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Russian-friendly ex-president on course to victory in Bulgaria's snap parliamentary elections
Despite outperforming the second place finisher, We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria, by about 30 percentage points, Radev's party will still need coalition partners to govern.
Russian economy faces 'financial disaster,' Sweden's spy chief warns as Moscow hides true deficit
Stockholm believes that Moscow is "living on borrowed time," Sweden's military intelligence chief Thomas Nilsson said.
Top Defense Ministry advisor injured in allegedly targeted Russian drone strike
Military communications expert and Defense Ministry advisor Serhii Beskrestnov was injured in what he said was a targeted Russian drone strike on his home outside Kyiv overnight on April 20.
At least 1 killed, 26 injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine over past day
Russian forces launched 142 drones against Ukraine overnight, 113 of which were downed or jammed, the Air Force said.
Russia’s oil boost comes with an inflation catch
By pushing up oil prices, the war in Iran is offering Russia a short-term revenue boost — but at the cost of reigniting inflation, complicating the central bank's efforts to stabilize an already strained wartime economy. Before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes across Iran at the end of February, a slump in oil prices had been pressuring one of the Kremlin’s most important sources of revenue. With shipping through the narrow Strait of Hormuz — which handles about a quarter of the global seab
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,319,270 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,050 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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