Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law four unification treaties with the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, on Wednesday morning. Earlier the documents unanimously endorsed by the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament. The agreements were ratified on Monday by the State Duma, the…

Berlin may take the step to avoid power outages at home, the outlet reports, citing network operator Germany may have to temporarily limit its export of electricity during the upcoming winter, including to France. That’s according to Hendrik Neumann, chief technical officer of the country’s leading grid operator Amprion, cited by the Financial Times.

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