USAID and NED Done For, Ukraine Project Lost: Ex-CIA Analyst
[Sputnik] - 02/5/2025
It's been a helluva heck of a week in politics so far, with Elon Musk and the DOGE going after Washington's favorite soft power tools, USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy, while President Trump proposed tying future US aid to Ukraine to its rare earth riches. Sputnik asked veteran (…)
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[RT] - 5/02/2025
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[RT] - 5/02/2025
Trump’s Gaza proposal advances Israeli, US objectives, Chinese analyst asserts
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[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
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Such rhetoric could trigger even greater tensions throughout the Middle East, the Gazan government statement says
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Kremlin hopes EU sees danger of talks on providing Kiev with nuclear weapons
Dmitry Peskov pointed to "the absurdity and potential danger of discussing such a topic"
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Trump intends to wage hybrid war with Iran, response should be tough — expert
"The only viable strategy for Iran is to demonstrate strength and mitigate the effects of maximum US pressure (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russia Says It Wasn’t Granted Access to Debris From Azerbaijani Plane Crash
Kazakhstan’s Transportation Ministry earlier published preliminary findings of its investigation into the crash of (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 5/02/2025
Transnistria Extends Energy Emergency Despite Renewed Gas Supplies
Moldova began supplying EU-funded gas to Transnistria on Saturday as part of an initial emergency aid package of $31 (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 5/02/2025
Zelensky estimates Ukraine’s military losses at 45,100
In his words, around 390,000 cases of injuries were reported
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
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
Russian official accuses Ukraine of waging campaign to misinform, radicalize Russians
According to Alexander Bastrykin, the Investigative Committee is carrying out substantive work against this (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
