Ukraine – vier Jahre Krieg mit Russland – POLITICO

Auf den Tag genau vier Jahre nach Beginn der russischen Vollinvasion steht die Ukraine weiter im Abnutzungskrieg. Die Frontlinien haben sich kaum verschoben, der Winter war hart, die Bevölkerung erschöpft und ein klares Ende ist nicht in Sicht. Im Gespräch mit Alexander Rodnyansky, ehemaliger Wirtschaftsberater von Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj, geht es um die entscheidende Frage: […]

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Russia launches terror probe into Telegram chief Pavel Durov – POLITICO

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov piled the pressure on, telling reporters Tuesday that authorities had recorded “a large number of violations” and Telegram’s “unwillingness … to cooperate.” The probe marks the latest chapter in Moscow’s decade-long battle with Durov. Russia attempted to block Telegram in 2018 after the company refused to hand over encryption keys — […]

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UK exempts Druzhba oil pipeline from Russia sanctions – POLITICO

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said the firm was “ responsible for transporting over 80 percent of Russian oil exports, further hampering the Kremlin’s desperate scramble to find buyers for its sanctioned oil.”   But a new filing by the U.K. government’s Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation, published Tuesday, lists the Druzhba pipeline among “exempt projects” under the Russia sanctions regime.  […]

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la nomination de Louis Margueritte validée par le conseil d’administration – POLITICO

PARIS — La vacance à la tête de Business France vit enfin à son épilogue. Le conseil d’administration de l’agence chargée de l’internationalisation de l’économie française a approuvé mardi, à l’unanimité, l’arrivée prochaine de Louis Margueritte au poste de directeur général, a appris POLITICO. Cet avis favorable, confirmé par deux sources internes, constitue la dernière […]

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US, Belgium signal détente after Trump’s envoy instigated huge row – POLITICO

The men are under investigation for allegedly carrying out circumcisions without involving a medical professional; an obligation under Belgian law.  White’s explosive intervention came shortly after Trump’s Polish ambassador sparked a feud with the government in Warsaw, and right before the American envoy to France, Charles Kushner, was summoned by the French government over the […]

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