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• December 22, 2025

  Russia Sees Sharp Rise In Prosecutions Over Donations To Navalny Foundation

  Criminal prosecutions in Russia over donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, established by the late opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, have surged roughly 60-fold since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with courts handling at least 90 cases this year alone.

• December 22, 2025

  Moscow Car Bomb Marks Latest Assassination Of High-Ranking Military Officer During Ukraine War

  A senior Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, the latest in a series of attacks on military officials and pro-war figures since the start of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago.

• December 22, 2025

  Russia Keeps Hard Line On Peace Talks While Ukraine Reports Civilian Abductions

  The Kremlin maintained its a hard line on a peace deal, rejecting undisclosed changes proposed by Kyiv and its European allies, as separate US-Russia and US-Ukraine talks wrapped up in Florida.

• December 21, 2025

  Kremlin Says Little Chance Of Ukraine Peace Deal By Christmas As Florida Talks Conclude

  A senior Kremlin official played down the chances of swift progress on Ukraine peace talks as separate meetings in Florida between US and Russian envoys and US and Ukrainian officials wrapped up on December 21.

• December 20, 2025

  Zelenskyy Says US Has Proposed Direct Talks With Russia, Ukraine, As Diplomacy Accelerates

  The Kremlin’s senior negotiator in talks on ending the war in Ukraine, Kirill Dmitriev, said he was on his way to Florida for fresh meetings with US counterparts on December 20 – hours after a Russian strike on Ukraine’s Odesa region killed eight people and injured 27.

• December 19, 2025

  European Commission To Suspend Visa-Free Travel For Georgian Diplomats

  The European Commission said it will suspend visa liberalization for Georgian diplomatic passport holders as new EU rules enter into force at the end of the month.

• December 19, 2025

  Pakistan Launches Fourth Hangor Submarine In China

  Pakistan's Navy on December 17 launched its fourth Hangor-class submarine, the PNS Ghazi, at the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group’s Shuangliu Base in Wuhan, marking the completion of construction for all four China-built boats in a landmark eight-submarine program.

• December 19, 2025

  Putin Projects Confidence On Ukraine War While Repeating Demands In 4 1/2-Hour Press Event

  Russian President Vladimir Putin used a marathon annual appearance to project confidence about Russia's position on the battlefield in its war on Ukraine and gave no signal that Moscow is ready to make substantial concessions in the name of peace.

• December 19, 2025

  EU Agrees To $106 Billion Loan For Ukraine After Shelving Russian Asset Proposal

  The EU agrees to provide a 90 billion-euro ($106 billion) interest-free loan to Kyiv to help fund the war-torn country after failing to agree on a proposal to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine's economic and military needs in the coming years.

• December 18, 2025

  'Money Today Or Blood Tomorrow:' EU Leaders Meet On Ukraine Funding

  Leaders of the European Union are gathering in Brussels for a summit set to decide on a a proposal to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's economic and military needs in the coming years as Kyiv and Moscow exchanged overnight drone attacks.

• December 17, 2025

  China Draws Iranian Ire Over UAE Islands Claim

  China has rattled Tehran by again backing the United Arab Emirates’s claim over three Persian Gulf islands controlled by Iran.

• December 17, 2025

  Sweden Confirms Citizen Detained In Iran On Allegations Of Spying For Israel

  Sweden has confirmed that one of its citizens is in Iranian custody after Tehran announced a Swedish national is on trial for allegedly spying for Israel.

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