Sweden Rules Out Sabotage in Baltic Sea Cable Damage, Releases Seized Ship
[The Moscow Times] - 02/3/2025
Sweden detained the Malta-flagged Vezhen after discovering damage to a fiber-optic cable between Sweden and Latvia on Jan. 26.
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Russia may use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against Belarus — treaty
The parties to the treaty consider Russian nuclear weapons as "an important factor in preventing the outbreak (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russia’s Sex Shops Decline as Industry Moves Online
Industry analysts said online retailers and beauty supply stores are increasingly dominating the adult product market.
[The Moscow Times] - 5/02/2025
CIA facing major Trump shake-up – media
The CIA has offered buyouts to its agents as part of Trump’s push to overhaul the government, CNN and WSJ have (…)
[RT] - 5/02/2025
Russian troops liberate two communities in Kharkov Region, Donbass area over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than 500 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy armored (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russia to allocate $677 mln for purchases of currency, gold from February 7 to March 6
From January 15 to February 6, the Finance Ministry planned to allocate 70.2 bln rubles for purchases of foreign (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Hamas rejects Trump’s ‘racist’ Gaza relocation plan
Hamas has denounced US President Donald Trump’s proposal to assume control of Gaza and relocate Palestinians from (…)
[RT] - 5/02/2025
Russian senator critical of Trump’s plan to turn Gaza into 'Riviera of the Middle East'
According to Vladimir Dzhabarov, the US president acts as a straightforward businessman who proposes not to clear (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Church apologizes for underestimating risk of abuse by British pastor
An archbishop says “God’s people” were exposed to the threat of abuse during the late John Smyth’s time in Cape Town (…)
[RT] - 5/02/2025
Finnish foreign minister does not view Baltic cable ruptures as accident
At the same time, Elina Valtonen emphasized that the Finnish government continues its investigation
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
US will ‘take over’ Gaza – Trump
President Donald Trump said that the US will assume control over the Palestinian enclave and turn it into the (…)
[RT] - 5/02/2025
Kremlin Confirms Contacts With Trump White House Officials
“There are indeed contacts between certain agencies, and they have intensified recently,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 5/02/2025