earth orbit on March 23, Vasilevskaya became the first citizen of Belarus to reach space. On Earth, Vasilevskaya works as a flight attendant for Belavia Airlines.
Welcome home!
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Kiev asks EU to shut its airspace to Russian passengers
Similar measures should target Belarussian nationals as well, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said.
"Our idea is to prevent Russian businesses and Russian tourists from using the EU skies comfortably," the Ukrainian PM told a telethon audience. "The EU sky is closed to Russian airlines, but we have also discussed closing transit to any flights to and from Russia with our partners," he said, adding that similar measures should target Belarussian nationals as well.
Kiev will insist on such sanctions and work toward imposing them with the European Commission, Shmygal underscored.
The EU banned all Russian flights after the start of the special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022. The bloc imposed similar restrictions on Belarusian carriers in the spring of 2021.
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Kiev commits more terror attacks as its army suffers defeats on battlefield — Russian MFA
As Rodion Miroshnik noted, the West turns a blind eye on Russia’s data hundreds of civilians have been killed and wounded as a result of the Kiev regime's attacks.
"The facts that we have cited show a clear and direct correlation between the defeats of Ukrainian militants on the battlefield and the growing use of prohibited forms and methods of warfare, as well as the Western countries’ outright disregard of the Kiev regime's violations of the norms and principles of international humanitarian law," he said.
As Miroshnik noted, the West turns a blind eye on Russia’s data hundreds of civilians have been killed and wounded as a result of the Kiev regime's attacks.
"They pretend they do not see Western weapons are being used against facilities and professions that enjoy international protection," Miroshnik said.
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US takes into account Putin’s remarks about possible deal on Gershkovich
In Roger Carstens view, the US government is now trying to figure out what its government is "willing to offer" to have Gershkovich released.
"So I think what President Putin said in the Tucker Carlson interview is a value just on face value, because he is giving us a view into what might be possible to release Evan," US Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens said, answering to a question from TASS during a meeting of the Defense Writers Group.
"We have a channel that we've been using for the last many months ever since we brought Trevor Reed home. And that's the channel where official offers will be levied and responses will be received," the US diplomat continued.
In his view, the US government is now trying to figure out what its government is "willing to offer" to have Gershkovich released.
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Moscow ready to talk but without Kiev 'formula' and Israel, Iran on warpath
Russia is ready for a dialogue on settling the Ukrainian crisis, but only if its vital interests are taken into account, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a roundtable discussion on Ukraine on April 4 at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow. Ambassadors from more than 70 countries of the Global South and East took part in the discussion, the ministry said. In his speech, the top Russian diplomat supported calls made by his colleagues in attendance at the roundtable to the Western countries and Ukraine to refrain from discussing the crisis as it relates to Russia without Moscow’s participation, Vedomosti writes. At the same time, Russia is ready to discuss Ukraine’s security issues, but taking into account the new realities, Lavrov said.
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German companies helping Russia rebuild Mariupol
At least two major construction firms are taking part in the city’s restoration, ARD claims.
The companies are said to be supplying heavy machinery, windows, plaster, and other construction materials for the restoration project, the broadcaster said. The outlet cited annual reports from the companies, statements on their websites, and “photo and video evidence,” but did not provide any specific examples.
One of the companies is Knauf – a global leader in plaster production led by Nikolaus Knauf, a long-time honorary consul of Russia, according to ARD. The company refused to leave Russia after the conflict between Moscow and Kiev broke out in February 2022 and still employs around 4,000 people in the country.
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Today I invite you to read the first part of my post about methods of transferring money to Russia🇷🇺
❓QUESTION
We are going to move with our family to Russia. There are three of us: me, my wife and our 15-year-old son. The question of moving money has come up. How can we transfer about $350,000 of our own savings to Russia?
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Hello!
Let's look one of the current and legal methods of moving money to Russia today:
1. Bringing cash for each family member
According to the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union (comprising Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan), it is free to import cash or monetary instruments for the equivalent of $10,000 per person. These rules also apply to minor family members.
