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Telegram founder Pavel Durov's various citizenships add to the mystery of his detention
Read full article: Telegram founder Pavel Durov's various citizenships add to the mystery of his detentionOver more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships.
Thousands protest lithium mining in Serbia. Officials say it's a plot against populist president
Read full article: Thousands protest lithium mining in Serbia. Officials say it's a plot against populist presidentTens of thousands of protesters have rallied in downtown Belgrade against lithium mining in Serbia.
Some of what Putin told Tucker Carlson missed the bigger picture. This fills in the gaps
Read full article: Some of what Putin told Tucker Carlson missed the bigger picture. This fills in the gapsRussian President Vladimir Putin sat down in the Kremlin for an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
10 years later, a war-weary Ukraine reflects on events that began its collision course with Russia
Read full article: 10 years later, a war-weary Ukraine reflects on events that began its collision course with RussiaTen years ago, Ukrainians took to the streets to protest a decision by their Moscow-friendly president to move the country away from the European Union and toward Russia.
Court: Ukraine can try to avoid repaying $3B loan to Russia
Read full article: Court: Ukraine can try to avoid repaying $3B loan to RussiaThe U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that Ukraine can try to avoid repaying $3 billion in loans it said it took under pressure from Russia in 2013 to prevent it from trying to join the European Union.
Putin critic who left Russia flees Kyiv as "double refugee"
Read full article: Putin critic who left Russia flees Kyiv as "double refugee"A Russian citizen who years ago left her home country in opposition to Vladimir Putinโs government has been forced to flee again โ this time from her adopted home of Kyiv โ as Putinโs armed forces assault Ukraine.
Ukraine leader stresses NATO, EU ties on independence day
Read full article: Ukraine leader stresses NATO, EU ties on independence dayUkraineโs president has urged closer ties between the ex-Soviet nation and NATO and the European Union in a speech marking the 30th anniversary of Ukraineโs independence.
Blinken takes anti-graft message, old Russia foe to Ukraine
Read full article: Blinken takes anti-graft message, old Russia foe to UkraineSecretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Ukraine carrying a tough anti-graft message and strong U.S. backing for the countryโs response to Russian aggression.
ICC prosecutor ready to open investigation into Ukraine
Read full article: ICC prosecutor ready to open investigation into UkraineTHE HAGUE โ The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said Friday that a preliminary probe has found โa reasonable basis at this time to believeโ that crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed in Ukraine which merit a full-scale investigation. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said the suspected crimes and the failure of courts in Ukraine and Russia to successfully prosecute them mean that the next step for ICC prosecutors will be to request authorization from judges to open a formal investigation. Without going into details of the alleged crimes, Bensouda said in a statement that her preliminary investigation found three โclusters of victimization;โ crimes committed during hostilities, during detentions and crimes committed in Crimea. The ICC is a court of last resort that only takes cases when member states do not or cannot prosecute them in domestic courts. Earlier Friday, Bensouda whose term as prosecutor at the ICC is drawing to a close, said she also was ready to seek authorization for a full-scale investigation into the conflict between Nigerian forces and the Boko Haram extremist group.
100,000 march in Minsk to demand Belarus leader resigns
Read full article: 100,000 march in Minsk to demand Belarus leader resignsBelarusian opposition supporters with old Belarusian national flags gather toward the Independence Palace, the residential of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020. Sunday's demonstration marked the beginning of the fifth week of daily protests calling for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's resignation in the wake of allegedly manipulated elections. Protesters say the results were rigged, and some have explained to Associated Press journalists exactly how the fraud took place in their districts. Authorities also have revoked the accreditation of many Belarusian journalists and deported some foreign journalists, including two Moscow-based Associated Press journalists. APs Belarusian journalists were among those told their press credentials had been revoked.
Belarus president's supporters rally in protest-hit capital
Read full article: Belarus president's supporters rally in protest-hit capitalHundreds of supporters of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko with Belarusian State flags, and a poster that reads: "Our President, our Country!, Not let destroy the country", gather at Independent Square of Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. On Saturday, thousands of demonstrators rallied at the spot in Belarus' capital where a protester died in clashes with police, calling for Lukashenko to resign. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)MINSK Thousands of people have gathered in a square near Belarus' main government building for a rally to support President Alexander Lukashenko, while opposition supporters whose protests have convulsed the country for a week aim to hold a major march in the capital. Now everybody is against Lukashenko and the president needs our support. Belarus' declining economy and Lukashenko's dismissal of the coronavirus pandemic as psychosis are among the factors that galvanized the largest and most sustained protests the country has seen.