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The shut-off of the Russian economy will accelerate in 2023, as Moscow moves closer to the North Korean economic model. And Putin can complete his task of devising a regime where nobody can replace him, with oil it can’t sell and roubles it can’t use.

A blizzard that paralyzed western New York over the Christmas weekend has killed more than two dozen people, local officials said, as crews struggled to dig out the snow-bound region around Buffalo from its fiercest winter storm in decades.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave Ukraine an ultimatum to fulfil Moscow's proposals, including surrendering territory Russia controls, or its army would decide the issue, a day after President Vladimir Putin said he was open to talks.

Governments of the Western Balkans, particularly Albania, must expedite reforms, including those in clean energy and renewables, to reap environmental benefits but also improve living standards, European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice President Lilyana Pavlova told EURACTIV in an interview.

Russia’s Interior Ministry placed Christo Grozev, the leading journalist with the open-source investigative journalism group Bellingcat, on its wanted list on Monday (26 December), the Russian opposition website Moscow times announced.

Moscow said on Monday (26 December) its forces had shot down a Ukrainian drone close to a long-range bomber base deep inside Russia, while Ukraine said the Russians had unleashed heavy artillery barrages on its cities in the past 24 hours.

Amidst the global economic slowdown reflected in decreased consumer spending and delayed investment plans among companies, economic forecasts suggest it is likely that uncertainty will persist throughout the next year, according to Lilyana Pavlova.

The Iskander tactical missile systems and the S-400 air defence systems that Russia has deployed to Belarus are fully prepared to perform their intended tasks, a senior Belarusian defence ministry official said on Sunday (25 December).

Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington has dismissed as posturing because of continued Russian attacks.

Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone in the past 24 hours, the island's government said on Monday (26 December), the largest reported incursion to date.

Nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have ushered Iran into a new era of deepening crisis between the clerical leadership and society at large.

A Russian strike on Ukraine's recently recaptured city of Kherson killed at least 10 people, wounded 58 and left bloodied corpses on the road, authorities said on Saturday (24 December), in what Kyiv condemned as wanton killing for pleasure.

The European Union has enhanced its crisis management capabilities in face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war. However, during these times of 'permacrisis', it should also address the root causes of our current dysfunctional systems, write a group of EU policy advisers.

US Congressman Warren Davidson called on the US Treasury Department on Thursday (22 December) to take action against Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev for “corrupt actions” threatening “the stability and security of NATO allies in Europe”, a document obtained by EURACTIV reveals.

The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives on Friday (23 December) passed a $1.66 trillion government funding bill that provides record military funding and sends emergency aid to Ukraine, hours before a midnight deadline.

Ethnic Armenians in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh are preparing for a "long-term blockade" by Azerbaijan, a top separatist official said on Friday (23 December), after nearly two weeks without fresh supplies of food and medicine.

A 69-year-old gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday (23 December), killing three people and injuring three others, witnesses and prosecutors said.

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