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The 42-year-old, who is currently serving a prison sentence for treason, claims he was the target of an FSB "death squad". He nearly died of kidney failure after the first alleged attempt on his life in 2015 - and then ended up in a medically-induced coma two years later.
Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Minister for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Natural Disaster Relief Alexander Kurenkov and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov.
"We welcome growing cooperation with Russia, our main partner," Aleksandr Turchin stressed. "Last year, the trade with the Russian Federation amounted to about $9 billion. Not every country can boast of such volumes."
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, heavy rains and flash floods have affected nearly 1 million people in east Africa including over 300 000 displaced, in Kenya, Somalia, Burundi and Tanzania.
The ongoing conflict highlights the vulnerability of traditional tanks to low-cost technologies and may prompt a shift toward smaller, unmanned combat systems, potentially reshaping future warfare strategies and tank utilization on the battlefield.