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Two tax preparers have been charged with defrauding the federal government of $65 million in Covid relief funds, according to federal prosecutors in Tennessee. Walton owns and operates R&B Tax Express in Moscow, Tennessee, where she and Jones allegedly "falsified numbers provided to the IRS on personal and business tax returns from 2020 through 2024." The U.S. Attorney's office did not specify the amount of money the clients paid to Walton and Jones. The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable tax credit for certain eligible businesses and organizations that had employees and were affected during the pandemic. Walton faces 20 years for her sole obstruction of justice count, prosecutors said.

Persons: Renata Walton, Nicole Jones, Walton, Jones Organizations: Small Business Administration, Tax Express, Prosecutors, Walton Locations: Tennessee, U.S, Memphis, Moscow , Tennessee, Olive Branch , Mississippi

☆ Turkey angles for Trump to break the deadlock on F-35 purchases
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Turkey wants the F-35s and may be willing to move the Russian air defenses that triggered the ban. Until five years ago, Turkey had planned to buy 100 of Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth jets to modernize its air force. According to Bloomberg, Turkey may agree to restrict its Russian S-400s air defenses in return for the US lifting sanctions. Advertisement"So, it will remain to be seen if Trump can overcome these institutional hurdles to a sale to Turkey," Bohl told BI. The intervening Ukraine war, where Russian S-400s suffered losses, could reduce the value Turkey sees in them.

Persons: Lockheed Martin's, Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Donald Trump, Suleyman Ozeren, Ali Bakir, Erdogan, Bakir, Ozeren, Benjamin Cooper, US Air Force Ryan Bohl, RANE, Marco Rubio, Bohl, Mark Esper, Lockheed Martin, Paul Iddon Organizations: Trump, Lockheed, Bloomberg, Russian, American University, Orion Policy Institute, Ibn Khaldon, Security Initiative, US Air Force, East, Washington, Pentagon, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Pratt & Whitney, RTX Corporation, Ukraine, Iran Locations: Turkey, Ankara, Washington, Incirlik, Qatar, Turkish, North Africa, Russia, China, Ukraine, Russian

☆ A top Israeli missile shield that defeated Iran's best is headed to Europe, where the Russian threat grows
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Related Video Russia flaunts intercontinental ballistic missile in new videoThe transfer comes as Europe and NATO allies like Germany face a rising Russian missile threat to its eastern flank. Just last week, Moscow used a new intermediate-range ballistic missile to strike Ukraine. US Missile Defense AgencyThe Arrow systems are a product of IAI and the US manufacturer Boeing. Moscow's war against Ukraine and its widespread employment of ballistic missiles has prompted NATO countries to seek ways to bolster their air defenses. Unease over Russian missile capabilities was underscored last week after Moscow launched an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine.

Persons: it'll, Boaz Levy, Houthi, Arrow, Levy, Arrow's Organizations: Israel, Russia, NATO, Business, Israel Aerospace Industries, US Missile Defense, IAI, Boeing, Arrow, Patriot, Defense, Russian, Ukraine, Pentagon, AP Locations: Germany, Europe, Russian, Israeli, Israel, Moscow, Ukraine, Yemen, Iran, Berlin

☆ Analysis: Trump’s Ukraine envoy has a plan to end the war that Putin may revel in
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —In a single post, the president-elect told the world what the end of the Ukraine war might look like. Kellogg, Trump’s 80-year-old former national security advisor, has laid out his peace plan in some detail, writing for the America First policy institute in April. Kellogg says more weapons should have been given before the Russian invasion, and immediately afterwards, to enable Ukraine to win. But that’s when the plan – which CNN has reported that Trump’s soon-to-be national security adviser is considering - stops being to Ukraine’s liking. The plan notes the United States manufactures 14,000 155 artillery rounds a month, which Ukraine can use up in just 48 hours.

