Migration, families, economy: key takeaways from Putin’s meeting with MPs

Member states are facing financial strain providing benefits to millions escaping the conflict The EU will gradually wind down its temporary protection program for millions who fled the ongoing Ukraine conflict in order to encourage their eventual return home, the European Council has said. Brussels invoked the Temporary Protection Directive…

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The opening up of the region due to receding sea ice is “changing the geopolitical landscape,” experts have told Politico China is preparing to launch a new shipping route along Russia’s Northern coast, via the Arctic to Europe, Politico has reported on Thursday. The Northern Sea Route (NSR), which runs…

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Dr. Khaled Al-Qaddoumi has accused the Jewish state of genocide and called for its suspension from the UN The international community must sever all economic ties with Israel over its actions in Gaza and should question its membership of the United Nations, the Hamas representative in Iran has told RT….

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The French leader has filed a defamation suit against US right-wing commentator Candace Owens for alleging Brigitte Macron was born male French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, intend to provide a US court with photographic and scientific evidence that they claim will prove that the first lady is…

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Dmitry Kozak resigned voluntarily, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the administration of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has resigned, the Kremlin has confirmed. Kozak filed the request “for his own personal reasons,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. He added that a decree…

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Prosecutors have claimed Calin Georgescu tried to incite violence after his election win was annulled Prosecutors in Romania are taking former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu to court. He is accused of plotting a coup after his first-round election victory was annulled last year. Georgescu, a former UN official, came out…

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Besides the army and navy, fiscal stability is key to the country’s economic growth and people’s well-being, Anton Siluanov has said Fiscal stability is a key “ally” of Russia, alongside the country’s army and navy, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told a forum in Moscow on Thursday. The remark was a…

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The US president wants “quick solutions,” which are not always possible, Russia’s top diplomat has said US President Donald Trump wants “quick solutions” to end the Ukraine conflict, and this attitude is partially to blame for his own “disappointment” with the pace of the settlement process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey…

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