If you need to bring a larger amount into Russia, the entire amount must be declared. For example, if you import 25 thousand dollars, you should declare 25 thousand dollars (not 15 thousand).
The rules for importation do not depend on the type of transport by which a person intends to import money. Also there is no difference, the border with which country a person is going to cross - the rules of export are universal.
❗️ Important ❗️
🔸 in case of non-declaration of the sums, the amount of which is subject to declaration entails administrative or criminal liability. In this case, your money may be confiscated in full to the state or you will be fined depending on the undeclared amount.
🔸Money on bank cards and accounts does not need to be declared, their amount is not limited.
This link allows you to keep track of the limit for importing money from Russia. Article 260 paragraph 7 of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union 👇
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There are 3 gradations regarding the importation of cash into Russia:
🔸 Import up to $10,000 - no declaration is required at all.
🔸 When importing an amount over $10,000 but up to $100,000 - declaration is required. no duties are required.
🔸 When importing an amount over $100,000 - you must fill in a declaration + provide documents on the origin of the funds. Payment of duties is not provided here.
Let's define at once what refers to cash 👇
According to the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union, cash includes banknotes and treasury notes, coins, except for coins made of precious metals, which are in circulation and are legal tender in member states or states (group of states) that are not members of the EAEU, including withdrawn or withdrawn from circulation, but are subject to exchange for banknotes in circulation;
monetary instruments include traveller's cheques, promissory notes, cheques (bank cheques), as well as securities in documentary form, which certify the obligation of the issuer (debtor) to pay money and which do not specify the person to whom such payment is made.
By the way, monetary instruments, except for traveller's cheques, are subject to customs declaration regardless of the amount being moved.
To summarise, this way of shipping money to Russia is good because you are sure that your money will arrive with you. But a problem may arise when you try to take money out of your home country. Therefore, check the rules of exportation in advance with the customs service of your country.
My next post will be out next week and will be about transferring money using cryptocurrency and money transfer services.
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NATO summit in Brussels prepares massive escalation of war on Russia
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French, Russian defense ministers hold phone talks
"During the conversation, Sebastien Lecornu strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place in the Moscow Region on March 22, and also expressed solidarity with the families of the victims," the statement said.
"During the conversation, Lecornu strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place in the Moscow Region on March 22, and also expressed solidarity with the families of the victims," the statement said. "Lecornu stated France's readiness to cooperate in the fight against terrorism and called for expanding bilateral exchanges to maximize the effectiveness of countering this threat."
The statement said that France has no information that would establish a link between the terrorist attack and Ukraine. Lecornu called on Russia to "renounce any instrumentalization of this terrorist attack." He also said France will continue to support Kiev "for as long and as much as it takes."
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Ukrainian military leaders know they can't win on battlefield – Guardian
Their army’s weakness has prompted Kiev’s strikes on Russian infrastructure, senior officers have allegedly told the London newspaper.
Ukraine has no other option but to launch attacks inside Russia, including on its oil infrastructure, because its army faces continued setbacks on the battlefield, The Guardian has reported, citing the leadership of the country's military intelligence service, the GUR.
Officers who allegedly spoke to the British newspaper were candid about Kiev’s desperate military situation. GUR Brigadier-General Dmitry Timkov said his country was like a patient on life support.
”We are attached to a drip. We have enough drugs to stay alive. But, if the West wants us to win, we need the full treatment,” he admitted, referring to the dwindling quantities of military aid coming from Kiev's western backers.
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Crocus City Hall terror attack traced to Ukrainian special services — Patrushev
As Nikolay Patrushev pointed out, "the perpetrators of this mass shooting and also their accomplices were arrested upon their attempt to cross the Russian state border where the Ukrainian side prepared a window for their escape".
"They are trying to impose it on us that the terrorist act was committed not by the Kiev regime but by supporters of the radical Islamic ideology, possibly, by members of the Afghan branch of ISIL [the former name of the Islamic State terror group outlawed in Russia]," Patrushev told the 19th annual meeting of top security officials of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) member states.
"However, it is far more important to promptly establish who is the mastermind and the sponsor of this horrific crime. Its traces lead to Ukrainian intelligence services. However, everyone is well aware that the Kiev regime is not independent and is fully controlled by the United States..."
