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Belarusian authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko has pardoned and released 31 Ukrainian citizens who had been held in Belarus, a move Minsk said was part of an agreement reached with US President Donald Trump.
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Kremlin-backed authorities said emergency crews managed to restore electricity in Horlivka and parts of Donetsk and Makiivka later on Monday. Source link
Founded in 1995 by British sociologist Theodore Shanin, Shaninka is considered one of Russia’s leading humanities institutions. Source link
Europe and the US are still moving in different directions over sanctions. This week Britain greatly expanded its sanctions list to include major Russian oil companies. But the practical effect may be limited unless other countries join in. Meanwhile, after speaking with Putin over the phone, President Donald Trump said that tightening sanctions right now would be ill-advised. Britain on Wednesday expanded its Russia sanctions, hitting the Mir national payment system along with several manufacturers and distributors of microelectronics from China, Singapore and Turkey. In addition, sanctions were imposed against the so-called shadow fleet and several small banks. But the biggest development…