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On March 13th, 2024, and February 2nd, 2024, the Austrian government expelled several diplomats from the country due to concerns over spying activities. On February 2nd, four Russian citizens were expelled and on March 13th, two were expelled. In both instances the Russians in questions were "engaged in acts incompatible with their diplomatic status” and were declared “personae non...

Cancelled Launch At approximately 0500 EST, initial reports indicated that the first launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Uglegorsk, Amur Oblast, was cancelled less than two minutes before takeoff. The launch has been postponed for 24 hours as officials race to correct failures of pressurization systems onboard an oxidizer tank on the rocket. This issue was...

According to Russian state-owned media, the Russian government has received an application from the Turkish government to join the Russian-Chinese led International Lunar Research Station program. The announcement from the director of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Petrukovich. reads below: "Within the framework of the international lunar station, other countries are also planning...

Moments ago, the Russian Justice Ministry officially labeled the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, the Russian-Canadian Democratic Alliance, and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs "undesirable". This follows the Russian Prosecutor-General' Office's March 18th announcement that the aforementioned groups would be added. This action by the Justice Ministry confirms the designation. The announcement reads below: "The...

As this publication reported on yesterday, an unofficially attributed Israeli airstrike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria resulted in the death of seven persons including several Iranian diplomats and most notably, IRGC Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi. Further on in the afternoon, several other high ranking IRGC members were reported killed including Deputy of General Zahedi, Sardar Haji...