Persons: Keith Kellogg, ” Trump, Donald Trump, Kellogg, Biden, …, Putin, Trump’s, Hyacinth, Richard Haas, Charles Kupchan, ceasefires, Sergei Supinsky, “ Biden, ”, don’t, revel Organizations: CNN, Trump’s, America, NATO, Mechanized Brigade, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Reuters, Russia, United States, Getty, Trump Locations: Ukraine, Russia, United States, China, Taiwan, ”, Moscow, Russian, Kyiv, AFP, America

☆ Sweden asks China to cooperate in Baltic Sea cable investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-29 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with an investigation into suspected sabotage over the sudden disruption of two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea earlier this month, after tracking data linked a Chinese ship to the incidents. “Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with Swedish authorities in order to create clarity on what has happened,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told reporters on Thursday. Kristersson also said that Sweden has asked for the Chinese ship to return to Swedish waters in order to aid its investigation. The C-Lion1 submarine telecommunications cable being laid to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in this file image from October 2015. The vessel, called Yi Pen 3, had been sailing out of the Baltic Sea after a stop in the port of Vistino, Russia.

Persons: Ulf Kristersson, Kristersson, Lithuania –, Boris Pistorius, Heikki Saukkomaa, Lin Jian, “, ” Organizations: CNN, German, Swedish Prosecution Authority, National Unit, International, National Bureau of Investigation, Getty Locations: Sweden, China, Baltic, Swedish, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, States, Moscow, AFP, Kpler, Vistino, Russia

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to strike Ukraine again with a new nuclear-capable ballistic missile following Moscow’s latest widespread attack on critical energy infrastructure. He also warned he would consider further launches of Russia’s new “Oreshnik” medium-range ballistic missile, first fired at Ukraine’s Dnipro region last week. A view shows a thermal power plant damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine November 28, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Gleb Garanich/ReutersA view shows a part of Russian missile at a thermal power plant damaged by Russian missile strike in an undisclosed location of Ukraine, in an undisclosed location of Ukraine November 28, 2024. He said he couldn’t tell if the blasts were from missiles or Ukrainian air defense interceptions.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, It’s, Putin, “, ”, Donald Trump, ” Putin, Gleb Garanich Gleb Garanich, Reuters Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, German Halushchenko, Zelensky, Joe Biden, Valeriy, ” Dorotiy, Yuriy Dyachyshyn, Olha Vaynrikh, ” Turiy Organizations: Ukraine CNN —, Energy Ministry, Ukraine’s, Russia’s Ministry of Defense, REUTERS, Russian, Reuters, Energy, German, Ukrainian Interior Ministry, CNN, Getty, Kyiv, Frankivsk, Ukrainian Air Force Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Ukraine’s Dnipro, Western, Moscow, Russia, Russian, Dnipro, Lviv, Volyn, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Lutsk, Ukraine’s Volyn, AFP, Ivano

☆ Ukraine is relying on drones to hold back Russian advances. Troops on the frontline are fearing the worst
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine CNN —The Russian assault, caught in grainy feeds from multiple drones, is relentless and daily. Yet two vehicles make it to the treeline and drop off Russian troops to shelter in the scant winter foliage. Another scene involves a Ukrainian drone unit defending another village, mostly without infantry support, encircled by Russian troops. We constantly hear about it from intercepts, that they have replacements and rotations.”Kotia, a reconnaissance sniper from the 15th National Guard. The footage shows a local in an orange shirt, guiding advancing Russian troops to a basement where Ukrainian soldiers were hiding.

