Berlin is planning to restore a 19% sales tax on gas and heat deliveries from the end of this year, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing the German government. The move will effectively end the current discount rate three months earlier than planned.

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Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes by a court in Kiev. Prosecutors accused the 21-year-old sergeant of shooting dead an elderly civilian in the northeastern Sumy Region of Ukraine during the first days of the Russian military offensive, which was launched in February.