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Russia’s Sacked Transport Minister Found Dead In Car With Gunshot Wound
StratNews Global
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July 7, 2025
Home Russia Russia’s Sacked Transport Minister Found Dead In Car With Gunshot Wound The minister's dismissal comes at a time of significant challenges for Russia's transport sector as the war in Ukraine drags on for a fourth year. Russia’s sacked...
Russian ex-minister found dead hours after being fired in apparent suicide
Global News
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July 7, 2025
Russia’s transport minister was found dead Monday, hours after being dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, in what officials said was an apparent suicide. The dismissal came after a weekend of travel chaos when airports grounded hundreds of...
Russian Minister Fired by Putin Kills Himself
KUGN - Oregon
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July 7, 2025
Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit killed himself hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, state investigators said Monday. Starovoit was found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound. “The circumstances of the...
Russia field-testing new AI drone powered by Nvidia's Jetson Orin supercomputer
TechSpot
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July 7, 2025
In a nutshell: There have been plenty of stories about the US using AI to create a new generation of autonomous weapons, but other countries are doing the same thing. One of these is Russia, which is said to be using a drone powered by Nvidia's...
Russian weapons contain growing number of Chinese components, Zelensky's adviser says
The Kyiv Independent
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July 7, 2025
Russia’s growing ability to sustain weapons production despite Western sanctions is being driven by a flow of Chinese components and materials, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian president’s commissioner for sanctions, told journalists on July 7....
Russia Ratifies Extension Of Duty-Free Oil Supplies To Kazakhstan
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 7 . Russian President Vladimir Putin has put pen to paper on a law that gives the green light to a protocol, breathing new life into the intergovernmental agreement with Kazakhstan, and this...
The Energy Report: Listen to What OPEC Says
Investing
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July 7, 2025
Oil prices are shaking off a larger-than-expected OPEC production increase as the precious metals get hit by a ton of bricks after President Trump posted about new tariffs on BRIC Nations on his Truth Social account. Yet despite the talk about...
Russia to Enrich Uranium for Iran’s Civilian Nuclear Program, Says Lavrov
Pravda.ru
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July 7, 2025
Russia to Enrich Uranium for Iran’s Civilian Nuclear Program, Says Lavrov Russia is prepared to enrich uranium on behalf of Iran to help the country advance its peaceful nuclear energy program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced...
Ukraine war latest: Russian airports cancel nearly 300 flights amid drone attacks on Russia
The Kyiv Independent
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July 7, 2025
Key developments on July 7: Russian airports cancel nearly 300 flights amid drone attacks on Russia BRICS summit statement condemns attacks on Russian railways, avoids urging Russia to cease war efforts in Ukraine Ukrainian drone strike hits major...
HUR Confirms Renewed Strategic Strikes on Russian Oil After Four-Month Hiatus
Kyiv Post
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July 7, 2025
Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries after a nearly four-month pause, targeting key facilities in an effort to disrupt Russia’s fuel production linked to its military campaign. In the early hours of July 7, Ukrainian long-range...
China May Call on Russia to Strike NATO in Event of Taiwan Invasion, Rutte Warns
EUToday
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July 7, 2025
6NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned that the People’s Republic of China may seek to provoke a Russian military attack on NATO member states in Europe to distract the alliance from a potential conflict over Taiwan. Speaking to The New...
Disarm Ukraine, Drop All Sanctions – Lavrov Names Moscow’s Peace Terms
Kyiv Post
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July 7, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said peace settlements with Kyiv should include its disarmament. Lavrov’s statement escalated from earlier demands that Kyiv troops withdraw from Ukrainian territories that Russia annexed via illegal...
Ukraine reports at least 11 dead, over 80 injured in Russian attacks
1News
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Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 11 civilians and injured more than 80 others, including seven children, officials said today. Meanwhile, Russian’s transport minister was found dead in what authorities said was an apparent suicide — news...
Cyberattack deals blow to Russian firmware used to repurpose civilian drones for Ukraine war
The Record
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July 7, 2025
Russian developers behind a custom firmware used to convert consumer drones for military use in Ukraine have reported a cyberattack on their infrastructure, disrupting the system that distributes the software. According to a statement posted on...
Sacked Russian Transport Minister Kills Himself Hours After Being Sacked
Kyiv Post
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July 7, 2025
Russia’s Investigative Committee confirmed that the body of Roman Starovoit, the recently sacked transport minister, was found in his personal vehicle outside his home in the town of Odintsovo in the Moscow region, according to Russian news outlet...
BRICS urges rich nations to fund energy shift as Trump threatens tariffs
Business Day
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July 7, 2025
BRICS has called on the world’s wealthiest countries to fund the energy transition of poorer nations to enable just transition pathways that combine climate action with sustainable development In a joint statement during a gathering in Brazil, the...
Russia launches national crypto mining registry to crack down on illegal operations
crypto.news
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July 7, 2025
Russia is intensifying its crackdown on illegal cryptocurrency miners by launching a national registry of mining equipment, which would help identify unregistered operations. According to local media, Russian authorities have already compiled the...
Lack of Substantive Peace Talks Continues Russian Economic Downturn
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that he is unwilling to negotiate with “terrorist” Ukraine in early June caused a downturn in Russian markets as investors responded to the decreased chance of peace in the Kremlin’s war...
Former Russian transport minister Roman Starovoit found dead hours after dismissal
The Gazette - Colorado
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Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead from an apparent suicide on Monday, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from his job. No reason was given for Starovoit's dismissal, but it came after a Ukrainian...
Ukrainian Drone Attacks Trigger Major Flight Disruptions at Russia’s Busiest Airports
The Moscow Times
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July 7, 2025
Thousands of airline passengers at airports in Moscow and St. Petersburg were facing travel chaos on Monday after hundreds of flights were delayed and others cancelled amid Ukrainian drone attacks. Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia...