The Russian invasion. The outside world's response
Le Pen: Our weapons should not be fired at Russia
If the far-right National Rally party comes to power, Ukraine will no longer be allowed to use French long-range weapons for attacks on Russian soil. This was clarified by party leader Marine Le Pen in Friday's interview with CNN.
When President Macron openly allowed Ukraine to use French weapons on Russian soil, he was one of the first Western leaders to do so. Later, the USA and Sweden, among others, followed in his footsteps.
Le Pen also closes the door to sending French troops to Ukraine, an idea Macron previously aired.
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The Russian InvasionThe Battles
One in three Russians: May be justified with nuclear weapons
The Kremlin's narrative about the war seems to be hitting home more and more with its own audience. It shows measurements carried out by the independent Russian opinion institute Levada, according to the ISW think tank.
Two out of three respondents blame the war in Ukraine on the US and NATO – in June 2023 it was around half. 95 percent worry about Ukrainian artillery shelling of Russian border regions, and around 86 percent about Western countries' arms support to Ukraine.
86 percent also worry that nuclear weapons will be used, regardless of which side - but at the same time, 34 percent believe that Russian use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine "may be justified".
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Putin's Russia
Kremlin takes new battle against foreign words in Russia
The Russian government has drawn up a plan for 2024 to 2026, which aims to preserve and strengthen "traditional spiritual and moral values", reports the independent Moscow Times.
One of the directives is to limit the use of foreign words "in the public space, literature and art, mass media and education".
Both Vladimir Putin and other Russian political leaders have previously fought the issue. At the beginning of last year, the Speaker of the Upper House, Valentina Matvijenko, said:
- I am disgusted by what is happening to the Russian language, when the government uses words like "cashback". Older people don't understand what it is. Why not use the Russian word refund?
In February last year, the House of Commons introduced a law banning foreign words in films, plays, media, public documents and election campaigns.
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