Belarus on Wednesday sentenced Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, who reported critically on President Alexander Lukashenko's regime, to eight years in prison, local rights group Viasna said. 

"Judge Dmitry Bubenchik found Poczobut guilty and sentenced him to eight years in a penal colony with enhanced security," Viasna said on its

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used a visit to London on Wednesday to urge allies to send combat aircraft to his war-torn country as Britain promised to train Ukrainian fighter pilots.

As the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion looms and Ukraine braces for a fresh Russian offensive in the east, Zelensky is pushing ever harder for

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Melania has been waiting 10 months for an answer to her request for political asylum that she filed after fleeing to Lithuania in the weeks after her home country, Russia, launched its invasion of Ukraine. 

Once optimistic, anti-war Russians like Melania are increasingly downbeat about their prospects of finding long-term refuge in the European

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Russia could increase taxes for the first time given that the intrusion of Ukraine to help plug a hole in the state budget plan, independent media outlet The Bell reported Wednesday, mentioning sources knowledgeable about the discussions.The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) has proposed raising the current 20% income tax on Russian companies by
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British musician Roger Waters of the rock group Pink Floyd will speak on behalf of Russia at the upcoming UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Russian diplomats said Wednesday.Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's very first deputy UN representative, said Waters' presence has actually been verified for the Russian-requested Security Council session. Waters himself ha
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A Russian pro-war nationalist mercenary has actually passed away from a gunshot wound to the head in eastern Ukraine in what his household called an assassination, state media reported Wednesday.Igor Mangushev, 36, was hospitalized over the weekend after an evident execution-style shooting at close range at a checkpoint in the Russian-occupied Luhansk area. Citi
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