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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 3h

Russia’s agriculture sector is losing about 150,000 workers every year, hampering efforts to boost food production, Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut said.

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Russia’s Farm Sector Losing 150K Workers a Year, Agriculture Minister Warns - The Moscow Times

Russia’s agriculture sector is losing about 150,000 workers every year, hampering efforts to boost food production, Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut said Wednesday. “There is a personnel shortage [in t...

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 3h

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia has experienced a significant gasoline shortage due to long-range strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He made this statement in his address following the October 8 meeting.

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Зеленский заявил, что дефицит бензина в России приближается к 20% — Meduza

Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский заявил, что в России из-за дальнобойных ударов ВСУ возник существенный дефицит бензина. Об этом он сказал в обращении по итогам 8 октября.

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 3h

The Pentagon has investigated nearly 300 Defense Department employees, including service members, civilian workers and contractors, for comments appearing online after last month’s shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations

The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 4h

One of Europe’s biggest air defense companies is warning that its top secret factories are being overflown by increasing numbers of drones, and it wants clear rules on how to jam or bring them down.

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Top EU weapons firm warns of drone threat to production lines

Thales Belgium says its factory making 70 mm rockets is being buzzed by drones.

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 4h

The EU’s worst nightmare has never looked so real

If the far right gains control of parliament in the EU’s second-largest country, Europe will fundamentally change.

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The EU’s worst nightmare has never looked so real

If the far right gains control of parliament in the EU’s second-largest country, Europe will fundamentally change.

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 4h

Austria is delaying the European Union’s latest Russia sanctions package, demanding the bloc unfreeze assets linked to tycoon Oleg Deripaska to compensate one of its banks, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 4h

China announced it is tightening the export of rare earth technologies, broadening restrictions that have been a source of tension between Beijing and Washington.

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 4h

Germany’s economy could suffer losses of as much as €40 billion ($46.4 billion) if this winter is exceptionally cold and natural gas stockpiles are too low, according to a study commissioned by energy company Uniper SE.

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 4h

Russia's central bank has ruled the state violated the rights of minority shareholders in some asset seizures it made in relation to its conflict in Ukraine, sources told Reuters, in a first pushback by the Russian elite on the nationalisation process.

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 4h

A top Russian diplomat said on Wednesday that the impetus to find a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine which emerged after a summit between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump in August had proven to be largely exhausted.

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 18h

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said that the United States must "understand the depth and severity of the consequences" should it decide to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.

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Russian Foreign Ministry threatens US with "severe consequences" if it supplies Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 18h

An EU ban of Russian nuclear fuel would be “the biggest danger” and a direct threat to Europe’s energy security, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday at a conference in Bratislava, where he also announced approval of a deal to build an American reactor.

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Slovakia's Fico warns against Russian nuclear ban | Euractiv

Bratislava breaks ranks over EU plans to end Russian gas imports by 2028, with Fico calling the move “complete nonsense”

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 18h

Czech ANO party (landslide election winners) softens Ukraine ammo support stance, with leader Babis calling it a "good idea" but demanding transparency and potential NATO transfer.

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Principiálně to byl dobrý nápad. Babiš brzdí s kritikou muniční iniciativy - Novinky

Nechceme zrušení, ale jen revizi, tvrdí hnutí ANO o české muniční iniciativě, která pomáhá bránící se Ukrajině. Podle předsedy hnutí ANO Andreje Babiše šlo o dobrý nápad. A podle poslance Lubomíra Met...

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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 19h

Germany will grant police the power to shoot down rogue drones like those that have disrupted airports across Europe and that some European leaders have attributed to a hybrid war being waged by Russia.

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