Russians skewer authorities for ordering citizens to register their chicken
A government decree requiring registration of domestic birds, camels and reindeer took effect Tuesday, sending Russians to government service centres with live chickens in tow before authorities clari
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euronews.com
03.09.2026
How Russia is trying to attract African students
As Russia deepens ties with African nations seeking to distance themselves from Western influence, academic diplomacy is emerging as a key tool in Moscow's foreign policy.
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dw.com
03.09.2026
Why Ukraine’s drained Kakhovka Dam is strategic for Russia
Small groups of Russian soldiers have been inching forward through the vast, drained Kakhovka reservoir since they blew up the dam in June 2023. Russian forces are infiltrating this “no man’s land” fo
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03.09.2026
Norway seizes Russian ship on Ukrainian arbitration claim
Authorities in Norway have seized a Russian ship, the Professor Molchanov, on a court order sought and obtained by Naftogaz in Ukraine. Russia has protested the move, which stems from its refusal to p
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03.09.2026
Norway seizes Russian ship in Svalbard to compensate Ukraine
Authorities in Norway have seized a Russian ship, the Professor Molchanov, on a court order sought and obtained by Naftogaz in Ukraine. Russia has protested the move, which stems from its refusal to p
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03.09.2026
General charged over Kyiv children's hospital strike shot in Russia
Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, commander of a heavy bomber division and charged in absentia by Ukraine over the 2024 Okhmatdyt children's hospital strike, was shot twice by a motorbike gunman nea
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03.09.2026
Germany once cosied up to Putin. Now they are Russia’s public enemy number one in Europe
Berlin accused Moscow of being behind a recent drone attack at an airport in Leipzig. Experts tell Suha Kidwai that the Kremlin’s hybrid attacks are a deliberate ploy to destabilise the biggest econom
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independent.co.uk
03.09.2026
Ukraine takes the war to Russia’s space programme in tactical shift
From Moscow to Plesetsk, Ukraine appears to be trying to hit infrastructure that powers Russia’s war from space.
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aljazeera.com
03.09.2026
Norway seizes Russian vessel to enforce $4.22B Ukrainian arbitration claim
Norwegian authorities have seized a Russian vessel in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard
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03.09.2026
Russia’s strikes near Moldova raise alarm over Putin’s plans for Europe’s eastern flank
President Sandu's national security advisor, Stanislav Secrieru, says Russia's strikes on Ukrainian-Moldovan border infrastructure aim to sever vital grain export corridors to European markets.
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03.09.2026
Putin's 'global battle' against US & NATO: Russia 'testing' NATO since 2022 Ukraine invasion began
François Picard is pleased to welcome Anna Borshchevskaya, Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute. She interprets Russia’s reported missile support for Iran not as an isolated arms transaction, but
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03.09.2026
Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.22 billion Ukrainian compensation claim
Norway said Wednesday it had seized a Russian ship as part of a Ukrainian effort to recover $4.22 billion awarded to state energy firm Naftogaz over Russia’s seizure of its assets in Crimea in 2014. T
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03.09.2026
Norway seizes Russian ship in Arctic over Crimea compensation claim
Moscow challenges Norway's seizure of vessel, the Professor Molchanov, calling it an act of piracy.
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aljazeera.com
03.09.2026
Russia to close Goethe-Institut centres as Germany tensions escalate
Moscow to shut Goethe-Institut centres after Germany announces the closure of two Russian institutions.
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aljazeera.com
03.09.2026
Norway seizes Russian ship in the Arctic as part of $4.2 billion claim by Ukrainian energy firm
Russia called the Norwegian action ‘piracy’
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independent.co.uk
03.09.2026
Russia to close German culture centres after Moscow blamed for airport drone plot
A drone laden with explosives was found near a Ukrainian plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport
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independent.co.uk
03.09.2026
Russia to close German cultural centers after airport drone plot accusation
Russia says it will shutter German cultural centers across the country
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03.09.2026
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow responds to Zelensky’s threat to Russian airspace as flights cancelled
Russian minister says country 'will not allow any significant disruption to civil aviation'
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independent.co.uk
03.09.2026
Russians endured a summer of turmoil with gas crisis and swarms of drones as the war came home
Russians have experienced a summer of turmoil because of the war in Ukraine
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03.09.2026
Trump doesn’t understand the forever war he’s created with Iran – and Russia
Trump remains mesmerized by Putin even as the Kremlin helps Iran kill Americans and weaken US influence around the globe, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley
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independent.co.uk
03.09.2026