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These are the key developments from day 1,444 of Russia's war on Ukraine....

Für den Kreml ist das keine gute Nachricht: US-Präsident Trump verzichtet auf die Strafzölle gegen Indien. Im Gegenzug verpflichtet sich die Regierung in Neu-Delhi, Öl künftig woanders als in Russland zu kaufen. Etwa in Venezuela....

US-Präsident Donald Trump streicht die Strafzölle gegen Indien, mit denen er indirekt Russlands milliardenschweren Ölhandel schwächen wollte. Der im August eingeführte Strafzollsatz von 25 Prozent wird ab Samstag (US Zeit) nicht mehr erhoben....

US President Donald Trump has revoked the additional 25% tariff on Indian imports, previously imposed due to New Delhi's Russian oil purchases. This decision follows a recent trade deal where India agreed to reduce these imports. The move aims to ease trade tensions and comes as India has already begun scaling back its Russian oil acquisitions....

This follows from the executive order signed by Donald Trump...

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President Donald Trump eliminated the extra 25% tariff he had imposed on Indian goods over the country's purchases of Russian oil, the first step to cement the terms of a trade deal the two nations announced earlier this week....

Die EU hat ein neues Sanktionspaket gegen Russland auf den Weg gebracht. Die neuen Maßnahmen nehmen vor allem Tanker mit russischem Rohöl ins Visier. Ziel ist es, Russlands Öleinnahmen weiter zu senken....

Peer and Benjamin Wegg-Prosser met disgraced financier before formal foundation of Global CounselBoss of lobbying firm founded with Peter Mandelson quitsPeter Mandelson's former lobbying firm sought work with companies controlled by the governments of Russia and China shortly after he left ministerial office, according to emails the disgraced former minister forwarded to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The emails show how Mandelson and Benjamin Wegg-Prosser scrambled to drum up high-paying foreign business after co-founding Global Counsel even as Mandelson remained a member of the House of Lords. Potential clients included the Russian state investment firm Rusnano and the state-owned China International Capital Corporation, the emails suggest. Continue reading......

In December 2025, coal mining dropped by 4% year on year to 39 mln metric tons...

Näherungsweise vier Jahre dauert Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine an, und noch immer kaufen Staaten Öl vom Kreml. Die EU will dem jetzt den Garaus machen. Umfassende Sanktionen zielen zudem auf andere Handelswaren ab....

Über viele Jahre baut sich Jeffrey Epstein ein verzweigtes Netzwerk mit mächtigen und reichen Personen auf. Der pädophile Sexualstraftäter schafft es, hochrangige Entscheidungsträger für seine Zwecke einzubinden. Doch an einen kommt er offenbar trotz jahrelanger Bemühungen nicht heran: Wladimir Putin....

Elon Musks Raumfahrt-Start-up SpaceX hat eine Möglichkeit gefunden, den russischen Truppen in der Ukraine das Satelliten-Internet abzudrehen. Gleich zwei Maßnahmen treffen das Militär hart. Die Folgen sind an der Front bereits spürbar....

Ukraine Says Russian Military Pace Already Slowing After Starlink Cutoff Ukraine's military is claiming it can already see the impact of Elon Musk and SpaceX's decision to thwart Starlink access to Russian troops. Russian military bloggers began confirming the Starlink cutoff earlier this week. For example the NY Times notes, "A Russian blogger writing anonymously under the name Military Informant in the Telegram messaging app said that both the Starlink connections on Russian drones and Starlink satellite internet communications for troops at the front had been disrupted." Source: Ukraine Military Center This may force the Russian side to more broadly rely on older technologies, and could greatly reduce reliance on small drone warfare - which has been a staple in this war. On Friday, Politico has cited Ukrainian officials who say they notice a difference in Russia's operations along the front lines, however, such assertions are very far from being verified: Two days after Elon Mu...

In December, fertilizer production decreased by 2.4% year-on-year, to 2.6 million tons...

The MOEX Index fell 0.06% to 2,735.43 points, while the dollar-denominated RTS Index fell 0.71% to 1,118.33 points...

Thermal power plants lowered their generation by 1.3% year on year to 767 bln kWh...

It's 25 years since the New START treaty came into effect, which has just expired. Signed in 2010 by Barack Obama and one-term Russian President and Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev, the treaty set limits on strategic nuclear weapons....

The ministry stressed that the project remains one of the most important symbols of Russian-Hungarian economic cooperation...

Natural gas production lost 3.1% in annual terms to 561 bln cubic meters last year...