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Month: May 2024

Putin replaces Russia’s defense minister with a civilian as Ukraine war rages and defense spending spirals

By Anna Chernova, Helen Regan and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his defense minister and a long-time close ally Sergei Shoigu with an economist, a major reshuffle of military leadership more than two years after Moscow’s grinding war against Ukraine has sent defense spending soaring. Andrey Belousov, a civilian

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says his army is locked in ‘fierce’ border battles amid a Russian assault

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops are locked in intense battles with the advancing Russian army in two border areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while the death toll from a Russian apartment building collapse blamed on Ukrainian shelling rose to 15. Zelenskyy said “fierce battles” are taking place near the

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Thousands protest in Georgia over the weekend against ‘Russia-style’ law on foreign influence

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s parliament green-lit a final vote on a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union on Monday, a day after police dispersed the latest protests against it. The bill would require media and nongovernmental organizations and other nonprofits

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German court backs intelligence agency’s designation of far-right party as suspected extremist case

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A court has ruled that Germany’s domestic intelligence agency was justified in putting the far-right Alternative for Germany party under observation for suspected extremism, rejecting an appeal from the opposition party. The administrative court in Muenster ruled in favor of the BfV intelligence agency on Monday, upholding

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