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By Andrius Sytas and Marek Strzelecki NERIS SUBSTATION, Lithuania (Reuters) -Four NATO and European Union countries bordering Russia plan to build concrete bunkers and anti-drone nets at vital energy facilities under a plan to protect their power grids following Russian drone incursions. Violations of Polish airspace by Russian drones this month and multiple drone sightings, …

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(Reuters) -The United States is making the latest push to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas, with the Palestinian group severely weakened by almost two years of war. Here are some of the top Hamas figures killed by Israel and those who remain alive: DEAD MOHAMMAD SINWAR     Mohammad Sinwar was …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia-controlled Crimea has frozen fuel prices and imposed gasoline rationing in response to shortages resulting from a spate of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries. Regional governor Sergei Askyonov said on Monday that motorists in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, would be limited to buying 30 litres of fuel …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law denouncing the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, according to a government website. Russia’s parliament previously voted to leave the treaty, which Moscow ratified in 1998. According to the legislation passed by parliament, Russia’s denunciation was in response to the Council of Europe …

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By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -France’s top auditors praised the organisation of last year’s Paris Olympic Games on Monday but also chided the failure to forecast a 2 billion euro ($2.34 billion) security bill.  With security only vaguely projected in advance, the costs in fact came to 1.7 billion euros in temporary spending and 300 …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Monday accused the authorities in Moldova of preventing hundreds of thousands of Moldovans living in Russia from voting in an important parliamentary election by providing only two polling stations for voters in the country. Moldova’s pro-European Union ruling party won a resounding victory over its Russian-leaning rival in the parliamentary …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia’s military specialists were monitoring the possible supply of U.S. long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine but they would not change the situation on the battlefield. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was important to understand whether the United States or Ukraine would provide the targeting data for …

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