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Based on 6 verified sources covering Thailand, Finland, Myanmar:

Putin's chief negotiator with Ukraine just arrived from Murmansk Vladimir Medinsky has by critics been compared to a 'propaganda minister of the Third Reich.' On the day before Russia's massive attack on Ukraine, he visited the far northern city of M... [1]

In his New Year’s speech, President Sauli Niinistö highlighted four themes: the corona crisis, security policy, the climate crisis and youth issues. (confirmed by 2 sources; translated from ru) [2]

PARIS—Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks as well as a cryptocurrency, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked horns with authorities not just in Russia but around the world. [3]

AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday promised more combat test-firing of an experimental hypersonic missile launched at Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for updated air-defence systems to meet the new threat. [4]

AFP Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday praised US President Donald Trump for blaming the Ukraine conflict on moves to admit Kyiv into the NATO military alliance. [5]

FORTALEZA, Brazil -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling for establishing an energy alliance during a meeting underway here for leaders from the BRICS major emerging nations. [6]

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