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Russia Fines WhatsApp, Snapchat Owner over Data Storage Violations

A Russian court on Thursday fined Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp messenger and Snapchat owner Snap Inc for an alleged refusal to store the data of Russian users domestically, news agencies reported. Moscow has clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in disputes that have escalated since…

Asharq Al-Awsat

No deal yet with U.S. on Griner swap for arms dealer Bout, Russia says

Russia said on Thursday there was no deal yet with the United States on swapping detained U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner and a former Marine for an imprisoned Russian called by American prosecutors one of the world's most prolific arms dealers.

Reuters

Japan urges Russia not to hold military drills around disputed islands

Japan urged Russia to exclude areas around disputed northern islands from military drills Moscow is planning to conduct in the country's Far East from late August, a Japanese government spokesperson said on Thursday.Japan lays claim to the Russian-held southern Kuril islands that Tokyo calls the Northern Territories, a territorial row…

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Paris Seeks to Consolidate Cooperation with Riyadh in Various Fields

The Elysee Palace is expected to host an important meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday. The Crown Prince’s visit to Paris - the second leg of his European tour - comes amid major international developments, mainly the Russian war on Ukraine…

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Resuming Talks with Russia, Blinken Offers 'Substantial' Deal on Prisoners

The United States has made a "substantial proposal" to Russia to free Americans including basketball star Brittney Griner, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, as he announced he will speak to his Moscow counterpart for the first time since the Ukraine war. Blinken said he expected a telephone call…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war: 75,000 Russians killed or injured so far, says US – as it happened

Russia rejects US figures as ‘fake’, with the Kremlin’s official death toll for its forces still standing at just 1,351

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 155 of the invasion

Missiles strike northern regions of Ukraine from Belarus; UK says Ukraine counter-offensive in Kherson gathering momentum

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Russian forces redeploying in three southern Ukraine regions -Zelenskiy aide

Russian forces are undertaking a "massive redeployment" of troops to three southern regions of Ukraine in what appears to be a change of tactics by Moscow, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russian forces, Ukraine both claim control of vital power plant

Capture of Vuhlehirsk power plant in eastern Ukraine would be Moscow’s first strategic gain in more than three weeks.

Al Jazeera

U.S. offers Russia a deal for the release of Brittney Griner

The U.S. has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.

WEKU

U.S. says 'substantial offer' on the table for Russia to release detainees Griner, Whelan

The United States has made "a substantial offer" to Russia to release U.S. citizens detained there, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding he would press his Russian counterpart to respond in a conversation planned for the coming days.

Reuters

U.S. offers deal to Russia for release of Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan

The statement marked the first time the U.S. government has publicly revealed any concrete action it has taken to secure the release of Griner.

Chicago Sun-Times

Russia tells NASA space station pullout less imminent than indicated earlier

Russian space officials have informed U.S. counterparts that Moscow would like to keep flying its cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until their own orbital outpost is built and operational, a senior NASA official told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russia ‘has definitively lost initiative’ in battle for Donbas

It is not thought Moscow will take the Ukrainian eastern industrial heartland in the ‘immediate future’.

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Brittney Griner testifies at her drugs trial in Russia

Here are some quotes from Wednesday's testimony by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to a Russian court trying her for possession of drugs, after she was detained at a Moscow airport in February with vape cartridges containing hashish oil.

Reuters

Beneath a portrait of Putin, some Ukrainians embrace Russian passports

As the Soviet-era melody of the Russian national anthem filled the room, a small group of Ukrainians in this city seized by Russian troops nearly five months ago swore allegiance to Moscow before being handed freshly minted Russian passports.

Axios

WNBA star Brittney Griner testifies at Russian drug trial

Griner said Wednesday that her rights were not read to her when she was arrested at a Moscow airport.

Reuters

Israel says delegation bound for Moscow amid Jewish emigration agency dispute

An Israeli delegation will travel to Moscow on Wednesday to hold talks with officials, Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office said, amid a dispute over the activities in Russia of an agency that helps Jews move to Israel.

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Lavrov denigrates West's stance towards Africa during Ethiopia visit

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow supported Ethiopia's efforts to stabilise its internal political situation in remarks that sought to draw a contrast with what he presented as meddling by the West.

Reuters

'No one explained any of it' - Griner relives her arrest in Russian trial

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner told a Russian court on Wednesday she was not read her rights when detained at a Moscow airport in February, as she stands trial for drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison.

Bangkok Post

Fighting rages as grain, energy pressures build: Ukraine update

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian artillery on Wednesday struck a key bridge in Moscow-controlled territory in south Ukraine, damaging an important supply route as Kyiv's forces look to wrest back the Kherson region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Uses New Artillery to Hit Key Bridge for Russians

Ukrainian artillery hit a strategic bridge essential for Moscow to supply its forces occupying Ukraine’s southern region, using a US-supplied precision rocket system to deliver a morale-lifting punch. The Ukrainian military struck the Antonivskyi Bridge across the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine late Tuesday, the deputy head of the Moscow-appointed…

Reuters

Russia cuts gas flows further as Europe urges energy saving

Russia delivered less gas to Europe on Wednesday in a further escalation of an energy stand-off between Moscow and the European Union that will make it harder, and costlier, for the bloc to fill up storage ahead of the winter heating season.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran to Start Accepting Russian Mir Payment Cards Soon

Iran will soon start accepting payments made with Russia's Mir bank cards, a top official was quoted by Russia's RIA news agency as saying, making it the latest country to adopt the Russian-made alternative to Visa and Mastercard. "I think this payment system will be activated in Iran soon," RIA…

The Independent UK

Ukraine forces strike key bridge in Russian-occupied Kherson

Ukrainian troops strike bridge essential for Moscow to supply occupying forces

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