Putin's new order: Confiscate property in the former empire
Vladimir Putin has issued an order for the state to seek title to real estate and property that previously belonged to the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union. Bloomberg reports.
The order came late Thursday and does not include details of what property is being sought, or the scope of the search.
The Russian Empire, which extended from 1721 to 1917, formerly included areas in present-day Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland.
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, when Ukraine and Belarus, among others, declared their independence.
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US investigates ABB for business in China - espionage concerns
The US Congress is investigating Swedish engineering giant ABB for business in China that is suspected of increasing the risk of espionage and security threats to the US, reports Ekot.
The investigators see major security risks in the fact that ABB has assignments for the American defense and is sitting on knowledge of sensitive infrastructure while cooperating with state-owned Chinese companies. Something that, according to the investigators, increases the risk of espionage against American authorities and ends up.
According to investigators, ABB has also given "disturbing" answers to congressional questions about connections to China's intelligence service.
ABB "strives to comply with the laws where it operates", the company states, but adds that it takes the issue very seriously and is preparing a response to the US Congress.
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Houthi rebels: China and Russia get free passage
Houthi leader Mohammed al-Bukhaiti says in Russian media that both Russia and China will have free passage in the Red Sea. This is reported by AFP with reference to Russian Izvestia.
Attacks against ships that have "some kind of connection to Israel" will continue, the Huthi leader said further.
The Iran-backed Houthi movement has also said that British ships are being targeted because both the UK and the US took part in the airstrikes in Yemen.
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Splits near Netanyahu - challenged in war cabinet
An unusual television interview with one of Israel's war cabinet members, Gadi Eisenkot, suggests internal divisions. The New York Times writes.
In
an hour-long interview on Israeli television, Eisenkot, who is the
country's former army chief, appeared to lean towards the possibility
that a ceasefire with the terrorist group Hamas, even a longer one,
might be necessary for the hostages to be freed.
According
to Eisenkot, Israel should have done everything in its power to
maintain the temporary ceasefire in November, in which groups of
hostages were released. Arriving at a similar agreement a second time can be difficult, he believes.
The Times of Israel writes that Eisenkot's statements seem to criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war. Among other things, he expresses the view that a complete victory over the terrorist group is unrealistic.
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