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Ukrainian%20sailor%20arrested%20for%20trying%20to%20sink%20oligarch%u2019s%20superyacht%20%7C%20Spain%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %u201CThe%20owner%20of%20this%20yacht%20is%20a%20criminal%20who%20makes%20his%20living%20selling%20arms%20that%20are%20now%20being%20used%20to%20kill%20Ukrainians%2C%u201D%20he%20told%20police%20when%20he%20was%20arrested.%20He%20was%20released%20several%20hours%20later%2C%20pending%20charges.%0A%0A
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Two top Russian billionaires speak out against invasion of Ukraine | Russia | The Guardian

Two top Russian billionaires speak out against invasion of Ukraine | Russia | The Guardian : Russian%20billionaires%20Mikhail%20Fridman%20and%20Oleg%20Deripaska%20have%20become%20two%20of%20the%20country%u2019s%20first%20leading%20businesspeople%20to%20speak%20out%20against%20Moscow%u2019s%20full-scale%20invasion%20of%20Ukraine.%0A%0AFridman%2C%20who%20is%20one%20of%20Russia%u2019s%20richest%20men%2C%20controls%20private%20equity%20firm%20LetterOne%20and%20was%20a%20founder%20of%20Alfa%20Bank%2C%20Russia%u2019s%20largest%20private%20bank.%20In%20a%20letter%20to%20his%20employees%20he%20called%20for%20an%20end%20to%20the%20%u201Cbloodshed%u201D.%0A%0AUkrainian-born%20Fridman%20sent%20an%20email%20to%20staff%20at%20LetterOne%2C%20first%20reported%20by%20the%20Financial%20Times%2C%20in%20which%20he%20wrote%20%u201Cwar%20can%20never%20be%20the%20answer%u201D.%0A%0ADescribing%20his%20Ukrainian%20roots%20in%20Lviv%2C%20where%20his%20parents%20still%20live%2C%20he%20wrote%3A%20%u201CI%20have%
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%u2018I%20had%20no%20idea%20he%20was%20there%u2019%3A%20families%u2019%20shock%20at%20video%20of%20captured%20Russian%20soldiers%20%7C%20Ukraine%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

%u2018I%20had%20no%20idea%20he%20was%20there%u2019%3A%20families%u2019%20shock%20at%20video%20of%20captured%20Russian%20soldiers%20%7C%20Ukraine%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Asked%20about%20her%20brother%u2019s%20involvement%20in%20Russia%u2019s%20unprovoked%20invasion%20into%20Ukraine%2C%20Polivtseva%20said%20she%20was%20not%20%u201Ccompetent%u201D%20to%20judge%20the%20decision%20of%20our%20%u201Ccommander-in-chief%u201D.%20But%20she%20said%20she%20hoped%20the%20fighting%20would%20end.%20%u201CNo%20one%20needs%20this%2C%20not%20Ukraine%20and%20not%20Russia.%20I%20believe%20we%20can%20come%20to%20an%20agreement%20through%20peaceful%20means%20so%20that%20our%20sons%2C%20brothers%20and%20husbands%20don%u2019t%20die.%u201D%0A%0APolivtseva%20said%20she%20last%20talked%20to%20her%20brother%20over%20the%20new%20year%20holiday.%20She%20had%20also%20sent%20him%20a%20birthday%20message%20on%20social%20media%20on%20Thursday%2C%20the%20day%20the%20invasion%20started%20and%20he%20turned%2028.%0A%0A
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%u2018I%20had%20no%20idea%20he%20was%20there%u2019%3A%20families%u2019%20shock%20at%20video%20of%20captured%20Russian%20soldiers%20%7C%20Ukraine%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Asked%20about%20her%20brother%u2019s%20involvement%20in%20Russia%u2019s%20unprovoked%20invasion%20into%20Ukraine%2C%20Polivtseva%20said%20she%20was%20not%20%u201Ccompetent%u201D%20to%20judge%20the%20decision%20of%20our%20%u201Ccommander-in-chief%u201D.%20But%20she%20said%20she%20hoped%20the%20fighting%20would%20end.%20%u201CNo%20one%20needs%20this%2C%20not%20Ukraine%20and%20not%20Russia.%20I%20believe%20we%20can%20come%20to%20an%20agreement%20through%20peaceful%20means%20so%20that%20our%20sons%2C%20brothers%20and%20husbands%20don%u2019t%20die.%u201D%0A%0A
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Russian Space Chief Says US Sanctions Could Lead to ISS Crash

