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EU sanctions ten Russians, including Putin’s spiritual advisor and a TV host featured in an investigation by The Insider

British far-right activist Tommy Robinson detained under counterterrorism law after returning from Russia

Commission approves results of Armenia’s June 7 election as PM Pashinyan’s party retains its majority

Dormition Cathedral at UNESCO-listed Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra catches fire, four killed in large-scale overnight Russian attack on Kyiv

“Shadow fleet” ships start turning around and changing course after British forces detain Russian tanker in the English Channel

British forces detain Russian “shadow fleet” vessel in the English Channel for the first time

Released defenders of Mariupol report on torture and deaths of Ukrainian POWs at detention facility in Russia’s Kamyshin

Russian government claims record gold output in 2025, expert says it may be exaggerating by 100 tons

GRU operative Viktor Labin sentenced to five years in Belgian prison after being exposed by The Insider

Latvia cancels concert of U.S. rapper Xzibit due to performances in Russia after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

YouTube begins taking down videos advertising Russia’s Shahed drone-building Alabuga Polytech college, at least 61 clips disappear overnight

Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network launches new disinfo campaign claiming France is preparing to turn Armenia into “foothold against Russia”

Russia included on EU list of countries whose citizens will face expedited review in asylum cases

Sales to China have not made up for Russia’s loss of European natural gas and coal markets, GreenThinkTank analysts report

Ukraine strikes Russian “shadow fleet” tanker West Horizon in the Black Sea

Investigative Committee calls second June 9 Moscow car blast “attempted killing of research and production worker” without naming target

Russian general killed in blast outside Moscow identified as Damir Davydov, MoD official responsible for ammunition supplies to front

First evidence emerges of Russia transporting fuel to Crimea using military trucks disguised as civilian vehicles

Fuel disruptions spread from occupied Crimea to Russia’s Krasnodar Region as governor blames “artificial rush”

Disruptions from unidentified drones cost German aviation industry close to €160 million in 2025

“Mr. Ivanishvili thinks that everybody is plotting against him,” Salomé Zourabichvili tells The Insider

Investigation shows Russia plans to produce 72 Mi-8 helicopters in two years, potentially offsetting war losses

NATO forces shoot down drone over Latvia for the first time as another UAV explodes in Moldova

Russia launches drone strike on spent nuclear fuel facility at Chornobyl, radiation levels remain normal

Armenia’s Pashinyan wins election but fails to secure constitutional majority, faces risk of new escalation with Azerbaijan

Satellites detect fire at Russian Navy arsenal near St. Petersburg after Ukrainian drone attack, authorities close forest for demining

“Zelensky fears coup,” “Russia hasn’t even started yet”: Kremlin bots launch wave of disinfo after the Ukrainian president’s letter to Putin

Georgia detains Russian citizen wanted by FBI on suspicion of violating sanctions by supplying aircraft parts to Russia

Scientists name Russian early-warning satellites as a source of GPS interference across Europe

U.S. nuclear deployment in Lithuania would not change the balance between NATO and Russia, experts tell The Insider

High-ranking Russian Orthodox priest accused of sexual harassment reassigned to Brazil after Czech police find “white substance” in his car

Latest Russian Matryoshka disinfo attack targeting Yerevan says Pashinyan had “meltdown” as France refused to import Armenian strawberries

Zelensky proposes face-to-face meeting and ceasefire in open letter, but Putin rejects it as a “scrap of paper”

Putin meets heads of global media to outline conditions for peace, explain Oreshnik launch, and express support for Germany’s AfD

Turkey reexported rifle scopes for an FSB supplier and micrometers for the Alabuga Shahed drone assembly plant in 2025

FSB officer named in The Insider’s investigation into Russian intelligence operations in Africa arrested by Moscow military court

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