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Ukraine’s top general has ordered a crackdown on medical boards that may approve sick soldiers for the draft. Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi signed the order on 28 October, and Dmytro Lykhovii, a representative of the Armed Forces’ Main Directorate of Communications, confirmed it to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The order tightensContinue Reading

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Novaya Gazeta will turn off its servers and leave its office on Moscow’s Potapovsky Lane on 9 November, ending more than 30 years of work, the editorial staff said in a statement published on 30 October. The paper will publish one final issue. The closure removes what The Economist calledContinue Reading

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Damascus ‘evaluating’ whether to join the alliance that binds Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan., Damascus ‘evaluating’ whether to join the alliance that binds Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Syria’s government is weighing whether to enter into a mutual defence pact with Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, the country’s top diplomatContinue Reading