Russia unfroze some of North Korea’s assets in exchange for supplying weapons for the war in Ukraine – NYT
Russia has unblocked $9 million of $30 million in frozen North Korean assets held in a Russian bank, according to intelligence officials.
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The West will start demanding Russia to close its bond debts, and in case of refusal will confiscate frozen assets – Financial Times
According to experts, such a plan is one of the main options for Ukraine’s allies to divert Russian assets in Kyiv’s favor.
Girkin-Strelkov’s lawyer did not rule out that his client could volunteer for war from prison
Terrorist Girkin was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Putin, which is considered "extremism" under Russian law.
American propagandist Tucker Carlson has been spotted in Moscow, Russian media reports
Images appeared in social networks. It is reported that Carlson visited the ballet “Spartacus” at the Bolshoi Theater. On his official pages there is no information about the trip to Russia.
A Russian pilot was shot in Engels
Ukraine's GUR reports an attack on the crew commander of the Tu-95 strategic bomber, Major Oleg Stegachev.
In Volgograd, Russia, drones attacked Lukoil’s largest refinery in the Southern Federal District, with a capacity of 14.8 million tons
The regional governor and the Russian Defense Ministry claim that the UAVs were shot down and debris fell on the plant.
Eyewitnesses filmed Russians raising parts of the sunken large landing ship Novocherkassk
Let us remind you that the Novocherkassk landing ship sank after an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the port in Feodosia. At least 33 Russian sailors are missing and 19 are wounded.
In Russia, wives of mobilized men from the group “Way Home” call on Russian women to come to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Large-scale actions are planned just on the 500th day of mobilization in Russia. The women plan to lay flowers at the graves.
Russia can no longer be Armenia’s main military partner “for both objective and subjective reasons,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said
Russian MPs want to raise the draft age to 50 for migrants who have obtained Russian citizenship
The authors of the bill believe that natives of other countries who have become citizens of the Russian Federation evade registration or “deliberately wait until the age of conscription”.