Persons: ”, Pokrovsk, Selydove, Donald Trump, “, Kashei, Kotia, ” Kotia, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Ukraine CNN, Aging, CNN, National Guard, 15th National Guard, Pokrovsk . CNN Troops, Trump, Pokrovsk Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Pokrovsk, Russia, Selydove, Russian, Russia’s Kursk, Kurakhove, gunpoint, Geneva

☆ Trump’s national security adviser pick is weighing proposals to end the Russia-Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Natasha Bertrand | Zachary Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Trump administration officials are also expected to push for European allies and NATO to take on more of the cost-sharing burden for supporting Ukraine. He also vowed to end the war, sometimes even claiming he would stop the years-long conflict before taking office. Keith has led a distinguished Military and Business career, including serving in highly sensitive National Security roles in my first Administration. Ukraine was among a range of issues Waltz discussed with Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan during a meeting last week. Shannon Stapleton/ReutersZelensky, who met with Trump in New York in September, told reporters in Budapest that “I believe that President Trump really wants a quick decision” to end the war.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Mike Waltz, Keith Kellogg, Trump, ” Waltz, Fox, Riccardo Savi, Kamala Harris, Kellogg, “, Keith, ” Trump, Germany Ric Grenell, Grenell, ”, Biden, Jake Sullivan, ‘, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Donald Trump, Shannon Stapleton, Reuters Zelensky, Sebastian Gorka, Vladimir Putin, ” Gorka, Zelensky Organizations: CNN, Trump, NATO, ”, Sheraton New York Times, Getty, Russia, Military, Business, Bloomberg, Republican, Ukraine's, Reuters, Ukraine, ” Trump, Times Radio, Patriot Locations: Russia, Ukraine, New York City, Moscow, Germany, Crimea, Budapest, U.S, New York, Russian

☆ What Is Russia’s Oreshnik Ballistic Missile?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Lara Jakes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The dust has settled in Dnipro, Ukraine, where investigators are analyzing the wreckage at a weapons factory struck by a new Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile last week. But the debate continues over the strategic impact of the missile, known as the Oreshnik, both on the battlefield in Ukraine and what it means for NATO states in Europe. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia touted the missile as an example of Russian technological prowess, built by a domestic military industry unimpeded by Western economic sanctions. The Oreshnik is also capable of carrying nuclear weapons, at a time when Moscow has increased threats of nuclear war. It is still not clear what explosives, if any, the missile delivered in the strike on Dnipro.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin Organizations: NATO Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, Russian, Europe, Russia, Moscow

☆ The West is struggling to give Ukraine the weapons it needs — but there may be a solution
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Hannah Abraham | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's European allies, hampered by low military production capacity, have been struggling to produce the weapons needed for Kyiv to fight against Russia. Ukraine already has a strong weapons manufacturing industry. An Institute for the Study of War report said Ukraine's defense industry employed 300,000 workers within about 500 different companies in 2023. AdvertisementHe added that supporting Ukraine's defense industry lets the West help ensure Ukraine is self-sufficient. Meanwhile, the US has accused China of providing dual-use goods for Russia's military industry to overcome sanctions.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, Eric Ciaramella, Zelenskyy, Sinead Baker Organizations: Russia, Wall Street, Denmark, Carnegie Endowment's, Eurasia Program, Reuters, Storm Shadow, North Locations: Danish, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russian, Moscow, Carnegie Endowment's Russia, Russia, North Korea, China

☆ Russia says it's thinking of putting missiles in Asia if the US keeps deploying the weapons systems that anger China
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementRussia is considering deploying missiles in Asia if the US stations more systems there, a top official said. The remark hints at a potential for Russia to enter the fray in a region fraught with US-China tensions. Sergei Ryabkov, one of Russia's deputy foreign ministers, said on Monday that Moscow is considering deploying its short- to medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific. He had been asked by a reporter if Russia might station its missiles in Asian countries, according to the agency. Meanwhile, the US Army would respond by deploying long-range units from its Multi-Domain Task Force to the Philippines, per Kyodo News.

