Russia’s sports comeback fuels anger in Ukraine

Ahead of a key meeting about curling, a top Ukrainian minister tells POLITICO he is “deeply concerned” about the trend toward readmission.

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Russian TV host brands Meloni ‘fascist scum,’ sparking diplomatic fracas

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani denounced the “extremely serious and offensive statements” broadcast on Russian state television.

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Russia-aligned Rumen Radev set to win Bulgarian election

Former president’s Progressive Bulgaria party is on track to win just under 40 percent of the vote, according to exit polls.

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Is this where we’re headed too? Speculation that recent outages in Russia were tests for unplugging from internet & global community (similar to what’s already happening in Iran, also China). Population response: “Local media reported that retailers recorded a quick surge in demand for pagers, portable radios, stationary phones, media players and road maps, as the shutdowns gripped the capital.”

“Mohiuddin Ahmed, associate professor in cybersecurity at Adelaide University … said internet blackouts could become a "successful" strategy for governments to control domestic political unrest.
"Internet blackouts are put in place so that everyday people can't know what's going on in the rest of the world." “

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/moscow-internet-shutdown-russia-test-censorship/69rjp4wai

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#controlDomesticUnrest #RussianPolitics

Does a 'Great Firewall' loom? Why Russians are buying up walkie-talkies and road maps

Some believe Russia is testing a system that could cut it off from the global internet.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Time no longer on Russia's side, EU diplomacy chief says --Estonia spots Russian troops without insignia near border; officials say not a new tactic -- At least 5 tanks hit: Ukrainian drones spark massive blaze at Russia's largest oil terminal in occupied Crimea, source confirms -- Kremlin issues veiled threats towards Moldova, cites Ukraine as warning ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/tuesday-october-14-2025/

Russian minister fired by Putin shoots himself dead, authorities say

Former Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was at the helm as Ukrainian drone attacks crippled the aviation sector over the weekend.

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Belarusian opposition leader calls for Trump to ‘punish’ dictator Lukashenko

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is appealing to the U.S. president to continue putting pressure on the authoritarian leader of Belarus.

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Russia hits Kyiv with huge attack while condemning US strikes on Iran

Just a day before Moscow’s attack on Ukraine’s capital, the Kremlin “strongly condemned” the airstrikes that Washington launched against Iranian nuclear facilities.

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Das Update neuen Russland-Manifest der SPD

Unter anderem Ralf Stegner, Rolf Mützenich und Norbert Walter-Borjans gehören zu den Unterzeichnern eines Debattenpapiers aus der SPD zur Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik. Das Papier fordert eine Wied…

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