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11.04.2026 20:20 A former top Russian Defense Ministry official was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in a snowballing, politically charged corruption investigation that has rattled the top levels of Russia's military amid the war on Ukraine.

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11.04.2026 20:20 Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen , Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard Blumenthal , Sheldon Whitehouse , Chris Coons , Jacky Rosen and Mark Kelly wrote Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent today calling on the Trump Administration to allow its waiver of certain sanctions on Russian oil to expire tomorrow. Higher fuel prices - driven by President Trump's war in Iran - and the Trump Administration's sanctions relief are reportedly providing Russia an extra $150 million per day in budget revenues from oil sales.

11.04.2026 20:20 Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen , Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chuck Schumer , Senate Democratic Leader, and Elizabeth Warren , Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the below statement urging the Trump Administration not to extend the Department of Treasury's General License 134, which removed sanctions risk for any person purchasing Russian oil loaded on vessels as of March 12, 2026.

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11.04.2026 20:20 "The fact that the Russian Supreme Court, following a closed-door hearing of 9 April 2026, designated "the Memorial international civic movement" as an extremist organisation is yet another show of how Russia tends to confront its inconvenient past: by silencing those who are brave enough to speak about it openly and truthfully."

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11.04.2026 20:20 The Prime Minister spoke to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif this afternoon.

11.04.2026 20:20 Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the president of Kazakhstan, said on Friday that a parliamentary ‌election in the resource-rich Central Asian country would take place in August, but stopped short of naming an exact ⁠date, according to Reuters.

11.04.2026 20:20 In a trial that could be the latest bellwether for growing Chinese influence in Kazakhstan, 19 activists who organized demonstrations against China's mass internment camps in Xinjiang are expected to be sentenced by a Kazakh court.

11.04.2026 20:20 Japan is considering an additional release of its oil reserves providing 20 days of domestic consumption in May, as uncertainties remain over safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz even with the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, according to Japan Today.

11.04.2026 20:20 Japan plans to release an additional 20 days' worth of oil reserves starting in early May at the earliest, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday, amid uncertainty over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz despite the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal, according to Kyodo.

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