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Patriarch Kirill and Lukoil founder excluded from draft 21st EU's Russia sanctions package – sources

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July 12, 2026

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Patriarch Kirill and Lukoil founder excluded from draft 21st EU's Russia sanctions package – sources

Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill and Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov have been removed from the draft 21st EU package of sanctions against Russia.

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The Daily Beast

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· Jul 6, 2026

World Leader’s Private Joke to Trump About Melania Revealed

Eric Lee/ReutersSlovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša tried to ease tensions between Donald Trump and members of NATO by making a joke about Melania Trump, according to a report.Janša was among several leaders in the military alliance who were desperately trying to flatter the president last year in an effort to convince the 80-year-old not to withdraw the U.S. from NATO, The Wall Street Journal reported.NATO members even held meetings to discuss whether the alliance could survive without the U.S. The crunch talks were sparked by Trump’s threats to leave amid his sweeping retaliatory tariffs and his threats to invade Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Intel Slava

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· Jun 26, 2026

🇷🇺⚡️ — Putin signed a law prohibiting the deportation or denial of residence permits in Russi [...]

— Putin signed a law prohibiting the deportation or denial of residence permits in Russia for foreigners who fought in the Russian Armed Forces.@Intelslava

Meduza.io

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· Jul 9, 2026

EU weighs scaled-back visa ban on former Russian military personnel, with Italy and France opposing stricter restrictions

EU member states are negotiating a scaled-back visa ban on Russian military personnel after Italy and France objected to the original proposal, Euronews reports. Under the revised measure, restrictions would apply only to short-term visas and only to those who took direct part in the war in Ukraine.

The korea Herald News

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· Jun 26, 2026

Cheong Wa Dae denies report of natl. security adviser meeting Russian official in Kazakhstan

Cheong Wa Dae denied a news report Friday that National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac met with a senior Russian government official during a visit to Kazakhstan last month. According to the Donga Ilbo newspaper, which quoted multiple unnamed diplomatic sources, Wi met the Russian official behind closed doors during his May 28-30 trip, in an apparent effort to manage South Korea-Russia tensions triggered by the war in Ukraine. The national security adviser's visit to Kazakhstan was intended for b

Business Today

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· Jul 1, 2026

Major relief: US lifts sanctions on four Indian firms accused of aiding Russia

The four firms had been sanctioned by Washington over their alleged involvement in exports to Russian entities

Kyiv Post

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· Jun 23, 2026

‘You Will Never Hold Occupied Lands’: Ukraine Warns Russia at UN to ‘Get Out Before It’s Too Late’

Ukraine’s UN envoy Andrii Melnyk delivered a forceful address to the Security Council, accusing Russia of deliberate attacks on civilians, children and cultural heritage. He said Putin had joined the “darkest figures of modern history” after the strike on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, defended Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries as legitimate military targets, and warned Moscow it would never hold occupied Ukrainian lands.

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