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Finland phases out coal, ahead of schedule:
“Imported fossil energy has been replaced with cleaner solutions that reduce climate emissions, while consumers benefit from lower energy prices”
“As Finland previously relied primarily on coal imported from Russia, the phase-out has also boosted Finland’s energy independence and, therefore, national security.”
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#Climate #ClimateSolutions #Energy #Russia #Finland #EU #Europe #Renewables #Wind #Coal #FossilFuel #Suomi
Finland ‘ahead of schedule’ on coal phase out as Helsinki’s Salmisaari plant closes
Wind power in Finland has more than doubled since 2020 to supply a quarter of the country’s energy.Rosie Frost (Euronews.com)
Putin has signed a decree on spring military conscription.
According to the plan, 160,000 people will be drafted, which is 10 thousand more than last year (and the highest number in 10 years).
Putin promised coscripts wouldn't be sent to war. However, coscripts have been taken captive and found killed in his "special military operation."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war
Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico said that during a phone call on tariffs with Ursula von der Leyen, she called him "a complete idiot."
"She absolutely tore into me: 'Robert, what have you done? Why on earth did you negotiate with Trump like that? Are you OK?' She berated me for half an hour, [saying] that I am a complete idiot for being there, for talking to Musk, and for not putting it out there for the world to see," he said.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia
#Kremlin regrets a "violation of democratic norms" following the sentencing of #MarineLePen for #embezzlement in the #EU Parliament aides trial.
The leader of the #French #FarRight National Rally party has been sentenced to 4 years in prison (2 suspended) and barred from public office for 5 years effective immediately.
—Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes
#musk #trump #usa #denmark #greenland #canada #russia
—Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes
#musk #trump #vance #usa #russia #ukraine
—Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes
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#vance #usa #denmark #greenland #nato #russia #ukraine
When the tiger reached for its handler’s hand so it could be scratched, I understood the true meaning of the term ‘rescue.’
Far from the front lines, wild animals evacuated from war zones are learning to trust again – although others have been stolen by #Russia or died.
#RUSSIA PREPARING FOR NEW #UKRAINE OFFENSIVE: Russia plans to launch a new offensive against Ukraine "in the coming weeks," Ukrainian government and military analysts predicted, according to AP. The Kremlin aims to implement these plans to pressure Ukraine.
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Ukrainians expect Russia to launch a fresh offensive to strengthen its negotiating position
Russian forces are preparing to launch a fresh military offensive in the coming weeks to maximize the pressure on Ukraine and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating position in ceasefire talks.Samya Kullab (AP News)
The new draft deal, one senior official said, looks like “Ukraine was in the war with U.S., lost, [was] captured and now has to pay lifetime reparations.”
Putin says Greenland 'nothing to do with Russia' in nod to US
> In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President #VladimirPutin vowed to "strengthen Russia's global leadership in the Arctic", while warning that "geopolitical competition in the region" was intensifying
> The first example he gave was #DonaldTrump's idea to acquire #Greenland
> But from the Kremlin leader there was no criticism of his #US counterpart bbc.com/news/articles/c7432451… #Russia #Denmark #Danmark
Putin says Greenland 'nothing to do with Russia' in nod to US
Speaking in the Arctic, Russia's president said Trump's plans were "serious" but nothing to do with Moscow.Steve Rosenberg (BBC News)
“A Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to her friends and colleagues.
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Petrova’s boss, Leon Peshkin, said in an interview on Thursday that the researcher had good reason to fear being returned to Russia because she had publicly protested the Russian invasion of Ukraine in its first days, called for the impeachment of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, and was arrested. She managed to flee, first to the former Soviet republic of Georgia and then to the United States, to continue her research on genomes.”
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Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport
Kseniya Petrova was returning to the US from a trip to France when officials revoked her visa and detained herMaya Yang (The Guardian)
Scientists perform a necropsy on a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth nicknamed Yana, at the North-Eastern Federal University. The carcass, which was dug up last summer near the Batagaika research station in the permafrost-covered region of Yakutia, weighs 180kg and is 120cm (4ft) tall and 200cm long, Yakutsk, #Russia
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"Together with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, we discussed the results of the leaders' summit on support for Ukraine and security in Europe and held a meeting at the British Embassy in Paris.
It is important that everyone understands: today Russia does not want real peace and is dragging out the war."
- President Zelensky
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#TulsiGabbard, dir of natl #intelligence, was put on the spot by #House Rep #StaceyPlaskett of the Virgin Islands, who asked if #Russia was a friend or adversary of the #US. On Tues in the #Senate, Gabbard called Russia a “competitor”. But today, when asked to choose between the 2, Gabbard admitted Russia was an adversary. That wouldn’t be asked of any other admin, but #Trump’s criticism of #Ukraine & praise of Russia & Gabbard’s past parroting of Russian propaganda makes it necessary.
#Witkoff denied having a personal device w/him during his trip to #Russia, saying in a social media post that he had only a govt-issued secure phone during his travels & suggesting that was why he did not comment in the group chat for a period of time.
Witkoff's post was responding to an op-ed in The WSJ, which referenced media reports about Witkoff "receiving these messages on the commercial app while in Moscow."
#law #SignalGate #Signal #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
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Via CBS:
#Russia has repeatedly tried to compromise #Signal …
#Witkoff arrived in #Russia shortly after noon local time on March 13, acc/to data from the flight tracking website FlightRadar24, & Russian state media broadcast video of his motorcade leaving Vnukovo Interntl Airport…. About 12hrs later, he was added to the "Houthi PC small group" chat on Signal…, to discuss the imminent military op….
