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Once one of the biggest draws in Hollywood action cinema, Steven Seagal's transformation into vehement Putin-ally took an unexpected turn when he was filmed at a bombed-out Donetsk prison, peddling Russian conspiracy theories about Ukrainian "Nazis," as conflict between the two nations continues. At this stage, it's unclear what Seagal's motivation is. For more than a decade his support of Putin's government has been steadfast, having been made a Russian citizen and Serbian citizen in 2016, and going on to call the Russian president "one of the greatest living world leaders." His activities in the region, personal and professional, have fueled speculation and wild theories about alleged connections to various state and military officials , authoritarian leaders and other controversial figures . Some even claimed the star went "full method" at the start of this year and joined the Russian invasion in Ukraine—in what turned out to be a fake news story that Newsweek … [Read more...] about Steven Seagal’s Russia connections: what we do know, what we don’t

Meet the 7-year-old Ukrainian girl who started her own business making flower crowns after her dad was killed by Russian troops. Irynka Vasilyeva has raised enough money to buy the Ukrainian army two vehicles and two thermal imaging goggles, and now she dreams of making enough to give them American-made Javelin missiles, planes and tanks. Her dad, Senior Lieutenant Oleksandr Vasilyev, of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, also known as the 14th Mechanized Brigade and named after Prince Roman the Great, died in combat in the Mykolaiv region, in southern Ukraine, on Sunday, March 27. Zenger News spoke to Irynka's mom Viktoria, 32, in an exclusive interview and she said that it all started years before, in 2014, when hostilities flared up in the Donbas and annexed Crimea. Viktoria said: "Our lives were divided into before and after 2014. War. A terrible war. "My brother, a soldier, immediately went to the front to defend the Motherland." She said that despite being worried, … [Read more...] about Ukraine girl who lost dad in war starts own business to donate to Army

A video shows alleged overnight explosions at a closely guarded Russian military base close to the Ukrainian border in Belarus. Belarusky Gayun, a Telegram channel monitoring military activity, said this was one of several explosions at the airfield which has been used for strikes on Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s forces . The “explosions” were filmed from a distance of 12 to 15 miles suggesting they were large. It was unclear if this was a Ukrainian attack or sabotage or an accident at the base. There were “from six to eight flashes of light” and “explosion waves”, claimed the channel, which asked: “If it's not an explosion, what do you think it looks like?” The Belarus Ministry of Defence explained the explosions as the ignition of an “engine” . Mystery 'explosions' have been recorded outside a Russian military base close to the Ukrainian border in Belarus ( Image: Motolko help/ East2west News) Officials said this was at around 11pm yesterday while … [Read more...] about ‘Huge explosions’ seen at Russian military base close to Ukrainian border in Belarus

A cash on delivery payment, purchase at a hypermarket, mom-and-pop stores and vegetable cart, mobile recharge, bill payment, filling at a fuel station and an offering at a temple – what cuts across all these activities is a UPI payment — scan and pay. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) — India’s technological sophistication in digital payments — is simple, safe, secure and speedy to make instant payments round the clock. These features along with zero cost and mobile first translated into overwhelming adoption across the country as seen in these numbers – 1,368% in volume and 1,941% in value in 2021-22 over 2017-18 with transaction value crossing $1 trillion in FY22, one-third of nation’s GDP. According to the ACI Worldwide report ‘Prime Time For Real Time 2022’, India accounted for the largest number of real-time transactions in 2021 (48.6 billion). This figure was almost threefold that of the closest challenger, China, (18 billion transactions in 2021) and almost seven times … [Read more...] about UPI will Act as Delhi’s Digital Bridge to Drive Rupee Across Global Payment Corridors

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The leaders of Estonia and Finland want fellow European countries to stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens, saying they should not be able to take vacations in Europe while the government of Russia carries out a war in Ukraine. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas wrote Tuesday on Twitter that “visiting Europe is a privilege, not a human right” and that it is “time to end tourism from Russia now.” A day earlier, her counterpart in Finland, Sanna Marin, told Finnish broadcaster YLE that “it is not right that while Russia is waging an aggressive, brutal war of aggression in Europe, Russians can live a normal life, travel in Europe, be tourists.” Finland: Millennial PM Criticised for Nightclubbing After Covid Exposure, Leaving Official Phone at Home https://t.co/q6gTJvaEAv — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) December 8, 2021 Estonia and Finland both border Russia and are members of the European Union, which banned air travel from … [Read more...] about Pressure on EU to Stop Issuing Holiday Visas to Russian Citizens

United Nations experts said in a new report that Malian armed forces allegedly carried out an operation with “white-skinned soldiers” near the border with Mauritania in March, shooting and burning at least 33 civilians in one of several operations where the country’s ruling military appeared to work closely with likely Russian mercenaries. In the first three months of this year, they said 543 civilians were killed and 269 injured, according to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali. In the grim and wide-ranging report obtained on August 5 by The Associated Press , the panel of experts said the political situation remains tense and warned that the 2015 peace agreement between Mali’s government and non-extremist armed independence groups “is threatened by a potential risk of confrontation between the parties for the first time since July 2017.” They said 12 million people need humanitarian assistance, a sharp increase from 5.9 million last year, including 1.9 million people facing … [Read more...] about Malian military and ‘white’ soldiers killed 33: United Nations experts