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 April 18 , 2022

 Ukraine Releases Footage of Arrested Opposition Leader Pleading for Prisoner Exchange

The video shows head of Ukraine's second largest party Viktor Medvedchuk asking presidents Putin and Zelensky to exchange him for “fighters and civilians of Mariupol" - a city mostly overtaken by Russian forces.

Medvedchuk was arrested by the Ukrainian security service last week after breaking his house arrest terms, imposed alongside charges of treason.

In Russia the reaction to the idea of swapping Medvedchuk for prisoners of war has been mixed, since the politician is neither a Russian citizen, nor a combatant.

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 Russia Publishes Data on Foreign Mercenaries in Ukraine

400 foreign fighters reportedly remain trapped in Mariupol, where Kiev forces have refused an offer to surrender

An estimated 6,824 foreign mercenaries from 63 countries have come to Ukraine to fight for Zelensky’s government, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Sunday. 

Of these, 1,035 have been “destroyed,” while several thousand remain. Four hundred foreign fighters are holed up in Mariupol, where nationalist forces, including neo-Nazi fighters, have refused to surrender.

The most numerous group of foreign fighters (1,717) arrived from Poland, while around 1,500 came from the US, Canada and Romania. Up to 300 people each came from the UK and Georgia, while 193 arrived from the Turkish-controlled areas of Syria. 

Find out more details here: https://www.rt.com/russia/554029-foreign-mercenaries-ukraine-mariupol/

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 Mariupol Abandoned: RT explores 'horrors' of Azov Nationalists' Retreat

RT’s Murad Gazdiev came across millions-of-dollars-worth of weapons, poisoned water supplies and citizens apparently used as human shields or slaughtered by nationalist forces.

“Despite the damage done, the fanatical core of the Ukrainian Azov nationalists here are unlikely to surrender. They know the crimes they are wanted for; they know they face decades in prison, and they have chosen to drag this out, hoping to buy enough time for the Ukrainian government to somehow save them.”

Don't miss Murad's report.

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April 19 , 2022

 Seven Russian banks will join digital ruble testing in the coming months

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According to the head of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina, in the coming months, in addition to 5 banks testing digital ruble payments from January 2022, seven more banks will join.

The Central Bank of Russia, together with other banks, is testing the issuance of digital rubles, the opening of digital wallets for citizens, as well as transfers between them.

Earlier, the Central Bank reported that the testing group included 12 banks, namely Sberbank, VTB Bank, Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, DOM.RF Bank, Rosbank, Promsvyazbank, Tinkoff Bank, SKB-Bank, Ak Bars Bank, Transcapitalbank and Bank Soyuz.

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 Bandera: Who was the Ukrainian Neo-Nazis' Icon? RT Reports:

“Bandera’s legacy has long been toyed with on the far-right fringes of Ukrainian society, but with the latest hell-bent push to support Kiev... this Nazi collaborator has been normalized in the mainstream too”.

RT’s Igor Zhdanov at how the media of today are spinning WWII history... and why.

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 Russians Cancelled / 2022

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“Why don’t you drop dead, damn Muscovites?!” This is the new reality Russian people are getting used to in Europe. The aggression is so intense Russians can be verbally abused or even physically assaulted for speaking Russian.

This massive wave of russophobia is what Russians in the West have dealt with for the past two months. And it has no exceptions: everyone, from an elementary school kid to an embassy worker, can become a target. As a result, Russian truckers have their tires slashed, Russian students notice their grades dropping for no reason, and people lose their jobs. What the new reality for Russians abroad looks like — watch our premiere of Russians Cancelled.