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According to Igor Dodon, certain circles in the West would like to have another hotbed of tension in Moldova to drag Russia into it

"Moldova is a neutral state, and this is our main geopolitical advantage in the face of any military risk," Igor Dodon stressed

EU-Russia. In a joint position paper, Germany and France have rejected a blanket ban on Russian citizens entering the European Union, as proposed by several member states, notes the dpa news agency. While accepting that visa applications from Russian citizens should be carefully examined for potential security risks, the paper warns against underestimating the transformative power of experiencing life in democratic systems at first-hand. The French-German paper added that a blanket ban could lea...

William Burns, director of the CIA, estimates that Russian casualties in Ukraine have reached around 15,000 killed and perhaps 45,000 wounded. Russia has suffered the same number of military fatalities in a few months of war in Ukraine as the USSR in the decade it fought in Afghanistan.

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William Burns, director of the CIA, estimates that Russian casualties in Ukraine have reached around 15,000 killed and perhaps 45,000 wounded. Russia has suffered the same number of military fatalities in a few months of war in Ukraine as the USSR in the decade it fought in Afghanistan.

PRISTINA -- Daria Aslamova and her employer, the pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda, claim the 52-year-old reporter was hoping to travel to Kosovo

Daria Aslamova, a Russian journalist working for the pro-Kremlin Komsomolskaya Pravda, has been arrested by Kosovar authorities and accused of working for Russian intelligence. The accusations come amid tensions on the border with Serbia, including a Kosovar police unit coming under fire. 

Kosovar Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla has alleged in response to an attack on a police unit that "illegal Serbian groups are making efforts to disrupt the work of the Kosovo authorities," and in a separate incident announced that a Russian journalist had been arrested on suspicion of spying.