❗️Biden asks Congress to loosen visa restrictions on highly educated Russians.
The request, if enacted, would allow Russians with a masters or doctoral degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering or math to apply for a work visa without first obtaining an employer sponsor in the US. The consideration of such applications would also be expedited.
"We want to seize on this opportunity to provide top Russian scientists with a clear pathway to leave Russia for good and come to the United States, robbing Putin of his best innovators and his best brains," a White House official told CNN.
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The request, if enacted, would allow Russians with a masters or doctoral degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering or math to apply for a work visa without first obtaining an employer sponsor in the US. The consideration of such applications would also be expedited.
"We want to seize on this opportunity to provide top Russian scientists with a clear pathway to leave Russia for good and come to the United States, robbing Putin of his best innovators and his best brains," a White House official told CNN.
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❗️Russia’s currency strengthens against the dollar, with the ruble trading at a two-year high.
Joe Biden on March 26:
“As a result of unprecedented sanctions, the ruble is reduced to rubble. It takes about 200 rubles to equal one dollar.”
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Joe Biden on March 26:
“As a result of unprecedented sanctions, the ruble is reduced to rubble. It takes about 200 rubles to equal one dollar.”
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The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon pokes fun at US House Speaker Pelosi and Ukrainian President Zelensky for their awkward photo in Kiev.
“It looks like a mom and her new trainer.”
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“It looks like a mom and her new trainer.”
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❗️Kremlin dismisses as “nonsense” reports of Russian plans to officially declare war against Ukraine and start a national mobilization on May 9.
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Zelensky wanted war, says Brazil’s former and likely future president.
From the TIME’s interview with Lula:
I don’t know the President of Ukraine. But his behavior is a bit weird. It seems like he’s part of the spectacle. He is on television morning, noon, and night. He is in the U.K. parliament, the German parliament, the French parliament, the Italian parliament, as if he were waging a political campaign. He should be at the negotiating table.
— Can you really say that to Zelensky? He didn’t want a war, it came to him.
He did want war. If he didn’t want war, he would have negotiated a little more. That’s it. People are stimulating hate against Putin. That won’t solve things! We need to reach an agreement. But people are encouraging [the war]. You are encouraging this guy [Zelensky], and then he thinks he is the cherry on your cake.
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From the TIME’s interview with Lula:
I don’t know the President of Ukraine. But his behavior is a bit weird. It seems like he’s part of the spectacle. He is on television morning, noon, and night. He is in the U.K. parliament, the German parliament, the French parliament, the Italian parliament, as if he were waging a political campaign. He should be at the negotiating table.
— Can you really say that to Zelensky? He didn’t want a war, it came to him.
He did want war. If he didn’t want war, he would have negotiated a little more. That’s it. People are stimulating hate against Putin. That won’t solve things! We need to reach an agreement. But people are encouraging [the war]. You are encouraging this guy [Zelensky], and then he thinks he is the cherry on your cake.
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TIME
Lula Talks to TIME About Ukraine, Bolsonaro, and Brazil’s Fragile Democracy
Read TIME's interview with the former president as he launches a new campaign
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Russian-controlled cities in Donbas will not be holding Victory Day parades or Immortal Regiment memorial walks this May 9th, says Kremlin’s First Deputy Chief of Staff Sergey Kiriyenko.
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❗️Washington is helping Kiev target and kill Russian generals, say senior U.S. officials.
From The New York Times:
The United States has provided intelligence about Russian units that has allowed Ukrainians to target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in action in the Ukraine war, according to senior American officials.
The targeting help is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine. That intelligence also includes anticipated Russian troop movements gleaned from recent American assessments of Moscow’s secret battle plan for the fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the officials said. Officials declined to specify how many generals had been killed as a result of U.S. assistance.
The United States has focused on providing the location and other details about the Russian military’s mobile headquarters, which relocate frequently. Ukrainian officials have combined that geographic information with their own intelligence — including intercepted communications that alert the Ukrainian military to the presence of senior Russian officers — to conduct artillery strikes and other attacks that have killed Russian officers.
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From The New York Times:
The United States has provided intelligence about Russian units that has allowed Ukrainians to target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in action in the Ukraine war, according to senior American officials.
The targeting help is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine. That intelligence also includes anticipated Russian troop movements gleaned from recent American assessments of Moscow’s secret battle plan for the fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, the officials said. Officials declined to specify how many generals had been killed as a result of U.S. assistance.
The United States has focused on providing the location and other details about the Russian military’s mobile headquarters, which relocate frequently. Ukrainian officials have combined that geographic information with their own intelligence — including intercepted communications that alert the Ukrainian military to the presence of senior Russian officers — to conduct artillery strikes and other attacks that have killed Russian officers.
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NY Times
U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say (Published 2022)
Targeting assistance is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine.
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Sen. Rand Paul grills DHS Secretary Mayorkas over newly established Disinformation Board:
"I think you've got no idea what disinformation is ... Do you know who the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government."
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"I think you've got no idea what disinformation is ... Do you know who the greatest propagator of disinformation in the history of the world is? The U.S. government."
