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 May 10 , 2022

 Ukraine's First President Dies - Leonid Kravchuk, 88, passed away after a long illness (Ukrainian media reported)

Kravchuk died on Tuesday afternoon “after a long illness,” his family told the Ukrainian media. The former president was hospitalized in June 2021 and placed in intensive care after heart surgery. 

Born in the western Ukrainian region of Rovno, Kravchuk joined the Communist Party of Ukraine in 1958 and rose through the ranks of the propaganda department. In 1990, he became the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR. He became the acting president of Ukraine in August 1991, after the Supreme Rada in Kiev adopted the Ukrainian constitution – and was formally elected on December 5, 1991.

Just three days later, he met with Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Belarusian parliament chair Stanislav Shushkevich in Belarus, and signed the infamous Belovezh Accords that dissolved the Soviet Union. Shushkevich passed away earlier this month, at age 87. Yeltsin died in 2007.

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May 11 , 2022

 Finding the Fallen / 2020

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There are a few families in the former Soviet Union that haven’t been affected by WWII. Millions of soldiers died, hundreds of thousands were missing in action. Decades later, their bodies are recovered from battlefields, woods and swamps all over Europe.

Groups of history enthusiasts look for the soldiers’ remains and try to identify them. For them, the war isn’t over until all of the dead are given a proper burial. The grandchildren of former enemies are now united by the same mission, working together to prevent history from repeating itself.

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 Washington to supply weapons to Kiev under Lend-Lease bill - Psaki

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US Oil Request Rejected (reports)

Washington asked Brazil in March to increase its crude oil output to curb soaring prices amid international sanctions against Russia, but Brazil refused. (Reuters)

US govt officials reportedly approached Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras but the officials came away empty-handed.

Petrobras said that output levels were determined by business strategy rather than diplomacy and also that a significant short-term production boost would not be logistically possible, according to Reuters.

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 West should stop interfering with Hong Kong, says Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson

 ICYMI: The Moscow Skyline Lights Up with Fireworks to Celebrate V-Day

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 'Most advanced humanoid robot in the world' - Ameca performs in Germany for first time

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 NATO State Labels Russia ‘Supporter of Terrorism’

Lithuania’s parliament - the Seimas - unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday accusing Russia of 'genocide and terrorism in Ukraine.'

“The Russian Federation, whose military forces deliberately and systematically bomb civilian targets, is a state that supports and practices terrorism.” 

The Seimas called on the international community to set up a special tribunal to investigate the behavior of Russian troops in Ukraine.

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 German Firm Meets Key Demand on Russian Gas Payment

Germany’s third-largest gas importer, VNG, has agreed to Moscow’s new ruble-based gas payment scheme and opened the necessary accounts with Russia’s Gazprombank to transfer payments, the company said Monday. (Reuters)

The company added that it does not expect the conversion into rubles to cause any difficulties, noting that “the opening of the account went completely smoothly.”

VNG said it is taking all necessary measures to comply with the sanctions law, but also to ensure gas supplies to Germany.

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Russia's Reserve Fund will be Increased by $11.5BN

Additional funds received in 2022 from oil and gas revenues will be directed to the government reserve fund, according to cabinet officials.

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