Russian Space Chief Says US Sanctions Could Lead to ISS Crash : Gizmodo%20reached%20out%20to%20NASA%20on%20Friday%20to%20ask%20for%20comment%20on%20the%20future%20of%20U.S.-Russia%20cooperation%20in%20space%20but%20did%20not%20receive%20a%20response%20by%20the%20time%20of%20publication.%0A%0AIn%20a%20statement%20to%20the%20Verge%2C%20NASA%20stated%20that%20it%u2019s%20continuing%20to%20work%20with%20all%20international%20partners%2C%20including%20Roscosmos%20%u201Cfor%20the%20ongoing%20safe%20operations%20of%20the%20International%20Space%20Station.%u201D%20Roscosmos%2C%20for%20its%20part%2C%20also%20said%20it%20was%20still%20fulfilling%20its%20%u201Cinternational%20obligations.%u201D%0A%0A
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Vladimir%20Putin%20puts%20Russia%u2019s%20nuclear%20deterrence%20forces%20on%20high%20alert%20%7C%20Russia%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

Vladimir%20Putin%20puts%20Russia%u2019s%20nuclear%20deterrence%20forces%20on%20high%20alert%20%7C%20Russia%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : The%20order%20came%20at%20a%20meeting%20between%20the%20president%2C%20the%20defence%20minister%2C%20Sergei%20Shoigu%2C%20and%20the%20chief%20of%20the%20general%20staff%20of%20the%20armed%20forces%20of%20Russia%2C%20Valery%20Gerasimov.%0A%0A%u201CSenior%20officials%20of%20the%20leading%20Nato%20countries%20also%20allow%20aggressive%20statements%20against%20our%20country%2C%20therefore%20I%20order%20the%20minister%20of%20Defense%20and%20the%20chief%20of%20the%20general%20staff%20%5Bof%20the%20Russian%20armed%20forces%5D%20to%20transfer%20the%20deterrence%20forces%20of%20the%20Russian%20army%20to%20a%20special%20mode%20of%20combat%20duty%2C%u201D%20Putin%20said%20in%20televised%20comments.%0A%0A
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EA CEO Reportedly Calls FIFA Brand An "Impediment" To Its Football Games - GameSpot

EA CEO Reportedly Calls FIFA Brand An "Impediment" To Its Football Games - GameSpot : %22I%20would%20argue--and%20this%20may%20be%20a%20little%20biased--that%20the%20FIFA%20brand%20has%20more%20meaning%20as%20a%20video%20game%20than%20it%20does%20a%20governing%20body%20of%20soccer%2C%22%20Wilson%20told%20staff%20in%20comments%20published%20by%20VGC.%20%22We%20don%u2019t%20take%20that%20for%20granted%20and%20we%20try%20not%20to%20be%20arrogant.%20We%u2019ve%20worked%20really%20hard%20to%20try%20and%20make%20FIFA%20understand%20what%20we%20need%20for%20the%20future.%22%0A%0A%22Basically%2C%20what%20we%20get%20from%20FIFA%20in%20a%20non-World%20Cup%20year%20is%20the%20four%20letters%20on%20the%20front%20of%20the%20box%2C%20in%20a%20world%20where%20most%20people%20don%u2019t%20even%20see%20the%20box%20anymore%20because%20they%20buy%20the%20game%20digitally%2C%22%20Wilson%20continued.%20%22In%20a%20World%20Cup%20year%20of%20course%2C%20we%20get%20access%20to%20the%20World%20Cup%2C
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Law%20on%A0raising%20pensions%20for%A0non-working%20pensioners%20%u2022%20President%20of%A0Russia

