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Iran's powerful Guardians Council has barred prominent moderate politicians from running in the June 18 presidential election in a move that analysts say will place hard-line cleric Ebrahim Raisi as the leading candidate in the vote.

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Ukraine on May 26 decried the lack of progress in NATO's "open-door" policy to Ukrainian membership and said it could not comprehend why it wasn't invited to the bloc's summit next month.

Rahmatillo Zoirov, the leader of Tajikistan's opposition Social Democratic Party for more than two decades, has stepped down citing lingering health issues stemming from an attack he suffered last year.

Organizers of a conference of independent Russian lawmakers have been sentenced after police broke up the event, claiming it violated new anti-COVID restrictions. The lawmakers deny they broke the rules, and say they were put in place at the last minute to stop the opposition from organizing.

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Russian Lawmakers Take Step Toward Ban Of Navalny Supporters From All Elected Posts May 25, 2021 13:40 GMT Share share Print Russias lower house of parliament has approved the second reading of a bill that would ban supporters and members of "extremist" organizations from being elected to any post. Under the draft bill passed on May 25, leaders and founders of organizations declared "extremist" or "terrorist" by Russian courts will be banned from running for elective posts for a period of five ...

More Airlines Halt Belarus Overflights Following Controversial Plane Diversion May 25, 2021 08:48 GMT Share share Print More airlines have announced a suspension of their flights over Belarusian airspace after the country diverted a passenger plane to Minsk and arrested a dissident journalist. Air France, Finnair, and Singapore Airlines were among the latest carriers to suspend flights over Belarus on May 25, a day after European Union leaders called on the blocs aviation industry to avoid the ...

Kremlin Critic Navalny Says Three More Criminal Cases Launched Against Him May 25, 2021 09:49 GMT Share share Print Navalny said in a May 25 post on Instagram that he learned about the cases from an investigator who visited him in prison the day before. He said one case accused him of "stealing" donations to his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), while a second case "accuses me of encouraging citizens to refuse to perform their civic duties." The third case against the 44-year-old Kremlin criti...

M&A Activity Picks Up in F&B Sectors, Including Functional Water Assets Space - NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage NEW YORK, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- After a sluggish start to 2020, merger and acquisition activity in the food and beverage industry survived COVID-19 and picked up in H2, with 136 of the years 222 transactions closing after June last year. Total transaction value for the year was $13.8 billion, only slightly lower than 2019. Despite the lingering pandemic, consolidation contin...