Persons: Sergei Ryabkov, Ryabkov, Trump Organizations: TASS, Kyodo, US, Kyodo News, Marine Littoral Regiment, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Marine, Regiment, US Army, Domain, Force, Associated Press, Xinhua, Nuclear Forces, Soviet Locations: Russia, Asia, China, Moscow, Washington, Beijing, Tokyo, Taiwan, Philippines, Japan's, Okinawa, Manila, Soviet Union

☆ Russia expels British diplomat for alleged espionage
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Russia expelled a British diplomat who worked at the embassy in Moscow Tuesday, accusing him of spying, marking the latest blow to the two countries’ worsening diplomatic relations. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) alleged that the British diplomat intentionally provided false information to enter the country as a cover for espionage work, “thereby violating Russian law,” according to state media TASS. The Russian Foreign Ministry subsequently revoked the diplomat’s diplomatic accreditation and ordered him to leave Russia within two weeks, TASS reported. Russia’s FSB claimed the diplomat was sent to Moscow to “replace” one of six alleged British intelligence officers that Russia expelled this summer. Meanwhile, Russia launched a “record” 188 drone attacks on Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian Air Force on Tuesday.

Persons: “, Vladimir Putin, Clare Sebastian, Maria Kostenko Organizations: London CNN —, Federal Security Service, Russian Federation, ” TASS, Russian Foreign Ministry, TASS, CNN, British Foreign Office, FSB, Reuters, Ukrainian Air Force, Air Force Locations: London CNN — Russia, British, Moscow, Russian, Russia, Britain, Ukraine, Western, Ukrainian, Ternopil, Kyiv

☆ Hong Kong is becoming a hub for financial crime, US lawmakers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hong Kong CNN —Hong Kong has become a center for money laundering and sanctions evasion under the tightening grip of Beijing, US lawmakers have warned, calling for a re-evaluation of America’s close business relationship with the Asian financial hub. “We must now question whether longstanding US policy towards Hong Kong, particularly towards its financial and banking sector, is appropriate,” they added. Rubio, a fierce critic of Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong, has sponsored legislation that sanctioned Chinese and Hong Kong officials for alleged human rights violations in the city. This has massive implications for US businesses with big exposure to Hong Kong,” Fish said. “Sadly, the idea of Hong Kong as autonomous from China is now a farce … US companies need to understand that their Hong Kong operations will likely fall under increased scrutiny.”

Persons: Janet Yellen, ”, “, Donald Trump, Hong Kong, John Moolenaar, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Trump, Marco Rubio, Rubio, Scott Bessent, Isaac Stone Fish, Bessent –, ” Fish Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, US Treasury Department, Hong, European Union, Treasury Department, Republican Rep, White, US Locations: Hong Kong, Beijing, China, Washington, Hong, Russia, North Korea, People’s Republic of China, Iran, Ukraine, Russian, United Kingdom

☆ DHL plane crash: German leaders float sabotage questions
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —German leaders raised the possibility that a fiery cargo plane crash in Lithuania on Monday was the result of sabotage or hybrid warfare. The cargo plane was flying from Leipzig, Germany, and was due to land at Vilnius Airport when it crashed a few kilometers from the runway. The plane skidded on the ground for several hundred meters before hitting a residential home, authorities in Lithuania said. “Our initial information does not indicate that we need to be investigating more serious actions,” Prosecutor Arturas Urbelis said in a statement, according to Reuters. DHL said the plane “made a forced landing about one kilometer from VNO Airport.” It confirmed four people were onboard.

Persons: Olaf Scholz, ” Scholz, Annalena Baerbock, Arturas Urbelis, ”, Lukas Balandis, Darius Jauniskis, “, ” Kestutis Budrys, Gitanas Nauseda, Hendrik Schmidt, ” Budrys, Dmitry Peskov, Valdas Benkunskas, Arūnas Paulauskas Organizations: CNN, Monday, Vilnius Airport, ZDF, Lithuanian, ”, Reuters, US National Transportation Safety, Boeing, US Federal Aviation Administration, Vilnius International, Wall Street Journal, Moscow, NATO, DHL, Wall Street, VNO Airport, ” DHL, Vilnius, Lithuanian Police Locations: Lithuania, Leipzig, Germany, Spanish, Europe, Vilnius, United Kingdom, Canada, Leipzig's, Birmingham, UK

