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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia Claims It Has 97% Control of Ukraine's Luhansk Province VOA 07 Jun 2022 -- Russia claimed Tuesday it has assumed control over almost all of Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine, but Ukrainian officials said their troops are standing their ground in fierce fighting with Moscow's forces in the streets of the region's key industrial city of Sievierodonetsk.
• Russia says seized full control of east Ukraine's key city after fierce fighting Press TV 07 Jun 2022 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday said the country's forces have seized full control of the residential areas of Sievierodonetsk, a key city in Ukraine's east, while also announcing the arrest of thousands of Ukrainian troops.
• Street fighting rages as Russia pushes to capture Severodonetsk in Donbas Press TV 07 Jun 2022 -- Fierce street fighting rages in Ukraine's strategic city of Severodonetsk, as Russia is pushing to completely bring the eastern Donbas region under its control.
• Separatist Leader In Ukraine Confirms Death Of Another Russian General RFE/RL 07 Jun 2022 -- The leader of Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region has confirmed reports that another senior Russian military commander, Major General Roman Kutuzov, was killed by Ukrainian forces during clashes with Russian troops.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Court Bans Publication Of Information On Russian Military Death Toll In Ukraine RFE/RL 07 Jun 2022 -- Several Russian online newspapers have been forced to take down a list of the country's military personnel killed in Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine after a court ruled the information was banned from being distributed.
• Meeting on economic issues President of Russia 07 Jun 2022 -- The President held a regular meeting on economic issues via videoconference.
• Russia to strengthen economic sovereignty in 2020s: Putin People's Daily 07 Jun 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the 2020s would be a time for his country to strengthen its economic sovereignty.

Foreign Policy

• Russian State Duma Votes To Quit European Court Of Human Rights RFE/RL 07 Jun 2022 -- The Russian State Duma has passed a pair of bills to end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the country.
• Lavrov Arrives In Turkey For Talks On Grain Exports RFE/RL 07 Jun 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has begun a two-day visit to Turkey, where he will hold talks on unblocking grain exports from Ukraine.
• US bars investors from buying Russian debt, stocks on secondary market Press TV 07 Jun 2022 -- The United States has tightened economic sanctions against Russia using the pretext of its conflict with Ukraine. The Treasury Department has banned American money managers from buying any Russian debt or stocks in secondary markets on top of its existing embargo on new-issue purchases.
• U.S. In Talks With Europeans On Ways To Limit Russian Oil Revenues, U.S. Treasury Secretary Says RFE/RL 07 Jun 2022 -- The United States is involved in "extremely active" discussions with European countries aimed at finding more ways to limit Russian oil revenues, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
• Fiji Allows U.S. Seizure Of $325 Million Superyacht Linked To Russian Kerimov RFE/RL 07 Jun 2022 -- Fiji's Supreme Court has allowed the seizure of a $325 million Russian-owned superyacht by the United States as part of the sanctions imposed by Washington on Moscow over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

News Reports

• An Austrian Company Once Oversaw Russian Oil Giant Rosneft's Corporate Jets. No More. RFE/RL 07 Jun 2022 -- For years, Igor Sechin, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's oldest confidants and CEO of the state-run oil giant Rosneft, globe-trotted to fancy destinations around Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere aboard luxury private jets.
• Navalny Loses Appeal Against Penitentiary's Decision To Label Him 'Inclined To Commit Terrorism' RFE/RL 07 Jun 2022 -- Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has lost an appeal against a decision by penitentiary officials to label him as "a person inclined to commit crimes of a terrorist or extremist nature."