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0906GMT/April 25 2025

TEACHERS'S PAY COMPLAINTS: Teachers in some of Russia's regions are refusing to organise end-of-year exams until they get a pay rise, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Thursday. (COMMENT: This is part of the 'inflation in Russia' story. Teachers and other municipal workers have not

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0624GMT/April 24 2025

>> WAR TALKS DOWNGRADED: Ukraine war negotiations in London were downgraded on Wednesday from foreign minister level to "expert level" after Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, and Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's personal envoy, pulled out. (COMMENT: Being downgraded to "expert level"

0716GMT/April 23 2025

>> US DIPLOMACY: Yuri Ushakov, a top aide to Putin, says that Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's personal envoy, will visit Moscow this week. Earlier in April, Witkoff met with Putin in St Petersburg. (COMMENT: Witkoff turning up in Russia does now appear to be a signifier that

0630GMT/April 22 2025

(The Russian Memo) - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, travelled to Russia to hold talks with Putin. This was the Qatari leader's first trip to Moscow since 2018. He described Russia as a "distinguished friend". (COMMENT: The trip to Moscow shows

0645GMT/April 17 2025

KURSK INCURSION: Alexei Smirnov, the former governor of the Kursk region in southern Russia, was arrested on Wednesday by police. He was accused of corruption around the construction of border defences. (COMMENT: Smirnov had become a despised fall guy in Kremlin circles for his handling of Ukraine's offensive

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