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Opinion | Let 3 Million Russians Come to Europe – And Take 500 Billion Euros Out of Putin's Pockets By Vladislav Inozemtsev and Dmitry Gudkov and Dmitry Nekrasov Читаете русскую версию здесь. On Tuesday, we presented in Paris what our colleagues recently wrote about in The Moscow Times: an independent Russian think tank that would offer concrete solutions to counter President Vladimir Putin and his aggression against the free world — solutions that take both Russian politics and the worldview of the Russian elite into account. The views expressed in opinion pieces do not necessarily reflect the position of The Moscow Times. Read more | Subscribe to our channel

U.S. Widens Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine Invasion The United States on Wednesday announced a raft of new sanctions aimed at constraining Moscow's ability to wage war on Ukraine while raising the stakes for foreign banks that still deal with Russia. The Treasury Department and State Department's sanctions impacted more than 300 targets, including entities in Russia and countries like China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Read more | Subscribe to our channel

Russian Nuclear-Powered Submarine Arrives in Cuba A Russian nuclear-powered submarine and other naval vessels arrived in Cuba on Wednesday for a five-day visit to the island in a show of force amid spiraling U.S.-Russian tensions. The submarine Kazan, which Cuba says is not carrying nuclear weapons, was accompanied by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, as well as an oil tanker and a salvage tug. Read more | Subscribe to our channel

Russian Exiled Media Raise Funds for Political Prisoners Russian exiled media and activists held a telethon on Wednesday in support of the growing number of political prisoners inside Russia, raising tens of thousands of euros for those currently held behind bars. Moscow has waged a sweeping crackdown against domestic dissent since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Leading rights group Memorial says Russia now has 739 political prisoners. Read more | Subscribe to our channel

Russian Peacekeepers Complete Withdrawal from Nagorno-Karabakh Russian peacekeepers on Wednesday completed their withdrawal from Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Baku recaptured last year from Armenian separatists, officials in Baku said. Azerbaijan and Armenia had fought two wars — first from 1988 to 1994 and then again in 2020 — for control of the then-breakaway enclave. Read more | Subscribe to our channel

‘Another Attempt to Marginalize Us’: Experts and Activists Weigh In on ‘Anti-Russian Separatist’ Ban Russia’s Supreme Court last week ruled to ban the so-called “Anti-Russian Separatist Movement” and “its structural divisions” as an extremist organization.  Though no organization with this name formally exists in Russia or elsewhere, the country’s Justice Ministry defined the group as an “international public movement to destroy the multinational unity and territorial integrity of Russia.”  Read more | Subscribe to our channel

Moscow Demands Release of Russian Woman Accused of Spying in Denmark Moscow has called for the immediate release of a Russian woman arrested in Denmark on suspicion of espionage, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday, accusing Copenhagen of "persecution." Danish authorities announced Tuesday that a Russian citizen had been arrested on suspicion of "enabling a foreign intelligence service to operate in Denmark." They did not reveal the woman's identity. Read more | Subscribe to our channel

Germany's Uniper Awarded 13 Bln Euros for Lost Russian Gas German energy giant Uniper said Wednesday a tribunal had awarded it over 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in damages from Russian state energy company Gazprom for its failure to deliver gas. The ruling gave Uniper "the right to terminate the contracts and awarded it an amount of more than 13 billion euros in damages for the gas volumes not supplied," the company said in a statement. Read more | Subscribe to our channel

North Korea's Kim Hails Ties With Russia Ahead of Reported Putin Visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday hailed his country's ties with Russia, saying the two nations were "invincible comrades-in-arms" amid reports President Vladimir Putin will visit Pyongyang this summer. Kim made a rare overseas trip to meet the Kremlin leader in Russia's far east last year, with Seoul and Washington subsequently accusing Pyongyang of shipping weapons to Moscow for use on the battlefield in Ukraine. Read more | Subscribe to our channel

Serbia Praises Security Cooperation With Moscow Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin praised security cooperation with Russia, emphasizing continued mutual support on the international stage, in a statement on Tuesday. Vulin, the former head of intelligence services, made the comments following a meeting with Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev in Moscow, said a government statement. Read more | Subscribe to our channel