Reactor No. 4, protected by a structure called New Safe Confinement, at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 2022, the 36th anniversary of the disaster. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images) KYIV — The Belarusian border with Ukraine is 674 miles long. But one of the most strategically important areas is directly north of …
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It has been nine months since the Russian military launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. What was supposed to be a quick military operation to overthrow the Ukrainian government has now turned into a protracted war that has claimed tens of thousands of civilian and military lives. Although the war is taking place on Ukrainian …
The world’s top 100 arms producers continued to increase sales in 2021, but supply chain issues have slowed industry growth, according to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic played a role in stifling growth to 1.9% in 2021 from 2020, the report released on …
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Even as Ukraine celebrates its recent battlefield victorieshis government faces a looming challenge on the financial front: how to pay the enormous cost of the war effort without triggering runaway price spikes for ordinary people or racking up debts that could hamper post-war reconstruction. The struggle is to find loans or …
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Ukrainian officials are pushing foreign partners to provide routine but potentially life-saving electricity generators and gas turbines as Kyiv braces for a dark winter of freezing temperatures and continued Russian missile attacks aimed at collapsing the grid national energy and economy. As Moscow’s invasion seems fatally mired in the muddy battlefields of eastern and southern …
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European oil sanctions are due to come into force on December 5. The idea is to reduce Russia’s oil revenues given its war in Ukraine. Andrei Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Upcoming sanctions on Russian oil could be “really disruptive” for energy markets if European countries fail to set a cap on prices, analysts …
Press play to listen to this article Expressed by artificial intelligence. BERLIN – It’s cold in Europe, the economy is collapsing and the natives are restless. There is only one answer: Blame America. Pointing across the Atlantic has long been a favorite diversionary tactic of European political elites when things start to get dicey on …
KYIV – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine “cannot be broken” citing his country’s fight against the Russian invasion and marking the anniversary of the famine seen by Ukrainians as a deliberate act perpetrated by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Live briefing: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine RFE/RL Live briefing gives you all the latest developments on …
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London CNN Business — Ukraine’s allies want to put a price cap on Russian oil. But there’s a problem: they can’t agree on a figure that would put pressure on the Kremlin. The biggest Western economies agreed earlier this year to cap the price of Russia’s most valuable export and pledged to work out the …
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Moscow CNN — November and December are known as the most depressing months in Moscow. The days are short and dark, and the weather is too cold and wet to be outdoors much, but still too hot and rainy to enjoy the true Russian winter. This year, the sense of gloom is heightened by the …