☆ North Korea expands weapons plant that makes missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, researchers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —North Korea is expanding a weapons plant that manufactures missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, according to new research from a US-based think tank. Located in the country’s second-largest city, Hamhung, the factory has been visited several times by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with North Korean state media previously touting its mass-production of tactical missiles. Attacks on Ukraine with KN-23 missilesRussia has fired about 60 North Korean KN-23 missiles (Hwasong-11A) at Ukraine this year. And strikes using North Korean missiles have killed at least 28 people and injured 213 this year, the Ukrainian prosecutor general told CNN last week. Moscow and Pyongyang have both previously denied that North Korea has exported weapons to Russia, despite significant evidence of such transfers.

Persons: James Martin, Kim Jong Un, Sam Lair, Lair, they’re, ”, CNN’s Helen Regan, Daria Tarasova, Nick Paton Walsh, Victoria Butenko Organizations: CNN, Ukraine, James, James Martin Center, Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, North, Center, Planet Labs, Planet Labs PBC, Nonproliferation, North Korean, Russia, Korean, Ukraine’s, Corruption Locations: North Korea, Russia, Hamhung, North Korean, Ukraine, Moscow, Pyongyang, Western, Korea, United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Kursk

☆ Russian general reportedly dismissed amid allegations of false reports on war's progress
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A senior Russian commander who was responsible for troops fighting in eastern Ukraine has been removed from his position, according to reports from several Kremlin-aligned news outlets. Anashkin’s appointment as commander of the army's Southern Group had never been officially announced by the ministry. The Russian news outlet RBC reported that Anashkin was dismissed as part of a “planned rotation,” citing anonymous sources within the Defense Ministry on Saturday. However, Rybar, a popular Telegram channel close to the ministry, reported that Anashkin was “removed from his post for false reports in the Seversk direction,” using the Russian version of the region's name. Russian forces fire a Howitzer toward Ukrainian positions during a mission in the Kursk region Sept. 9.

Persons: Gen, Gennady Anashkin's, Vladimir Putin, Anashkin, ”, ” Rybar, “, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Sergey Bobylev, Biden Organizations: Russian Defense Ministry, army's Southern Group, RBC, Defense Ministry, Russian, NBC News, U.S . Treasury Department, Kremlin, Sputnik, AP Putin, Kyiv Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Siversk, Ukraine's, Donetsk, Rostec, United States, Russia, Russia's Kursk, Kursk, Moscow, U.S, American

☆ Ukraine says it found Western parts inside North Korean ballistic missiles fired by Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementUkraine said on Monday that it found Western-made parts inside North Korean ballistic missiles. Ukraine's military intelligence agency said that it found Western-made parts inside North Korea's KN-23 and KN-24 short-range ballistic missiles. Kyiv said that it had previously found Western technology in the North Korean missiles. The Monday statement marks Ukraine's latest announcement on the finding of Western-made parts inside weapons used by Russia in this war. NATO said the introduction of North Korean troops into the war marked a "significant escalation" in the grinding conflict.

Persons: HUR, — Organizations: North, XP, Anadolu, Getty, North Korean, Korean, NATO Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Europe, Russian, North Korea, China, Japan, Switzerland, British, North Korean, DPRK, Iran, Pyongyang, Moscow, Russia's, Kursk

☆ China is increasingly unnerved by Russia and North Korea's growing alliance, says top US official
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

North Korea is providing crucial support to Russia in Ukraine, and is getting favors in return. China is increasingly concerned about the alliance between Kim Jong Un's North Korea and Vladimir Putin's Russia, according to Kurt Campbell, the US deputy secretary of state. AdvertisementMeanwhile, Russia is providing North Korea with economic and diplomatic support. "But the Chinese are waiting for an opportunity where North Korea, Russia, and China can come stronger together, and I think North Korea sending the troops to Russia is a testimony to that." The growing alliance between North Korea and Russia, he said, is a step toward that.

