Notices by Russia-Ukraine Daily News (rvps2001@mastodon.social)

🇬🇪 Three independent observation missions have issued a joint assessment accusing #Georgia’s Central Election Commission of being complicit in ‘systematic violations that cast serious doubt’ on the legitimacy of the parliamentary elections.

https://oc-media.org/independent-observers-accuse-cec-of-complicity-in-rigging-georgian-elections/

#russia

🇷🇺✈️ #Russian airlines have grounded 34 of their 66 Airbus A320neo family aircraft due to unresolved engine issues exacerbated by Western #sanctions, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Thursday.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/21/half-of-russias-airbus-a320neo-fleet-grounded-amid-engine-problems-sanctions-kommersant-a87087

#russia

🇬🇧 #Russian oligarch-backed investment firm LetterOne lost its challenge to the enforced sale of a broadband provider on Wednesday, in the first challenge under #Britain's recent national security law to reach London's High Court.

https://www.reuters.com/business/letterone-loses-first-uk-national-security-appeal-over-forced-broadband-sale-2024-11-20/

#russia

🇦🇹🇺🇦🇲🇩 The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the allocation of €8 million in humanitarian aid for #Ukraine and #Moldova

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11/18/7485077/

#austria

🇨🇳🛢 Private Chinese oil refinery Landbridge Petrochemical Co. has made a rare purchase of a shipment of West African oil instead of typical import from sanctioned Iran and #Russia, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 14.

https://kyivindependent.com/chinese-oil-refinery-buys-west-african-crude-instead-of-russian-iranian-bloomberg-reports/

#china #oilandgas

🇪🇺🇺🇦 The European Union must back #Ukraine "for as long as it takes" in its fight to repel #Russia's invasion, the bloc's designated foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told a confirmation hearing Tuesday.

https://www.barrons.com/news/eu-must-back-ukraine-as-long-as-it-takes-future-top-diplomat-4ac8be46

#europe #russiaukrainewar

🇭🇺 Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar on Sunday accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government of #spying on him and his staff.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-viktor-orban-watergate-spying-listening-wiretapping-mafia-maygar-tisza/

#hungary

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia carried out a drone attack on #Kharkiv on Nov. 5, targeting the site close to a residential area, local authorities reported.

Two women, aged 56 and 72, were injured and received medical treatment at the scene, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-strikes-near-residential-area-in-kharkiv-injuring-at-least-1/

#ukraine

🇱🇹 #Russia is behind explosive parcels sent from #Lithuania to European countries, a Lithuanian presidential adviser said on Tuesday, amid alarm amongst #NATO countries that sabotage organised by Moscow nearly caused an air disaster.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lithuania-says-russia-responsible-exploding-parcels-that-caused-fires-2024-11-05/

#europe

🇵🇱 #Poland has detained four people suspected of being involved in test runs for a #Russian plot to detonate parcel bombs on US-bound transatlantic flights.

https://www.ft.com/content/b58a209c-cbf2-4e9e-bbf4-7af0aa55e0b6

Archive: https://archive.is/6cTCi

#russia #usa

🇬🇪 Georgian Dream has been accused of displaying a map of #Georgia excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia. They have since argued that the regions were outlined in grey, rendering them barely visible to cameras.

https://oc-media.org/georgian-dream-accused-of-omitting-abkhazia-and-south-ossetia-from-georgia-map/

#russia

🇬🇪 An investigative TV show aired by Pirveli has alleged that Georgian Dream used call centres to monitor and pressure voters, employed bogus observers, and confiscated voters’ IDs in exchange for money to cast fraudulent votes.

https://oc-media.org/georgian-dream-accused-of-using-call-centres-to-monitor-and-pressure-voters/

#georgia #russia

🇷🇺 #Russian exporters have begun to turn to barter deals in a bid to resolve payment delays prompted by western #sanctions over Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

https://www.ft.com/content/f3a2efe7-170a-4fa0-a3ae-5fb91ea902aa

Archive: https://archive.is/ma4lJ

#russia

🇭🇺🇷🇺 The Druzhba pipeline will remain #Hungary's primary route for crude oil imports, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Minsk on the sidelines of a conference.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/hungary-keep-druzhba-main-crude-pipeline-foreign-minister-says-2024-10-31/

#russia #oilandgas

🗣 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving to the #Kursk region near #Ukraine

https://apnews.com/article/united-states-north-korea-russia-ukraine-war-faeabb0b2c2ea162bbc6c4691df4d6c8

#usa #russia #northkorea

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian forces are summarily killing surrendering Ukrainian soldiers in increasing numbers on the battlefield, often shooting them point blank just after they have been taken prisoner, Ukrainian officials say.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/30/russia-ukraine-pow-executions/

#ukraine #russia #russianwarcrimes

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 “Human safaris” and havoc on the “home front”: How Russian soldiers kill Ukrainian civilians, fellow Russians — and even each other

Non-combat killings by Russian troops have surged in recent months, claiming the lives of dozens of civilians and POWs.

https://theins.press/en/politics/275783

#ukraine #russia #russianwarcrimes

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia is using an institutionalized and brutal system to try to extinguish Ukrainian identity through propaganda, re-education, torture, forced Russian citizenship and sending children to live in Russia, former detainees and human rights groups say.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-torture-abuse.html

#ukraine #russianwarcrimes

🇫🇮🇨🇳 Finnish President Alexander Stubb raised “Russian aggression” with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a rare instance of Beijing coming under public pressure for its support of Moscow.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-29/finnish-leader-raises-russian-aggression-with-china-s-xi

Archive: https://archive.is/eZfMZ

#finland #china #russia

#longread

🇺🇲🇷🇺 The longtime #Russia expert explains why Musk, Putin and Trump are all talking to each other.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/28/fiona-hill-explains-trump-musk-putin-00185820

#usa