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After four years of the sabotage of Nord Stream, the consequences still persist

This is one of the most shocking acts of sabotage since World War II. On the night of 26 September 2022, three of the four North Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines exploded at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, releasing about 465,000 metric tons of methane into the atmosphere. The attack put an end to a strategic energy link between Russia and Germany. Four years later, our correspondents Anne Maillet and Nick Holdsworth go through the consequences that still persist.

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Custom parliamentary elections in Russia give Putin a record of seats

United Russia, President Vladimir Putin's party, expanded its majority to reach the unpublished number of 355 seats in Parliament, as reported by the Russian electoral authorities on Monday. The government thus maintains its strong control of power after carefully orchestrated elections, in which most opposition candidates were excluded. The first elections held since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 were marked by massive attacks by Kiev.

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Russia: Putin's Party Leads to Parliament's Most in War-Marked Elections · Global Voices

Vladimir Putin's party was a step away from securing the parliamentary majority in the first legislative elections his country held in times of war. The Kremlin leader has highlighted the results as a sign of popular support for the military campaign in Ukraine. This process, of which the opposition factors have been almost completely excluded, defines half of the seats of the Duma or Lower House: 225 of the 450 curules.

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Ukraine launched more than a thousand drones to Russia; Moscow accuses Kiev of trying to disrupt the elections

According to the mayor of Moscow, hundreds of Ukrainian drones launched an unprecedented offensive against the Russian capital and nearby regions. Although most were intercepted, several managed to evade air defence and hit residential buildings. The attack takes place in the midst of an intensification of offensives on both sides: in Kiev, Russian shelling left several dead, while Moscow accuses Ukraine of trying to disrupt the elections.

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The citizen's reactions to the US security agreement. United States for Greenland

The United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement that gives Washington a permanent role in defending the Arctic island, with the aim of curbing the influence of Russia and China and strengthening security in the North Atlantic. Citizens expressed concern about the impact of the treatment on sovereignty.

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Russia denounces cyber attacks on the second day of parliamentary elections

The voting systems and lines of communication suffered cyber attacks at the beginning of the second day of the parliamentary elections in Russia, according to the electoral authority and the Digital Ministry. For the first time, elections take place in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhia and Jerson, Ukrainian territories illegally occupied by Moscow. The elections have also revived disputes in separatist regions of Georgia and Moldova.

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Denmark and Greenland claim sovereignty of the island in the face of the security agreement with Trump

The Danish sovereignty of Greenland and the self-determination of the Arctic island will remain unchanged despite the agreement reached with the Donald Trump government to increase the military deployment of the United States in that territory and to veto the presence of China and Russia, according to the Copenhagen and Nuuk authorities. The pact will be signed during the UN General Assembly next week and will require parliamentary ratification.

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Russia holds parliamentary elections in the middle of war with Ukraine

On September 18, the legislative elections in Russia began. As of 20 September, about 100 million people are called to vote to renew the 450 seats of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament. The United Russia party, President Vladímir Putin, who currently controls the Duma, should win without surprises; the only anti-war party was removed from the trial by the Supreme Court. Putin wants to give an impression of "normalcy" in the country, in the midst of a war that has already taken over four years.

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Live: Ukrainian military authorities lift air alert in Kiev following a missile attack

The authorities in Ukraine lifted the air alert for the capital after the city was subjected to missile attacks on Friday, 18 September, as the mayor of Kiev had reported. Hours earlier, Moscow forces attacked four Ukrainian cargo ships in the Black Sea, according to the Russian state press. Meanwhile, the Vladimir Putin Administration announced that it confiscated the assets, which are in Russia, of the Swiss food giant Nestlé (NESN.S) and of the French retail chain Auchan.

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What is at stake in the first legislative elections in Russia in four years?

From this 18th and until September 20th, Russia held its first parliamentary elections from the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine. The opposition denounces that Vladimir Putin's government prevented the parties that do not adhere to their rhetoric of war against Kiev from participating in the elections, so their presence is almost zero. We analyze what these parliamentarians represent with Vladimir Rouvinski, a master in history and international relations.

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The Kremlin confiscates assets of Nestlé and three French groups in response to West sanctions

Moscow transferred to a Russian company the operations of Nestlé, Auchan, Lemana Pro and FM Logistic subsidiaries, to a extent that the Kremlin presents as a response to the Western sanctions for the war that Vladimir Putin launched against Ukraine. The decision concerns companies from countries that Russia considers "unfriendly" and raises pressure on Western companies that still maintain business on Russian territory.

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