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Bulgaria's government has defended its decision to impose a new tax on Russian gas transiting through the country as Hungary and Serbia, which rely on supplies from Moscow, vowed to respond to the move, which they called a "hostile" step, according to Radio Free Europe.
Influenced by Russian propaganda, Bulgaria's pro-Kremlin parties are amplifying anti-euro disinformation. However, the country's ongoing rule of law problems render it unfit for immediate euro
One day after police in Paris said an investigation had been launched into her possible poisoning, exiled Russian television journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who staged a high-profile protest against the war in Ukraine, said on October 13 that blood tests show no evidence of poisoning.
Crimean lawyer Emil Kuberdinov said on October 13 that his colleague Oleksiy Ladin was detained by Russia-installed police in Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimea and sentenced hours later to 14 days in jail on a charge of distributing extremist symbols online.
Nikita Zhuravel, who publicly burned a Koran in the Russian city of Volgograd, appeared in court in the North Caucasus region of Chechnya on October 13 with what appeared to be bruises on his face as his trial started.