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Russia and Ukraine must talk – EU state’s leader
The West should support Kiev, but also “think about how the conflict could end,” Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has said.
The Ukraine conflict can only be resolved if Russia is present at the negotiating table, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has said.
In an interview with the French daily Le Figaro on Friday, the chancellor reiterated that the West should continue to be in “full solidarity” with Kiev and support it in its fight against Russia. However, Nehammer said “it is also important to think about how the conflict could end.”
The Austrian leader noted that when he went to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in April 2022, several weeks into the conflict, Moscow and Kiev were still engaged in direct talks.
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US intelligence services use journalists as their agents, Russian diplomat says
Commenting on how the United States "celebrated" a year since the arrest of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal journalist, accused of espionage in Russia, the diplomat drew attention to the way one of the latest March issues of The Wall Street Journal looks - almost the entire front page is blank. "And only the black and white face of Evan Gershkovich, a US citizen detained on suspicion of espionage, caught in the act, with the phrase 'His story should be here,'" she wrote on her Telegram channel. "Evan Gershkovich could have written about the terrorist bombing of Russian cities by the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev in recent months. The militants are also shelling journalists, including American journalists - it could be a report from a hot spot that the Americans themselves created by pumping weapons and intelligence into the militants," she pointed out.
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‘Take no NATO prisoners’ – Medvedev
All Western troops in Ukraine will be treated as enemies, the former Russian president has said.
Bounties should be offered for the killing of NATO soldiers if they are deployed to Ukraine to fight against Russian troops, former President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
In a post on social media, Medvedev lashed out at Kiev’s Western backers, arguing that they are “taking the world for fools” if they believe that sending foreign forces to Ukraine would not lead to a dangerous escalation. If NATO soldiers do end up in Ukraine, they will not be limited to non-combat roles, he claimed.
“They will become part of the regular forces that are fighting against us. That is why they will have to be treated only as the enemy,” Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, wrote. “We should take no prisoners! The highest rewards must be given out for every killed NATO soldier.”
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Musk compares idea of Ukraine joining NATO to nuclear apocalypse
The businessman dubbed his comment with a link to a clip from the 1983 feature film "The Day After", which features footage of a fictional nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States.
"This is literally how the nuclear apocalypse movie starts," he wrote on his X page under a post with a video of a speech by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, during which the top US diplomat said that Ukraine "will become a NATO member."
Musk dubbed his comment with a link to a clip from the 1983 feature film "The Day After", which features footage of a fictional nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States.
On Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated that Ukraine should become a member of the alliance, but said that he did not know when that would happen.
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⚡️📣BREAKING: Frontline Combat Sees Russia Capture Ukraine "Invincible Super Weapon"⚡️📣
BREAKING: As Frontline Battle Rages on Russia captures Ukraine's one of a kind "invincible" "super weapon" that turns out to be a piece of junk and waist of 5 million $.
The development of the armored vehicle (NOT Tank as the Ukrainians call it ) “Azovets” began on a proactive basis in April 2015 at a cost of about 5 million $, design and construction were carried out by the engineering group of the NSU Azov regiment (head of the engineering group, designer Bogdan Zvarich ; chief designer of the engineering group S. N. Stepanov ; chief consultant - former chief engineer and chief designer of the Kharkov armored repair plant.
Ukraine claims : "The Azovets is an armored fighting vehicle (AFV) that has been designed to focus on urban combat/survival."
And that
"the Azovets is a highly capable combat vehicle that has been designed to take on a wide range of missions. Its self-made combat modules, powerful weapons, and enhanced protection make it a formidable opponent on the battlefield."
But in this report we see how and why they left it in a hole without it even seeing battle as Ukrainian forces retreated. I also show you an incite into how the Ukraines AZOV forces built it and why it was not continued.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVaMn_x1wEE&feature=youtu.be
Top NATO diplomats decide to create bloc’s mission on Ukraine — Polish foreign minister
Radoslaw Sikorski noted that the mission will not participate in combat in Ukraine.