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❗️Pentagon: Russian missile strikes have not disrupted U.S. ability to transfer weapons into Ukraine on a daily basis.
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Winner of GOP Ohio Senate Primary: It’s ridiculous that we’re focused on Ukraine, I don’t really care about what happens to Ukraine.
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U.S. believes Russia's top general Valery Gerasimov visited Ukraine on a fact-finding and oversight mission over the weekend.
Some reports claimed Gerasimov was wounded in a Ukrainian strike during the visit, but the U.S. has not confirmed that report.
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Some reports claimed Gerasimov was wounded in a Ukrainian strike during the visit, but the U.S. has not confirmed that report.
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❗️Lukashenko expresses doubt that Russia’s operation in Ukraine is going according to the Kremlin’s plan.
“I didn’t think that this operation would drag on like this. But I’m not immersed enough in this issue to say whether it’s going according to plan, as they claim, or according to how I feel it’s going.”
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“I didn’t think that this operation would drag on like this. But I’m not immersed enough in this issue to say whether it’s going according to plan, as they claim, or according to how I feel it’s going.”
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Israel demands apology after Lavrov’s comments on antisemitism. In an interview with Italian TV, Lavrov was asked to address how Russia could “denazify” Ukraine when its president, Vladimir Zelensky, is Jewish. “If I remember correctly, and I may be wrong…
❗️Putin personally apologizes to Israeli PM Bennett over Lavrov’s comments on antisemitism.
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❗️There will be no mobilization in Russia, says State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.
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❗️U.S. helped Ukraine sink Russian flagship Moskva, officials tell NBС News.
The revelation about the Moskva comes on the heels of reporting by The New York Times that intelligence shared by the U.S. had also helped Ukraine kill Russian generals.
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The revelation about the Moskva comes on the heels of reporting by The New York Times that intelligence shared by the U.S. had also helped Ukraine kill Russian generals.
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NBC News
U.S. intel helped Ukraine sink Russian flagship Moskva, officials say
The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet sank on April 14 after being struck by two Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles, according to U.S. officials.
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❗️State Dept: Russian threats of targeting foreign supply lines in Ukraine are merely bluster and propaganda. Weapons are continuing to flow into the country unimpeded.
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“Most countries in proxy wars deny the extent of their involvement whereas American officials are bragging about it.”
— Max Abrahms,
International Security Scholar
(Northeastern University)
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— Max Abrahms,
International Security Scholar
(Northeastern University)
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Russia’s economy rebounds from unprecedented sanctions, defying predictions of collapse.
From The Economist:
The rouble is now as valuable as it was before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, and Russia appears to be keeping up with payments of its foreign-currency bonds.
The real economy is surprisingly resilient too. Total electricity consumption has fallen only a smidge. After a lull in March, Russians seem to be spending fairly freely on cafés, bars and restaurants.
The biggest reason for the economy’s resilience relates to fossil fuels. Since the invasion Russia has exported at least $65bn-worth of fossil fuels via shipments and pipelines. In the first quarter of 2022 the government’s revenues from hydrocarbons rose by over 80% year on year.
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From The Economist:
The rouble is now as valuable as it was before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, and Russia appears to be keeping up with payments of its foreign-currency bonds.
The real economy is surprisingly resilient too. Total electricity consumption has fallen only a smidge. After a lull in March, Russians seem to be spending fairly freely on cafés, bars and restaurants.
The biggest reason for the economy’s resilience relates to fossil fuels. Since the invasion Russia has exported at least $65bn-worth of fossil fuels via shipments and pipelines. In the first quarter of 2022 the government’s revenues from hydrocarbons rose by over 80% year on year.
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The Economist
Russia’s economy is back on its feet
There's a reason for its resilience
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❗️Biden set to revive historic Lend-Lease Act for Ukraine on May 9th.
An unprecedented World War II program that once enabled the U.S. to rapidly supply the Soviet Union with 400,000 jeeps and trucks, 12,000 armored vehicles, 11,400 aircraft, and 1.75 million tons of food to help defeat Nazi Germany is now being reinvented to assist Ukraine in the war with Russia.
According to the White House, President Biden will sign the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act on Monday, May 9th, the same day Russia celebrates its victory over the Nazis in World War II.
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An unprecedented World War II program that once enabled the U.S. to rapidly supply the Soviet Union with 400,000 jeeps and trucks, 12,000 armored vehicles, 11,400 aircraft, and 1.75 million tons of food to help defeat Nazi Germany is now being reinvented to assist Ukraine in the war with Russia.
According to the White House, President Biden will sign the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act on Monday, May 9th, the same day Russia celebrates its victory over the Nazis in World War II.
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Trump: Millions of people could die because of Biden’s handling of Russia.
“They don’t know how to deal with Vladimir Putin. They don’t. They’re saying exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. They know nothing about psychology and what it takes to end this madness. Millions of people will end up being killed because we don’t know what the hell we’re doing.”
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“They don’t know how to deal with Vladimir Putin. They don’t. They’re saying exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. They know nothing about psychology and what it takes to end this madness. Millions of people will end up being killed because we don’t know what the hell we’re doing.”
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