#law #NationalSecurity #SignalGate #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
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As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
As Trump Cabinet members sent texts on Signal, one of them, Steve Witkoff, was in Russia, but the White House says he didn't have his phone.Joanne Stocker (CBS News)
#TheAtlantic / #JeffreyGoldberg screenshots first show #Witkoff contributing to the #Signal group chat on Saturday, after he left #Russia & returned to the #US, with a stop on Friday in Baku, #Azerbaijan; however that does not mean he wasn’t opening the app & reading the thread.
#law #NationalSecurity #SignalGate #Signal #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
As top #Trump aides sent texts on #Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in #Russia
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As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
As top Trump cabinet members sent texts in a Signal group chat, CBS News analysis shows one of them, Steve Witkoff, was in Russia.Joanne Stocker (CBS News)
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
US and Russia agree to safe navigation in Black Sea
- White House
The US and Russia have agreed to safe navigation in the Black Sea, which had been a key focus of talks this week.
They've also agreed on measures banning strikes on energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews
December 2023: US District Attorney Jessica Aber indicts 4 Russians for war crimes in #Ukraine
September 2024: US District Attorney Jessica Aber indicts Russian cryptocurrency money launderer / cybercriminal #SergeyIvanov
November 2024: US District Attorney Jessica Aber accuses Virginia based companies of running "three different schemes to illegally transship sensitive American technology to Russia," including sending equipment to a Russian telecommunications company linked to the #Kremlin and Russia's notorious #FSB security agency.
March 2025: Former US District Attorney Jessica Aber found dead at age 43
More: newsweek.com/jessica-aber-deat…
#Putin #VladimirPutin #JessicaAber #Russia #UkraineWar #Virginia #Vapol #crime #alexandria #TrueCrime #uspol #eupol #eu #AsifRahman #infosec #ransomware #cybersecurity
Ex-US Attorney Jessica Aber Investigated Russia, CIA Leaker Before Death
Aber resigned as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office.Ellie Cook (Newsweek)
Here's what we are reading today:
In an interview, Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Trump's Middle East envoy, said he 'liked' #Putin and did not think he was a 'bad guy.'
Witkoff is key in #Trump's efforts to mediate negotiations between #Ukraine and #Russia.
newsweek.com/steve-witkoff-ukr…
Steve Witkoff Says Putin Not a 'Bad Guy', Stumbles on Ukraine Geography
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy," the Middle East special envoy told former Fox News journalist Tucker Carlson.Ellie Cook (Newsweek)
Trump Regime Pressures UK!
UK's Starmer says he faced pressure from US to criticize Zelensky after Oval Office clash with Trump
"We were under pressure to come out very critically with, you know, flowery adjectives to describe how others felt,” Starmer said.
He refused Trump's command!
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"#China considering deploying a contingent to #Ukraine"
You can speculate all sorts of agendas here
But you'd be doing that from a traditional view of the world
Which is dead
There's only one signal for you to see here:
#Russia and #USA are untrustworthy, forgettable, and dying
China and #EU, #Europe, are the remaining world powers in the Northern Hemisphere
Deranged cesspits of incoherent zombies lie between them
(Not you #Canada, #SouthKorea, #Japan, you cool)
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China is considering deploying a contingent to Ukraine - media
PRC diplomats offered the EU participation in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. The inclusion of China in the coalition may affect Russia's agreement to the presence of peacekeepers.Anna Murashko (UNN)
Major #web services go dark in #Russia amid reported #Cloudflare #block
source: therecord.media/russia-website…
According to data from several internet monitoring websites, the outages were observed Thursday across multiple Russian regions, particularly in the #Urals and #Siberia, affecting platforms such as #TikTok, #Steam, #Twitch, #EpicGames, #Duolingo and major Russian #mobile operators.
#online #www #internet #fail #problem #censorship #politics #test #news
Major web services go dark in Russia amid reported Cloudflare block
Website outages were observed across Russia this week, with regulators attributing them to issues with foreign servers. Observers said the problems might be tied to Russian government moves to block Cloudflare services.therecord.media
Finland and Ukraine are creating a shelter coalition: they signed an agreement to develop a network of shelters
President Zelensky, together with President Stub, visited Helsinki's largest shelter for 6,000 people. Ukraine is working to increase the number of safe places.
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#war
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US ‘deletes evidence’ of #Russia’s kidnap of 35,000 Ukrainian children
“A #Yale University source said the US state department deleted the evidence which would have been used as part of rescue efforts to get the children home to #Ukraine.
It would also have been used to prosecute those behind their abductions – including Russian president Vladimir #Putin.”
independent.co.uk/news/world/e…
US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 childrenSam Kiley (The Independent)
On its website, #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty notes that it has been declared an "undesirable organization" by the Russian govt & warns readers in #Russia & Russia-occupied #Ukraine that they could "face fines or imprisonment for sharing, liking, commenting on, or saving our content, or for contacting us."
#FourthEstate #law #FreePress #journalism #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #USpol #Trump #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda
The #USAGM also terminated funding for #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty, which broadcasts to countries in #EasternEurope, including #Russia & #Ukraine, as well as for #RadioFreeAsia, which broadcasts to #China & #NorthKorea, acc/to letters seen by Reuters.
#FourthEstate #law #FreePress #journalism #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #USpol #Trump #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda
Ukraine confirms withdrawal from Sudzha in Russia's Kursk Oblast - EUROPE SAYS
Ukraine's General Staff on March 16 confirmed Ukrainian troops' withdrawal from the logistics hub of Sudzha in Russia'sEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
