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'We're at the start of a new industrial revolution': Ireland's environment minister

Talking Europe speaks to Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Irish Green Party and minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport in the current coalition government in Dublin. We caught up with him after he attended a signing ceremony for the Celtic Interconnector, a project that will link the…

France 24

Nearly 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russian invasion

Mykhailo Podolyak, who advises the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, estimated between 10,000 and 13,000 troops have lost their lives since Russia's invasion began

Daily Mirror

Syria resisting Russia's efforts to broker Turkey summit, sources say

Syria is resisting Russian efforts to broker a summit with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, three sources said on Friday, after more than a decade of bitter enmity since the outbreak of Syria's civil war.

Reuters

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Vladimir Putin’s vodka oligarch flees Russia as the war rages in Ukraine

Vasily Anisimov recently changed his citizenship from Russian to Croatian and is reported to have moved to Switzerland five years after returning to live in Russia

Daily Mirror

Russia’s vicious tactics in Ukraine serve only to further expose its weakness

Moscow had hoped to easily capture Ukraine – having totally failed, it has resorted to simply destroying it

The Guardian - UK

Turkey expects 'clear picture' on war in Ukraine by spring

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday that he expects a "clear picture" on the war in Ukraine by spring, as shelling and clashes continued and the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin was open to negotiations.

Reuters

U.S. whistleblower Snowden gets a Russian passport -TASS

Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the scale of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), has sworn an oath of allegiance to Russia and received a Russian passport, TASS reported on Friday.

Reuters

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Brother of Russia-imprisoned American says contact resumed

The family of Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia for espionage, says that he has resumed contact after unexpectedly becoming unreachable in November

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: Turkey is the pivot point between Russia and the US – history shows us why

The war in Ukraine has put Turkey into the geopolitical spotlight. One of Nato’s earliest member states, with a special relationship with Russia, Turkey is attempting to balance its competing interests, as well as increasing its own influence.

The Conversation

U.S. detainee Whelan calls family after week of silence in Russia -statement

American detainee Paul Whelan phoned his family from Russia early on Friday in his first contact since last week, a period of silence that prompted the White House to express concern.

Reuters

European security org faces existential crisis at meeting

A security organization born in the Cold War to maintain peace in Europe has ended a high-level meeting without a final resolution

The Independent UK

Spain suspects letter bombs linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine

The six explosive envelopes were sent to three Spanish politicians, two embassies, an air base and a weapons maker.

Al Jazeera

UN investigation examining 'devastating' attacks on Ukraine infrastructure

U.N.-appointed investigators are looking into whether Russia's attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine amount to war crimes, one of the inspection team said on Friday.

Reuters

Disney Channel to stop broadcasting in Russia from Dec. 14 - Kommersant

Disney Channel will stop broadcasting in Russia from Dec. 14, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Friday, citing other media.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

Ukraine bans religious organizations with links to Russia

Ukraine has banned the activities of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia and says it will examine the links between the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches

The Guardian - UK

‘There are no lights, it’s scary’: a family prepares for winter in eastern Ukraine

After Russia’s latest strikes on the power grid, blackouts are unpredictable and the house is cold and dark

Reuters

Russia says it is 'outraged' by France backing war crimes tribunal

Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday that it was "outraged" by a statement from the French foreign ministry that supported plans to create a tribunal on possible crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Ex-NATO chief says Russian army disorganised, using old weapons

Al Jazeera interviews Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO’s chief from 2009 until 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea.

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What to know about the West's new efforts to slash Russia's oil revenue

Plans take effect next week that would ban most Russian oil imports from Europe and put a price cap on the oil going elsewhere. But Russia could still make money off oil to fund its war in Ukraine.

Caixin Global

World Leaders Pay Respects to Former President Jiang Zemin

Condolence letters have poured in from Russia’s president, the top U.S. envoy to China, and the Singaporean and Japanese prime ministers

Reuters

Russia's Putin tells Germany's Scholz that Western line on Ukraine is 'destructive' - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a phone call on Friday that the German and Western line on Ukraine was "destructive" and urged Berlin to rethink its approach, the Kremlin said.

France 24

Occupied Ukraine: Inside the horror of Russia's parallel reality

To justify the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin used the false pretexts of "denazification" and "demilitarisation" of the country. Russian state propaganda is built around the myth of a Ukraine in the hands of "Nazis", one where the Russians come to "liberate" the "Russian speakers". This propaganda is…

France 24

Countering Russian narratives and documenting war crimes in Ukraine

As the international advocacy officer at Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Drik works to rally global support for Ukraine and fight against Russian disinformation. On a recent trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, she found that many wrongly consider the invasion of Ukraine as a proxy war between Russia and…

Reuters

Russia awaiting response on Zaporizhzhia nuclear safety zone, talks ongoing - RIA

Russia has outlined its position on the creation of a safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and is now awaiting a response, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Friday citing the head of state-run nuclear energy agency Rosatom.

The Guardian - UK

Up to 13,000 Ukraine soldiers killed since Russian invasion, says Kyiv

Official’s comments come after Ursula von der Leyen estimated 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers had died or been injured

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