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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.

World

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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Direct Paris and Macron's order to protect critical facilities from "Russian hybrid attacks"

The war in Ukraine and the closure of the Ormuz Strait for the war in Iran have direct consequences in France. President Emmanuel Macron met with the Welsh political leaders and then addressed the press to announce that he gave the order to protect the critical infrastructure and facilities of the country's defence industry from "Russian hybrid attacks." The president also stated that the fuel crisis in the country is not linked to any Government decision. Our journalist Erika Olavarría has added information.

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"France strives to facilitate the reopening of Ormuz": Macron on fuel crisis

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, addressed the press after meeting with political leaders, with whom he assessed the situation in the country, in the midst of external situations that have affected the Galo territory, such as the war in Ukraine, the changes in the Russian strategy and the oil crisis caused by the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Ormuz. The President said that although France is not involved in these events, it is being affected and diplomatic efforts are being made to reopen the strategic trade step in the Middle East.

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Russia holds parliamentary elections while prolonging the invasion of Ukraine

The polling stations opened on Friday, September 18, in the Russian Far East at the beginning of a three-day vote for the parliamentary elections, the first since Moscow launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine. The main party of the Kremlin, United Russia, stands out to maintain its control of power along with other formations aligned with President Vladímir Putin, as the only party that criticized the war was excluded from the electoral ballot.

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