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            <title><![CDATA[Former Yanukovych Government Adviser Injured in Moscow Car Bomb Attack]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A man who worked with the pro-Russian government of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been injured in a car bomb attack in Moscow, Russian media report.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Colonel Killed in Car Bomb Explosion in St. Petersburg, Sources Say]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A Russian military officer has been killed in a car explosion in St. Petersburg, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2026 08:18:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rosneft rations fuel in several Russian regions after Ukrainian refinery attacks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft has introduced fuel rationing in several Russian regions following Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries, according to Russian media.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 03:06:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FT: Trump, Xi and Putin could meet at Apec summit in China]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Financial Times reports that a first meeting between Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin could take place soon.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:33:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Witkoff’s Europe meetings point to new peace talks, despite praise for Putin]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russia and Ukraine both see opportunities to resume talks on a peace settlement, but only at a lower level. That is the most concrete result so far of US envoy Steve Witkoff’s meetings with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin, despite Witkoff’s effusive praise of Putin.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:18:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zelensky’s Oslo visit was a bid to repair strained US ties, Ukraine expert says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Oslo, Europe wanted to show a united front in support of Ukraine while also reaching out to the United States, according to Ukraine expert Fredrik Wesslau.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:20:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zelenskyy and European leaders propose three-way meeting with Trump and Putin after Oslo talks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is pressuring Ukraine and considering a summit with Putin and Xi. After an urgent meeting with Trump’s envoy in Oslo, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his European counterparts say they have a counterproposal. “We’ll see what Putin says about it,” the Ukrainian president says.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/stre-says-us-envoy-steve-witkoff-will-travel-to-russia-on-wednesday-for-ukraine-talks</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ukraine Launches One of Its Largest Drone Attacks on Russia, Setting Oil Facilities Ablaze in St. Petersburg]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Major oil facilities have caught fire in one of Ukraine’s largest drone attacks on Russia to date. In St. Petersburg, explosions kept people awake. Fires broke out in several places, including at major oil facilities.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/drone-attack-sparks-fire-at-major-st-petersburg-oil-terminal-as-russia-reports-144-downed-over-leningrad-region</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:13:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lithuania Suspects Russia of Attempted Sabotage Targeting Starlink Facility]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius says Russia is likely responsible for attempts to sabotage the Starlink satellite system. Latvia also reported threats in its airspace, while Poland said a drone had crashed.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/latvia-issues-orange-airspace-threat-alert-for-three-southern-municipalities</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:12:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hurghada-St. Petersburg Flight Diverts to Finland After Drone Alert Closes Airport]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A passenger plane en route from the Egyptian resort of Hurghada to St. Petersburg had to land in Finland after another drone alert in Russia's border areas.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:10:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finland Restricts Air and Sea Traffic as Russia Issues Drone Alert Near St. Petersburg]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Finland restricted air and sea traffic in the eastern Gulf of Finland on Friday morning. Nearby, authorities in St. Petersburg warned of drone attacks, and flights were canceled.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:09:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kanye West concerts in Russia canceled after criticism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Controversial rapper Kanye West's two concerts in Russia in October have been canceled, reports the Moscow Times.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin says Russia is not preparing for conflict with Europe]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country is not preparing for a conflict with Europe "in any way."]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:31:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Andrei X confronts West Bank settlers for huge Instagram audience]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[He has both a Russian and an Israeli passport - but has been in the Israeli-occupied West Bank almost daily for four years. Activist Andrei Khrzhanovsky, or “Andrey X,” with more than half a million followers on social media, wants to draw the world’s attention to settler violence, which the UN says has reached record levels.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:56:39 GMT</pubDate>
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