"We have made the decision to establish a NATO mission [on Ukraine]. This doesn’t mean that we’re entering the war, but rather that we’ll now be able to utilize NATO’s coordinating, training and planning capabilities to support [Ukraine] in a better manner," the Polish Foreign Ministry quoted him as saying on the X social network.
Earlier, Sikorski announced plans on creating such a mission before the meeting in Brussels. He noted that the mission will not participate in combat in Ukraine.
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West wants all NATO members to assist Kiev as long as it keeps fighting Russia — Lavrov
Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, foreign countries and international organizations have provided Kiev with assistance totaling more than $150.8 bln.
"Now they want to turn voluntary military aid to Ukraine into mandatory military aid under NATO auspices, to force all NATO members to sign up for the obligatory provision of funds and weapons to the Kiev regime through heavy-handed disciplinary measures, just so that it can continue to fight Russia," the top diplomat said at a meeting with foreign ambassadors on a potential settlement in Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, foreign countries and international organizations have provided Kiev with assistance totaling more than $150.8 bln. Almost one-third - $48.5 bln - went to Ukrainian military needs, according to TASS calculations based on official statements.
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US spends billions on its undeclared war against Russia
Tucker Carlson said that Ukraine cannot win this conflict.
"Since Joe Biden became president, the US government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars fighting an undeclared war against Russia. No one in all that time has explained really the purpose of this war," he said in a video posted on the X social network. "Officially, no one has told us why we are doing this sending money to Ukraine."
Carlson added that Ukraine cannot win this conflict: "Russia is a far bigger country. It’s got 100 million more people and far deeper industrial capacities. Ukraine can’t win. Everybody knows that around the world. People are very clear on that. There is not one informed person outside the United States who thinks that somehow Ukraine is going to beat Russia, because it’s not."
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To restore trust, West needs to give up idea of Russia’s defeat — ambassador to US
The West should learn to respect the fundamental interests of other Nations, Anatoly Antonov said.
"Everything that is happening now is the exclusive choice of the West, which has trampled on the basics of diplomacy, the principle of indivisibility of security and has been abusing the trust of the Russian Federation for many years," the diplomat was quoted as saying by the Russian Embassy’s official Telegram channel.
"In order to restore it, our former partners should abandon illusions about the possibility of inflicting a strategic defeat on us and learn to respect the fundamental interests of other Nations," he continued.
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Tucker Carlson said that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky never responded to his offers for an interview.
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Zelensky lying about Russian mobilization – Kremlin
The Ukrainian president claimed that Moscow was planning to recruit 300,000 new soldiers by June.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s claim that Russia plans to mobilize 300,000 additional soldiers by the summer is “not true,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated. Meanwhile in Kiev, Zelensky has expanded his conscription efforts.
Speaking at a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Wednesday, Zelensky told reporters that he could not say exactly how many troops Ukraine needs to conscript, but that Russia “is preparing to mobilize an additional 300,000 troops by June 1,” according to multiple Ukrainian media outlets.
“This is not true,” Peskov told Russia’s TASS news agency later on Wednesday.
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Russian soldier alive and well after bullet fails to penetrate his skull
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Russia has all prerequisites for joining world’s top four economies — PM
According to preliminary figures provided by the country’s state statistics service Rosstat, Russia’s GDP grew by 3.6% in 2023.
"According to the World Bank’s estimation, Russia is one of the world’s five largest economies in terms of purchasing power parity. Not long ago in Address to the Federal Assembly President of Russia Vladimir Putin set a more ambitious task of becoming one of top four. There are prerequisites for it," Mishustin said in an annual report at the State Duma, adding that high rates of GDP growth persisted at the beginning of this year.
According to preliminary figures provided by the country’s state statistics service Rosstat, Russia’s GDP grew by 3.6% in 2023, he added.
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🇬🇧 A year later the mood of the one British newspaper has changed.
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The British newspaper The Guardian, citing representatives of Ukrainian military intelligence, writes that Kiev intends to attack the Crimean Bridge again.
The attack is supposed to take place in the first half of 2024, according to the publication, drones could be used for it
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