Russia-backed leader of Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia announced Saturday that he is all set to resign after protesters stormed the local parliament, opposing a financial investment deal with Russia.Protests have emerged in current days in the republic over the controversial Russian-Abkhazian financial investment arrangement, which-- if ratified by the regional

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Along the roadway to Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine, ghost houses line the streets, their frames shattered by bombs, with peppers decomposing on the vine and flower beds strewn with debris.The area and its towns are now squeezed by Russian forces advancing from the north, south and east, forcing people to flee again and again.The Russian army is

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated Saturday that Kyiv wish to end the war with Russia next year through diplomatic methods, as both nations get ready for Donald Trump's go back to the White House.February 2025 would mark the 3rd anniversary of Moscow's intrusion of Ukraine, with Russia's troops gaining ground in recent months

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Germany's Olaf Scholz on Friday of playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the chancellor spoke by phone to the Kremlin chief for the first time in almost two years.

In the call, Scholz "condemned Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and called on President Putin to end

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Georgians objected on Saturday as the survey commission rubber-stamped the ruling party's triumph in a controversial parliamentary vote marked by claims of Russian meddling and Western calls to investigate scams allegations.The Caucasus nation's pro-Western opposition has denounced the Oct. 26 vote as deceitful, while the European Union and the U

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Russia is expected to stop delivering gas to Austria from Saturday, said a spokeswoman for OMV, the Alpine nation's energy company.

"We have been informed" by Russian energy giant Gazprom that it will no longer deliver Russian gas, the OMV spokeswoman told AFP on Friday.

Austria has long been heavily dependent on Russian gas, but its environment

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