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Based on 9 verified sources covering Thailand, Finland, Myanmar:

“They decided to come after us. Almost like in 1937” Sámi activist Valentina Sovkina, originally from the town of Lovozero in Russia’s Murmansk region, was forced to leave the country after a wave of searches targeting indigenous rights activists. [1]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed decrees recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR. The West condemned the decision. (confirmed by 3 sources; translated from ru) [2]

Abortion in Russia, moral opposition on the rise Moscow (AsiaNews) - The recent surveys on abortion conducted by the Russian "Levada Center" for sociological research have recorded a larger percentage of women who do not procure abortions because of ... [3]

MOSCOW -- As a far smaller economic power than China, Russia is trying to maintain an equal status with its southern neighbor by taking the lead security role in Central Asia. [4]

TOKYO -- Sony Music has withdrawn from all operations in Russia as Western sanctions on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine make it difficult to continue business there. [5]

TOKYO/VIENNA -- Russia is catching up with Ukraine in the information war being fought on social media. [6]

Your Thoughts … ရုရှဒုံးများကြောင့် ထိခိုက်ပျက်စီးနေသော ယူကရိန်းမြို့တော် ကိယက်ဖ်တနေရာ/ AFP Your Thoughts … No Result View All Result Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of ... (confirmed by 2 sources) [7]

International relationsRussia looks to Northern Sea Route as its military ambitions expand Moscow aims to use Arctic waters as strategic link between Asia and Europe Russia's invasion of Ukraine has fired up scrutiny of Moscow's military ambitions in... [8]

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[1] FI thebarentsobserver.com · 2026-03-11 · 30% match

“They decided to come after us. Almost like in 1937”

“They decided to come after us. Almost like in 1937” Sámi activist Valentina Sovkina, originally from the town of Lovozero in Russia’s Murmansk region, was forced to leave the country after a wave of searches targeting indigenous rights activists.

[2] FI yle.fi · 2022-02-22 · 36% match translated from ru

Новости

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed decrees recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR. The West condemned the decision.

Original source in ru · View original →

[3] MM asianews.it · 40% match

Abortion in Russia, moral opposition on the rise

Abortion in Russia, moral opposition on the rise Moscow (AsiaNews) - The recent surveys on abortion conducted by the Russian "Levada Center" for sociological research have recorded a larger percentage of women who do not procure abortions because of

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-11-12 · 35% match

Asserting itself

MOSCOW -- As a far smaller economic power than China, Russia is trying to maintain an equal status with its southern neighbor by taking the lead security role in Central Asia.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-09-12 · 34% match

Sony Music exits Russia operations in deal with local company

TOKYO -- Sony Music has withdrawn from all operations in Russia as Western sanctions on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine make it difficult to continue business there.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-08-21 · 32% match

Russia gains ground in information war against Ukraine

TOKYO/VIENNA -- Russia is catching up with Ukraine in the information war being fought on social media.

[7] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2022-03-14 · 31% match

UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT

Your Thoughts … ရုရှဒုံးများကြောင့် ထိခိုက်ပျက်စီးနေသော ယူကရိန်းမြို့တော် ကိယက်ဖ်တနေရာ/ AFP Your Thoughts … No Result View All Result Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-03-13 · 31% match

Russia looks to Northern Sea Route as its military ambitions expand

International relationsRussia looks to Northern Sea Route as its military ambitions expand Moscow aims to use Arctic waters as strategic link between Asia and Europe Russia's invasion of Ukraine has fired up scrutiny of Moscow's military ambitions in

[9] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 32% match

Shwe Mann Heads to Moscow

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