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![A Starlink satellite-internet communication system antenna and router on a rooftop in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 11, 2025. Illutsrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Starlink satellite-internet communication system antenna and router on a rooftop in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 11, 2025. Illutsrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)")
![French far-right Leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after a guilty verdict in her embezzlement case trial on March 31, 2025 in Paris, France. (Source: Getty Images)]( "French far-right Leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after a guilty verdict in her embezzlement case trial on March 31, 2025 in Paris, France. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova pictured alongside Russian leader Vladimir Putin. (Source: Russian media)]( "Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova pictured alongside Russian leader Vladimir Putin. (Source: Russian media)")
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![British Prime Minister Andy Burnham takes part in a Business forum at the Chancellery in Berlin on October 8, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "British Prime Minister Andy Burnham takes part in a Business forum at the Chancellery in Berlin on October 8, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![KN-30 ballistic missile launch.]( "KN-30 ballistic missile launch.")
![Polish Army soldiers from the 3rd Podkarpacka Territorial Defense Brigade are seen during training at the Nowa Dba military training area as part of exercise Iron Defender 25. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Polish Army soldiers from the 3rd Podkarpacka Territorial Defense Brigade are seen during training at the Nowa Dba military training area as part of exercise Iron Defender 25. (Source: Getty Images)")
![How Russian Propaganda Learned to Look French]( "How Russian Propaganda Learned to Look French")
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In March 2022, the European Union imposed restrictions on RT and Sputnik, Russia’s two main state media brands targeting foreign audiences. Brussels stated the reason plainly: Russia was using these outlets for information manipulation and to promote narratives supporting its aggression against Ukraine.![What Russia’s 300,000-Tonne Diesel Deal Is Really Worth]( "What Russia’s 300,000-Tonne Diesel Deal Is Really Worth")
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Russia's initial diesel shipment could cover less than two hours of global demand. We break down the numbers to see whether the deal could bring down US fuel prices, how much Moscow stands to gain, and what it could mean for Russia's war in Ukraine.![A journalist from Japan was detained on Sakhalin on espionage charges. (Source: Footage from a video distributed by the FSB)]( "Japanese Journalist Faces Up to 20 Years in Russia on Charges of Spying on Kuril Islands Mobilization")
![A European Union flag. (Source: Getty Images)]( "EU Opens Two More Accession Clusters for Ukraine After Rada Passes Minority Education Law")
![An oil tanker operating as part of Russia's shadow fleet. (Source: Getty Images)]( "France Opens Criminal Probe Into Captain of Suspected Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker")
![US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Witkoff and Kushner Shelve Moscow Trip as Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin Strains Ties With Kyiv")
![A Russian military vehicle moves along the Garden Ring road in front of a huge Z letter, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Moscow on May 7, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A Russian military vehicle moves along the Garden Ring road in front of a huge Z letter, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Moscow on May 7, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
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