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Flynas Launches Three Direct Weekly Flights Between Riyadh And Moscow From August 1
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Asdaf News) Riyadh – Asdaf News: flynas, the leading low-cost airline in the world and the best LCC in the Middle East, announced launching three direct weekly flights between Riyadh and Moscow as of the first of August, this steps comes...
Lavrov Outlines Russia’s Core Stance for Resolving Ukraine Conflict
Sputnik News
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July 7, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250707/lavrov-outlines-russias-core-stance-for-resolving-ukraine-conflict-1122405947.html Lavrov Outlines Russia’s Core Stance for Resolving Ukraine Conflict Lavrov Outlines Russia’s Core Stance for Resolving Ukraine...
The Main Intelligence Directorate revealed the theft of 110 cultural valuables in occupied Crimea.
Mezha
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July 7, 2025
As reported by GUR (Main Intelligence Directorate) The Main Intelligence Directorate has released data on 110 cultural valuables that were illegally appropriated by Russian occupiers in temporarily occupied Crimea. This information is available in...
Student family immigration rises sharply, interior minister criticises reform
Yle Uutiset
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July 7, 2025
Finland has seen a steep increase in the number of residence permit applications submitted by family members of international students, with the figure now eight times higher than in 2021, according to the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). In...
Russia’s ‘anti-woke’ visa lures those fearing a moral decline in the West
The Guam Daily Post
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In a brightly lit conference room at a Moscow police department, a smiling officer flanked by Russian flags and gilded double-headed eagles handed small blue booklets to an American family of five - asylum certificates granting them the right to...
Russian courts issue 101 convictions of LGBTQ+ extremism
QNews
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July 7, 2025
According to a report from Human Rights Watch, Russian authorities have convicted 101 people of LGBTQ+ “extremism”. In November 2022, Russia imposed a total ban on what it terms ‘LGBT propaganda. In late 2023, they outlawed the non-existent...
Saudi Arabia’s Investments in Tajikistan’s Education: Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power Recalibration
SpecialEurasia
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July 7, 2025
Executive Summary This report examines Saudi Arabia’s recent $20 million investment in Tajikistan’s education infrastructure, which is part of a larger development program totalling $325 million. Using cultural diplomacy and soft power, such as...
St Petersburg braces for historic flood as Neva River surges past warning levels
BNE Intellinews
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St Petersburg is bracing itself for the worst flood in 160 years as the water level in the Neva surges thanks to heavy rain. Authorities in Russia’s northern capital have declared a yellow-level danger warning as the Neva threatens to burst its...
Captive Audience: How Putin Shapes Russian Opinions
Newsweek
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July 7, 2025
Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan were toasting the new millennium with their fellow journalists when former president Boris Yeltsin introduced Vladimir Putin as his surprise successor. But the KGB past of Russia's incoming head of state raised...
flynas Launches Three Direct Weekly Flights Between Riyadh and Moscow Starting August 1
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- JUMMAR PR) Riyadh – July 06, 2025: flynas, the leading low-cost airline in the world and the best LCC in the Middle East, announced launching three direct weekly flights between Riyadh and Moscow as of the first of August, this steps...
New California Museum exhibit ‘Revolutionary Grain’ preserves radical activism through photography
Sacramento Observer - California
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July 7, 2025
Get the latest news! Stay Informed Stay Connected: Subscribe to receive news daily. By Ozola Cody | Solving Sacramento Susanna Lamaina’s “Revolutionary Grain” photography exhibit opened at the California Museum on Saturday, June 14, only a block...
Russia’s military recruitment slows but costs surge past $4bn in first half of 2025
BNE Intellinews
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Russia’s contract military recruitment slowed in May and June after a spring surge, but the cost of signing up new soldiers continued to climb, Janis Kluge, fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), a Berlin-based think tank, said in...
Russian ‘shared values’ visa draws 700 Westerners amid culture clash
The New Zealand Herald
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July 7, 2025
“I look forward to building a future here with my family. I look forward to the opportunities that my sons will have here.” Footage of the ceremony, shared on the Interior Ministry’s official media channels, was accompanied by a caption declaring...
“It’s a product of a Russian world”- 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? star Andrei opposes Alexia’s reluctance to move to Moldova
Sportskeeda
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July 7, 2025
The much-awaited season 9 of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? premiered on July 6, 2025. It features couples from different shows of the 90 Day franchise and follows them as they try to fix their broken relationships one last time. The first...
The Russian Prince-Turned-Priest of Western Pennsylvania
Providence
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July 7, 2025
In August 2023, as Russia’s war on Ukraine raged, Pope Francis told a gathering of Russian youth, “You are heirs of the great Russia—the great Russia of saints, of kings, the great Russia of Peter the Great, Catherine II, the great, enlightened...
Russia places lawyer Nikolai Polozov and journalist Alla Konstantinova on wanted list
JURIST
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July 6, 2025
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs placed Nikolai Polozov, a lawyer currently residing in Ukraine, and Alla Konstantinova, a “Mediazona” journalist, on a wanted list on Friday, according to local media. Both individuals have previously been...
Nigerian student, Ebubechukwu Onya stands tall in Russia, graduates with perfect GPA
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 7, 2025
In a moment that has electrified hearts across Nigeria and inspired youth across Africa, Dr. Reason Ebubechukwu Onya, a 22-year-old student from Ekpeye Kingdom in Rivers State, emerged as the top graduate at Russia’s prestigious I.M. Sechenov...
Russia’s Korabelka crowned champions of VTV Ferroli Cup 2025
People's Army Newspaper
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The win marked the second time Korabelka have secured the championship of the tournament. Earlier in the day, Chinese Taipei secured the third place with a 3-0 win over the Philippines. At the award ceremony, the organizers presented the...
‘There are at least 10,000 of us’: Jailed anti-war Russians issue plea for solidarity
Green Left
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July 6, 2025
Eleven Russian leftist and anti-war political prisoners have called on politicians and the media around the world to speak out and “create conditions for the release of all those persecuted in Russia for political reasons”. The prisoners, which...
Why Russia's Embrace Of Taliban Could Corner India In A Strategic Trap
Zee News
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New Delhi: In Moscow, a quiet move has shaken old certainties. Russia became the first major world power to formally recognise the Taliban regime in Afghanistan – a decision that could redraw the lines of diplomacy in South and Central Asia. It...