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Thai Hostages released by Hamas.

Hamas release Thai Hostages, 30 Jan 2025.

Five Thai Hostages were released by Hamas on Thursday, 30 January 2025.

These 5 were part of the 31 farm labourers, working in Israel, but who were held hostage for nearly 16 months … Read the rest

Putin’s Peace Terms 2022.

Putin’s offer for Ukraine Peace 2022.

In the 2022 peace negotiations in Istanbul, the Russia conditions for peace included:

Ukraine must appoint pro-Russian ex-MP Viktor Medvedchuk, personal friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as head of state in Ukraine.

Moscow … Read the rest

Azerbaijan Stops Flights to Russia.

Azerbaijan Airlines have announced that they are ending all flights to 7 Russian cities following the shooting down of one of their flights, by the Russian air defence.

Full Story:
Azerbaijan Airlines Suspends Flights to Russia Following Deadly Crash… Read the rest

Russia Lied about Azerbaijan Plane

Sunday 29 December 2025: Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, said that the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentionally, as he criticised Moscow for trying to “hush up” the issue.

“We can say with complete … Read the rest

Russian Unfriendly Nations.

Russia’s List of Unfriendly Countries.

Russia has a list of “unfriendly countries”, following its invasion of Ukraine.

There are 46 countries on this list, and they include:

All 27 EU member states,
Australia,
Canada,
Japan
South Korea,
Switzerland,
Taiwan,
United

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Japan to reduce LNG from Russia.

Japan reducing LNG supplies from Russia.

Japan, the world’s second biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyer, depends on Russia for 9% of its LNG, or 6 million metric tons per year.

Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Japanese buyers have … Read the rest

Russia and World War Three.

Will Russia cause WW3?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has apparently risked the start of WW3.

Russia invaded Ukraine again on 24 February 2022.

According to Russia’s state-owned TASS state news agency, the Russian lawmaker, Vladimir Dzhabarov has said that … Read the rest

Russia does not interfere in other countries’ internal affairs.

Does Russia interfere in other countries’ affairs?

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, in comments picked up by TASS, a Russian state news agency. “We do not interfere in other countries’ internal affairs.”

This was in relation to Moldova, … Read the rest

Chechnya, a Russian Republic.

Is Chechnya a Russian Republic or Independent?

Chechnya battled Russian imperial occupation throughout the 19th century, experienced Stalinist deportations in the 1940s, and fought the Russia military for independence from Russia in the two Russian-Chechen wars: 1994-1996 and 1999-2009.