Law%20on%A0raising%20pensions%20for%A0non-working%20pensioners%20%u2022%20President%20of%A0Russia Law on raising pensions for non-working pensioners Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law  On Amendments to Article 22 of the Federal Law on State Pension Coverage in the Russian Federation and Article 10 of the Federal Law on Amendments to Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on the Allocation and Payment of Pensions .  January 28, 2022 13:40 The Federal Law raises pensions for non-working pensioners. As of January 1, 2022, retiree pensions were adjusted up by 5.9 percent, as during Pension Fund budget planning for the Russian Federation, inflation was expected to reach 5.8 percent. Meanwhile, inflation amounted to 8.4 percent in 2021. Under the President’s instructions, the Federal Law provides for increasing the pensions of retirees (30.8 million people) by 8.6 percent. Thus, the average pension will reach 18,374 rubles. This policy will require an additional 539.9 billi
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Ukraine%20island%20defenders%20who%20told%20Russian%20navy%20%u2018go%20fuck%20yourself%u2019%20may%20still%20be%20alive%20%7C%20Ukraine%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : It%20said%20preliminary%20information%20that%20border%20guards%20may%20be%20dead%20came%20before%20the%20men%20had%20lost%20contact.%20%u201CWe%20sincerely%20hope%20that%20the%20boys%20will%20return%20home%20as%20soon%20as%20possible%2C%u201D%20it%20said%2C%20adding%20that%20it%20hoped%20that%20reports%20of%20the%20soldiers%u2019%20death%20proved%20incorrect.%20%u201CGlory%20to%20Ukrainian%20defenders%21%u201D%20it%20added.%0A%0AAmid%20widespread%20admiration%20for%20the%20men%u2019s%20bravery%2C%20the%20Republican%20senator%20for%20Nebraska%2C%20Ben%20Sasse%2C%20changed%20his%20Twitter%20bio%20to%20%u201CRussian%20warship%2C%20go%20fuck%20yourself.%u201D%0A%0A
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February 26, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

February 26, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news : There%20have%20been%20%u201Cmore%20than%20250%u201D%20missile%20launches%20from%20Russian%20forces%20at%20Ukraine%20%u201Cas%20of%20this%20morning%u201D%20eastern%20time%2C%20a%20senior%20US%20defense%20official%20told%20reporters%20Saturday.%0A%0AThe%20majority%20of%20the%20missile%20launches%20%u201Ccontinue%20to%20be%20short-range%20ballistic%20missile%20types%2C%u201D%20the%20official%20said.%0A%0ARussians%20continue%20to%20impact%20%u201Ccivilian%20infrastructure%20and%20residential%20areas%u201D%20with%20these%20missile%20strikes%2C%20the%20official%20said.%A0%0A%0A%u201CWe%u2019re%20not%20able%20to%20tell%20you%20whether%20those%20locations%20were%20intentionally%20targeted%2C%20but%20there%u2019s%20no%20doubt%20in%20our%20mind%20that%20civilian%20infrastructure%20and%20residential%20areas%20are%20being%20hit%20by%20these%20barrages%2C%u201D%20the%20official%20said.%A0
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Address%20by%A0the%A0President%20of%A0the%A0Russian%20Federation%20%u2022%20President%20of%A0Russia

Address%20by%A0the%A0President%20of%A0the%A0Russian%20Federation%20%u2022%20President%20of%A0Russia olgO1qqYUoMkiJdLTV7689411YeMA8vN.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIPIMD9sPhA February 21, 2022 22:35 The Kremlin, Moscow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIPIMD9sPhA President of Russia Vladimir Putin:  Citizens of Russia, friends, My address concerns the events in Ukraine and why this is so important for us, for Russia. Of course, my message is also addressed to our compatriots in Ukraine. The matter is very serious and needs to be discussed in depth. The situation in Donbass has reached a critical, acute stage. I am speaking to you directly today not only to explain what is happening but also to inform you of the decisions being made as well as potential further steps. I would like to emphasise again that Ukraine is not just a neighbouring country for us. It is an inalienable part of our own history, culture and spiritual space. These are our comrades, those dearest to us – not only
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