direct. War in Ukraine: Putin’s sole challenger Boris Nadezhdin submits signatures for his candidacy for Russian presidential election
Two Russian presidential candidates withdraw, one of them seeking votes for Putin
The only challenger running against Putin submitted signatures of support for his candidacy for the Russian presidential election
Boris Nadezhdin, the only opponent of the attack in Ukraine in the run-up to the Russian presidential election, submitted the signatures of support needed to register his candidacy for the March 15-17 election on Wednesday. “Signatures delivered,” said a member of the Election Commission. Nadezhda, who has advocated an “end” to the aggression in Ukraine and denounced Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian stance, has sparked unexpected enthusiasm in recent days, with tens of thousands of Russians rallying to support her candidacy.
Kyiv has claimed a cyber attack on a Russian ministry
Ukraine said on Tuesday it had launched a cyber attack that knocked out Russian Defense Ministry servers and temporarily disrupted internal exchanges of information.
What is going on between Volodymyr Zelensky and the commander-in-chief of the army?
Emmanuel Macron called for “long-term” support for Ukraine
Ukraine shot down 14 out of 20 Russian drones launched last night
A “ghost fleet” works to circumvent sanctions on Russian oil
Despite cooperation between London and its allies on sanctions against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow is increasing its means of deterring them, thanks in particular to the creation of a “ghost fleet of tankers”, according to a British parliamentary report published on Wednesday. “179 full tankers from the Russian Ghost Fleet left Russian ports in November 2023,” according to the Kyiv-based Ukrainian Economic Institute KSE in its December “Russian Oil Tracker” report. By October 2023, the Shadow Fleet was able to export around 2.3 million barrels of crude oil per day and 800,000 barrels per day of petroleum products, according to the KSE Institute.
ICJ ruling in case between Ukraine and Russia, alleging “terrorism”.
The UN’s highest court on Wednesday handed down its decision in a case between Ukraine and Russia, accused by Kiev of financing “terrorism” and “ethnic discrimination” after the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
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