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Russian deputy governor of border region arrested in corruption case
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Russian deputy governor of border region arrested in corruption case

25 August 2025
Russia has once again prosecuted a former regional administrator bordering Ukraine. This time, the case concerns Vladimir Bazarov, the former deputy governor of Kursk. He has been arrested. He is suspected of corruption in connection with the embezzlement of around 10 million euros during the construction of defensive structures. This information was reported by the state press agency TASS.
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Europe quick to congratulate Zelensky, but Putin rather waits
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Europe quick to congratulate Zelensky, but Putin rather waits

23 April 2019
With nearly all the votes counted in Ukraine's presidential election, Volodymyr Zelensky received 73.23% of the vote (13,524,027 voters), while his opponent, incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, was supported by 24.45% of the voters (4,516,354).
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Russia warns its citizens about travel to Azerbaijan
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Russia warns its citizens about travel to Azerbaijan

13 March 2019
The Russian foreign ministry said that "repeated appeals of the Russian side to the Azerbaijani side about the inadmissibility of discriminatory actions based on ethnicity against the citizens of the Russian Federation arriving in Azerbaijan Republic are ignored"
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Poroshenko: "Kremlin wants to create Soviet Union 2.0"
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Poroshenko: "Kremlin wants to create Soviet Union 2.0"

19 February 2019
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told visiting EU Council president Donald Tusk on Monday that he is convinced the Kremlin is seeking not only to return Ukraine to its zone of influence, but also to destroy its statehood.
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