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Air Defence Systems In Moscow Repelled Drone ‘Attack’: Mayor

Air defence systems in the Russian capital on Tuesday destroyed a drone over the city, Moscow’s mayor announced, without specifying whether it was a Ukrainian drone or from where it was launched. “Air defence forces in the Odintsovo district repelled a drone attack. According to preliminary information, there is no damage or casualties at the […]

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Sergei Sobyanin: Putin’s Technocrat Mayor Keeping Moscow Calm

Stony-faced and reserved, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has been entrusted by the Kremlin to keep Russia’s capital running smoothly through mass opposition protests, the disastrous pandemic and now regular Ukrainian drone attacks. Sobyanin has presided over Europe’s largest city for almost 13 years and is part of an elite class of technocrats quietly keeping the […]

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Oklahoma City Council Votes To Suspend Relationship With Russian Sister City | #citycouncil

The Oklahoma City Council voted to suspend its partnership with a Russian city. This comes after Ukraine asked U.S. mayors to terminate their relationships with Russian sister cities.  Oklahoma City (OKC) has been in a partnership with Ulyanovsk, Russia for over 20 years. The city council recently voted to stand in solidarity with Ukraine and […]

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Ex-mayor arrested on charges of discrediting Russian army

MOSCOW — The former mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city was arrested Wednesday on charges of discrediting the country’s military, part of a crackdown on critics of Moscow’s military action in Ukraine. Police arrested Yevgeny Roizman, 59 who served as the mayor of Yekaterinburg in 2013-2018, following searches at his apartment and office. Roizman told reporters […]

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Sievierodonetsk mayor says Russian forces seize half of city

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk that is key to Moscow’s efforts to quickly complete the capture of the industrial Donbas region, the mayor told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “The city is essentially being destroyed ruthlessly block by block,” Oleksandr Striuk […]

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