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Across three days of voting there have been scattered incidents of Russians defying authorities in acts of protest against Vladimir Putin. The president is all but assured to win another six-year term in office, facing a lack of any credible opposition and amid reports of voting irregularities. Despite the seemingly preordained outcome, some Russians engaged
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At least 11 people have been killed and a further 100 injured as they waited for aid in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry which has blamed Israeli forces. The incident reportedly happened at Kuwaiti roundabout in the besieged Palestinian territory. The ministry said at least 11 bodies and 100 wounded people were taken
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Russians are set to head to the polls for their country’s presidential election – with only one expected outcome. With Alexei Navalny dead in unexplained circumstances and opposition candidate Boris Nadezhdin barred from running, there is nobody remaining to pose a serious obstacle to another six years of rule by Vladimir Putin. Nonetheless, the election
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The US will send around $300m in military aid to Ukraine as Republicans continue to block a $60bn funding package for Kyiv. The aid package being provided will include anti-aircraft missiles, artillery rounds and armour systems, a senior US defence official has said. It marks the US Department of Defense’s first announced security package for
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