Persons: Kurt Campbell, Kim Jong, Vladimir Putin's, Putin, Campbell, Donald Trump, Ali Wyne, Jagannath Panda Organizations: Center for Strategic, International Studies, Guardian, Russia, Crisis, North, Stockholm Center, South, Pacific Affairs Locations: China, East Asia, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's Russia, Kursk, DPRK, Pyongyang, Moscow, Beijing, North, South Korea, Korea

☆ Russia could give China submarine tech that would cut into US undersea dominance, US admiral says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementRussia could hand China technology that would cut into US undersea dominance, a US admiral said. At a security forum, he said exchanges among Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China have intensified. Adm. Samuel Paparo, the US Navy's top commander in the Indo-Pacific, said that Russia will likely give submarine technology to China that would undercut the US' undersea dominance. According to Paparo, Russia is not only exchanging military capability and technology with China but also with North Korea and Iran. In return, according to Paparo, Russia would likely provide missile and submarine technology to the North Korean state.

Persons: Adm, Samuel Paparo, Paparo, Kurt Campbell, Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Halifax Security Forum, US Navy, North Locations: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Halifax, People's Republic of China, Taiwan, South China, Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Paparo, Korea, Ukraine, Korean, Russian, Pyongyang, Moscow

☆ Russian food prices are soaring — but no one dares blame Putin and the war
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCustomers shop for milk and dairy items inside an Auchan Retail International hypermarket in Moscow, Russia. Russia's leadership has looked to dodge criticism for the price rises, blaming "unfriendly" countries (that is, Ukraine's allies) for the conflict, sanctions and supply shortages. "Smart people ... understand what is happening with the economy, but most people accuse foreign 'unfriendly' countries [of being to blame for the price rises]. Last year, a shortage of eggs — and price rises of more than 40% — prompted the government to remove import duties on the product. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov in Moscow, Russia November 20, 2024.

Persons: Anton Barbashin, Riddle, Ukraine's, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Stanislav, Denis Manturov, Vyacheslav Prokofyev Organizations: Getty, Bloomberg, CNBC, Ukraine, International Monetary Fund, TASS, Reuters Locations: St . Petersburg, Moscow, Russia, Russian, Europe, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Turkey

☆ Opinion | Don’t Let Donald Trump Drive You Into Internal Exile
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Miriam Elder | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For months leading up to that moment, tens of thousands of Russians protested as Mr. Putin prepared to return to the Kremlin following four years in a shadow role as prime minister. The day before Mr. Putin was inaugurated in May, the police violently cracked down on a mass protest. When Mr. Putin drove through a Moscow cleared of any signs of life, and through the Kremlin gates, the protest movement was effectively dead. As this fact settled in, opposition-minded Russians flooded social media, recalling just how young they were when Mr. Putin first headed the state more than 12 years prior — some remembered their college days, others elementary school. The United States is not Russia, and Mr. Trump is not Mr. Putin.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Vladimir Putin’s, Putin, Trump Organizations: Mr Locations: Moscow, United States, Russia

☆ Trump’s determination to install controversial picks faces next test
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Gabbard and another contentious Trump pick — Pete Hegseth, who has been tapped to lead the Defense Department — came under sharpened scrutiny Sunday as the spotlight shifted from Matt Gaetz, Trump’s toppled choice to be attorney general. Trump’s pick of Hegseth is also facing uncertainty after the release last week of a 2017 police report detailing an alleged sexual assault in California. But the withdrawal of Gaetz — who was already widely disliked in Congress — may leave senators feeling they owe the president-elect on his other highly controversial choices. Trump’s new selection for attorney general, Pam Bondi, is meanwhile being welcomed by many Republicans, suggesting she’ll have an easier path to confirmation than Gaetz. But that would still leave the question of who is acceptable to Trump while being confirmable in the Senate.

