France seizes €120mn Russian-owned villa

The property is officially owned by a Russian-Armenian billionaire but prosecutors suspect that energy giant Gazprom is the true beneficiary France has seized a luxurious villa in Cote d’Azur on suspicion that it belongs to Russian energy giant Gazprom, the newspaper Le Monde reported on Monday, citing French prosecutors.

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Florida Democrats accused of shielding Biden from rivals

The move by the state’s party branch to effectively nominate the current president has been branded an erosion of democracy Joe Biden’s rivals for the Democratic nomination in the 2024 US presidential election have accused the party leadership in Florida of undermining democracy by denying them a place on the ballot in a primary vote.

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‘Humans can’t live without war’, Christian patriarch laments

The world should still strive to minimize the effects of hostilities, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has said Armed conflicts appear to be an integral part of humanity’s existence, the chief bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, said on Thursday. That does not mean the international community cannot or should not…

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