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Hanse MinaState Bank of India (SBI) has stopped processing trade and foreign currency transactions of #Nayara Energy over potential sanctions after US tariff increases late last month.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/sbi-halts-nayara-transactions-over-us-tariffs-sanctions-risk/articleshow/123243917.cms#google_vignette
#Ukraine #Russia #India
Hanse MinaSouth Korean intel says Russia is using thousands of North Koreans for slave-like labor to offset war-driven shortages. Workers face abysmal conditions and tight surveillance, with some escorted directly from arrival to worksites by security agents.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2077gwjlvxo
#Ukraine #Russia #NorthKorea
Hanse MinaThe Russian authorities have reportedly decided to ban the calling feature on #WhatsApp and #Telegram, well-connected media figure Ksenia #Sobchak reported on Tuesday, citing sources in the telecommunications industry.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/12/russian-will-ban-calling-on-whatsapp-and-telegram-media-personality-ksenia-sobchak-says
#Ukraine #Russia
Hanse MinaThe far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the most popular party in the country, according to a striking new poll published Tuesday.
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-far-right-afd-lead-survey/
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Germany #AfD
Hanse MinaTrump and Putin’s past meetings have included Trump seizing interpreter notes, accepting Putin’s denial of 2016 meddling, and questioning U.S. intel in Helsinki. Their upcoming first meeting of Trump’s new term is expected to be similarly unconventional.
https://www.ft.com/content/a7012224-a9bf-482b-8595-614a7484a059
#Ukraine #Russia #US #Putin #Trump #Alaska
Hanse MinaZelenskiy said on Tuesday he would reject any Russian proposal to pull Ukrainian troops out of the eastern Donbas region as it would deprive Kyiv of defensive lines and open the way for Moscow to conduct further offensives.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-will-not-pull-its-forces-out-donbas-zelenskiy-says-2025-08-12/
#Ukraine #Russia #Zelensky
Hanse MinaInvestigators found evidence Russia was partly behind a hack of the U.S. federal court document system, compromising sensitive national security records. The yearslong breach also targeted cases linked to Russian and Eastern European surnames.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/politics/russia-hack-federal-court-system.html
#Ukraine #Russia #US
Hanse MinaPutin held a phone call with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and updated him on planned talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska this week, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Putin expressed appreciation for North Korea's help in "liberating" the Kursk region
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/putin-holds-call-with-north-koreas-kim-discusses-us-russia-talks-kremlin-says-2025-08-12/
#Ukraine #Russia #US #Putin #NorthKorea
Hanse MinaAll EU member countries except Hungary said in a statement that Ukrainians must have the freedom to decide their future and that a diplomatic solution must protect Ukrainian and European interests.
https://www.reuters.com/world/26-eu-leaders-say-ukraine-should-have-freedom-decide-its-future-2025-08-12/
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Hungary
Hanse MinaRussia has won the war in Ukraine, right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-has-won-war-ukraine-hungarys-orban-says-2025-08-12/
#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Hungary #Orban