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They added that he finally was in contact with representatives of the Belgian Consulate in Iran. Vandecasteele has been at the center of a controversy in Belgium over a fiercely criticized treaty allowing prisoner exchanges with Iran. Karimi is one of several high-profile Iranians to support the protests. Several Iranian celebrities have been interrogated and had their passports confiscated after showing support for the anti-government protests that have occurred daily since Amini's death. Several thousand people have also been arrested, including many protesters, journalists, lawyers, activists, digital-rights defenders, and others.
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Defense Minister Says 90 Percent Of Moldova's Military Equipment Is Outdated

A large part of Moldova's military equipment dates back to Soviet times and is in urgent need of replacement, Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatii told RFE/RL, adding that the money allocated by the government for defense amounts to a small sum but is still important for its badly underfunded and underequipped army. "Some 90 percent [of our military equipment] is of Soviet origin and dates back to the 1960s to the 1980s.... You cannot modernize a ZIL-131 [military truck] or an antiaircraft system made in the 1970s," Nosatii said. Nosatii said that supplying Moldova's small military with equipment has been a permanent underlying problem but that the ministry has obtained aid from Moldova's external partners. Military equipment donated by Moldova's Western partners this year consists of protective gear such as helmets, flak jackets, and waterproof and winter clothing. Earlier this month, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht visited Moldova and said Berlin is prepared to provide drones and other military equipment to Chisinau.

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Biden Congratulates Italy's New PM, Eyes Continued Efforts To Support Ukraine

The death of 22-year-old Amini has fueled the biggest protests seen in the Islamic republic in years. The Norway-based Hengaw rights group also said that shopkeepers were on strike in Bukan, Sanandaj, Saqez, and Marivan. People were also gathering abroad for rallies in solidarity with the Iranian protest movement. Iranians living in Germany were converging on Berlin ahead of a major demonstration later on October 22, activists said. A teachers' union in Iran has called for a nationwide strike on October 23 and 24.

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Japanese PM Says Russian Use Of Nuclear Weapons Would Be 'Act Of Hostility Against Humanity'

Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny says he has been officially informed by investigators that a new probe has been launched against him. Navalny has denounced the invasion, and earlier this month his organization said it would reopen its offices to fight against the Kremlin's mobilization. Navalny spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said Popular Politics was launched by Navalny's allies after he had already been in prison for a year. Subscribe to Popular Politics," said the last in the series of tweets. Ovsyannikova's lawyer said she and her daughter recently fled the country, so the court said the detention would begin upon her return.

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Blast At Uzbek Ammo Depot Injures 16 People

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Fast-Food Giant KFC Transferring Russian Operations To Local Company

A presenter on Russian state-controlled RT media has been suspended after he said Ukrainian children who saw Russians as occupiers under the Soviet Union should have been drowned. In a show broadcast last week, RT presenter Anton Krasovsky said children who criticized Russia should have been "thrown straight into a river with a strong current." Now barred from Russian screens, Krasovsky has nonetheless chosen to stay in Russia -- a society he says is doomed to ruin. Krasovsky’s public announcement brought his soaring career as a Russian television journalist to a temporary end as he was barred from state media. He returned as a presenter for the Russian state-controlled broadcaster in 2020.

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Iranians Defy Crackdown To Mark 40 Days Since Mahsa Amini's Death

The General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said early on October 26 that more than 40 settlements were hit by Russian strikes during the previous day. In the southern city of Kherson, Russian forces are digging in for the "heaviest of battles," said Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. A Ukrainian counteroffensive has driven Russian forces back in the region, where the provincial capital of Kherson has been in Russian hands since the early days of the invasion eight months ago. Russia-installed authorities are evacuating residents to the east bank of the Dnieper River as Russian forces prepare to defend the city, he said. Enerhoatom said that Russian forces have carried out unauthorized, secret construction work over the last week at the plant in the area of the spent nuclear fuel storage facility.

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Kosovo PM Says 'Time For Big Steps' In Normalization Talks With Serbia

Speaking at a CSTO summit in Yerevan on November 23, Pashinian said it was "depressing that Armenia's membership in the CSTO has failed to contain Azerbaijani aggression." Six countries -- Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Russia -- comprise the CSTO, which was established in October 2002. Although it is an anniversary year [for the CSTO], for Armenia it was not an anniversary year at all. "It is very important that Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on a peace treaty," said Peskov, who accompanied Putin to Yerevan. During his meeting with Putin, Pashinian raised the issue of honoring agreements that Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached through the Russian president’s mediation.

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Germany Says G7 Meeting Next Week To Discuss Further Ukraine Energy Support

"They learned that they can do whatever they want because they weren't punished for war crimes in Chechnya, Moldova, Georgia, Mali, or in Syria. Since Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the organization has worked closely with national and international partners to document potential Russian war crimes against Ukrainian civilians. The Search For AccountabilityMatviychuk says her growing focus is to gain momentum for efforts to bring perpetrators of alleged war crimes to court. Still, she acknowledges that it remains the best instrument available for an international tribunal that can deliver accountability. "We need to build support with countries for this idea because this tribunal shouldn’t be created only [because] we gathered five states together and then set up a tribunal," Matviychuk said.

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