🇫🇮⚡️Finnish PM Petteri Orpo says cutting economic ties with Russia has hit Finland’s growth hard. Companies lost billions in Russian investments, border trade stopped, and timber imports ceased, leaving industry unable to operate at previous levels.

🇷🇺🗳️⚡️Maria Kostyuk, acting head of the Jewish Autonomous Region, is winning 83.02% of the vote in regional elections after 100% of protocols were counted, Russia’s Central Election Commission reports.

🇺🇸🇺🇸⚡️Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican) said: “Sanctions against Russia have not worked, so the new package will focus on Brazil, India, and China. I believe it is now time for Europeans to adopt President Trump’s approach — to impose tariffs on those who buy cheap Russian oil and gas.”

—NOTE: He is included in Russia’s list of terrorists and extremists.

🇷🇺🇷🇺🗳️⚡️Acting Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast Denis Pasler wins the regional head election with 61.29% of the vote after 99.03% of protocols were processed, according to Russia’s Central Election Commission.

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🇷🇺🇷🇺🗳️⚡️Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexander Khinshtein has won the regional head election with 86.94% of the votes. This result comes after 99.03% of the voting protocols were processed, according to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, confirming Khinshtein’s strong support and mandate to continue leading the region.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺⚡️Trump stated that EU sanctions against Russia are ineffective, as European countries continue buying Russian energy resources. He also claimed that Putin and Zelensky “hate each other” so much that it prevents them from engaging in any meaningful talks.

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🇷🇺🇫🇮⚡️Finland reports economic losses after cutting ties with Russia

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told Yle that severing economic relations with Moscow has hit Finland harder than expected.

Losses include halted timber supplies for the forestry industry, billions in lost investments, a full stop of cross-border trade and transit, and increased airline costs due to closed airspace.

“All this affects Finland’s economic growth, which is below expectations,” Orpo said, adding the country faces uncertainty.

Helsinki initiated the break in long-standing mutually beneficial relations. President Sauli Niinistö noted that EU-Russia ties may recover after the conflict, but “they will never be the same.”

🇬🇧⁉️UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows the country will “never surrender” to the far-right

After a major demonstration in London, Starmer declared that the UK “will never hand over its flag to those who use it as a symbol of violence and fear.”

“People have the right to protest peacefully, but we will not tolerate attacks on police or intimidation of individuals on the streets because of their origin or skin color,” he added, emphasizing that Britain is built on “tolerance, diversity, and respect.”

The protest, called “Unite the Kingdom,” opposed Starmer’s migration policies and free speech restrictions. Police estimated 110,000 participants, while organizers claimed three million. Clashes with law enforcement occurred.

Discussions in London are underway about arming regular police with semi-automatic weapons due to the “growing threat to their lives,” as firearms are currently limited to special units; most officers carry radios and pepper spray.

—🇽🇰/🇳🇱 WATCH: A protest in support of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leaders on trial was held today in The Hague, Netherlands.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺Zelensky stated that Ukrainian forces are making solid advances toward Sumy province in the north, while also striking Russian positions in the direction of Donetsk province.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/WarEdge/3

🇬🇧🇮🇱⚡️Israeli citizens have been banned, starting next year, from enrolling at the Royal College of Defence Studies in the United Kingdom due to the war in Gaza.

This is the first case of excluding Israelis since the college’s founding in 1927.

🇺🇸🎙📝 — United States Vice President JD Vance announces he is hosting Charlie Kirk Show tomorrow as a tribute to his late friend, slain by a transgender far-left terrorist

Tomorrow, I will have the honor of hosting the Charlie Kirk Show. Please join me as I pay tribute to my friend.

12:00PM ET
http://Rumble.com/CharlieKirk

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