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☆ Ukraine-Russia conflict: British man captured by Russian forces, state media says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A British man has been taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk region, Russian state media has reported. Russian state media outlet TASS said the man was 22-year-old James Scott Rhys Andersen, a former British soldier, citing a military source. The British Foreign Office confirmed it was “supporting the family of a British man following reports of his detention.”In a video circulating on Russian media, a man identifies himself as James Scott Rhys Anderson and said had previously fought in the British Army before flying to Poland and taking a bus to the Ukrainian border. People of various nationalities, often former soldiers, have fought against Russian forces in Ukraine’s International Legion, bolstering Kyiv’s armed forces in the conflict. Kyiv launched an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August, taking Moscow and even its own allies by surprise.

Persons: London CNN —, James Scott Rhys Andersen, James Scott Rhys Anderson, Volodymyr Zelensky Organizations: London CNN, Ukraine, British Foreign Office, British Army, Russian, Ukraine’s International Legion, CNN, Russia Locations: Russia’s Kursk, British, Poland, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Kursk

☆ Chess’ next move: The future looms over the game's world championship, once again missing its biggest star
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Leon Watson | Leon Watson Is A Veteran Chess Journalist Based In London | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

“Normally, the world championship is very successful at finding and celebrating the best player in the world. It’s still got a lot of prestige, but this year it’s a bit of a strange one.”In some ways, this should be the biggest world championship yet. Howell noted that it’s not particularly rare for the world chess championship to be without the game’s top player. “There have been several cases of a player being world champion, but maybe not being the strongest on paper. The FIDE World Chess Championship is presented by Google, with online coverage and commentary provided by FIDE and Chess.com.

Persons: Ding Liren, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, David Howell, Carlsen’s, it’s, ” Howell, It’s, That’s, “, Magnus Carlsen Carlsen, Ding, Carlsen, Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, ” Carlsen, Hans Niemann, Howell, ”, Max Euwe, Vasily, Smyslov, Tigran, Petrosian, Vladimir, Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, India’s, Ding’s, Gukesh, Arkady Dvorkovich, Bobby Fischer, Anand, They’re Organizations: NBC News, International Chess Federation, Nepomniachtchi, Norway Chess, FIDE, Russian, Google Locations: India, China, Norway, Singapore, Norwegian, Budapest, Russian, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Asia

WASHINGTON — When Matt Gaetz abruptly withdrew as President-elect Donald Trump’s candidate for attorney general on Thursday, many career attorneys in the Justice Department breathed a sigh of relief. 2 position at the department — Todd Blanche, the president-elect’s defense lawyer — can help protect the department’s career civil servants from Trump’s wrath. Greg Nash / Pool via Getty ImagesHow Trump’s first deputy attorney general faredWhen Trump first took office in 2017, he didn’t know his deputy attorney general well, and their relationship immediately became vital and volatile. But that immunity does not extend to the attorney general, deputy attorney general or other DOJ prosecutors. “If I were he, I would have stayed as far away from the Justice Department as I could.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Pam Bondi, “, Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, —, Blanche, ”, Gaetz, ” Donald Trump, Emil Bove, Mark Peterson, Trump Blanche, Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Taft, Karoline Leavitt, Vance, Blanche won’t, Blanche —, he’s, ” Mimi Rocah, she’d, ” Rocah, Michael Bromwich, we’ve, ” Bromwich, Rod Rosenstein, Greg Nash, Trump’s, didn’t, Robert Mueller, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, Sessions, Rosenstein, Mueller, ” Rosenstein, ” “, ’ ” Rosenstein, ” Blanche Organizations: Justice Department, ”, Department, of, Trump, Manhattan Criminal, Manhattan, Attorney, NBC News, White House, DOJ, Justice, MSNBC, Department of Justice, Russia, White, “ Locations: Florida, Southern, York, New York City, Cadwalader, Wickersham, Washington, Westchester County , New York, New York, ”, U.S, Moscow, Bromwich

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