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Russia sentences anti-war activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison (www.hrw.org)

On April 17, 2023, the Moscow City Court convicted Vladimir Kara-Murza on combined charges of treason, dissemination of “false information” about the conduct of the Russian Armed Forces, and involvement with an “undesirable organization”, and sentenced him to 25 years in maximum security prison with an additional fine of...

US LNG exports to Europe increase year-on-year by 140% in 2022 (www.aa.com.tr)

Analysis: Europe facing costly winter without enough long-term LNG deals (www.reuters.com)

German officials met wife of neo-Nazi Azov’s commander (www.jungewelt.de)

One of Europe's most influential car manufacturers, Siegfried Wolf, wrote a three-page letter to Vladimir Putin proposing to produce cars in Russia again. (www.spiegel.de)

Protesters storm BlackRock's Paris office holding red flares and firing smoke bombs (www.cnn.com)

Olaf Scholz faces new probe over German tax fraud scandal (www.politico.eu)

German manufacturing activity downturn deepened in March -PMI (archive.vn)

French Strikes Leave Millions of Barrels of Oil Stuck on Tankers (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)

Poland remains EU’s biggest importer of Russian LPG, paying €710 million to Moscow last year (notesfrompoland.com)

Finland's right-wing NCP likely to win election, Marin to come in third (www.reuters.com)

Monuments Evoke Tragic Memories of NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia (balkaninsight.com)

German leftist lawmaker says US soldiers and nukes must leave her country (geopoliticaleconomy.com)

UK living conditions in unprecedented decline according to Resolution Foundation data (www.wsws.org)

Ukraine war guns likely to end up on UK streets, says weapons expert (www.bbc.com)

Lest we remember: how Britain buried its history of slavery (www.theguardian.com)

Financial Times tries to convince the French that Macron is right about raising the retirement age because otherwise France would have to give up the idea of having a navy in the Pacific. (archive.ph)

The road to fascism: How the war in Ukraine is changing Europe (mronline.org)

German public debt reached all-time high of roughly 2.37 trillion euros at the end of 2022 (www.destatis.de)

Germany at a standstill as huge strike halts planes and trains (www.reuters.com)

Rishi Sunak's answer when challenged on woman who can't afford lightbulb sitting in dark (www.mirror.co.uk)

The EU remains secretly dependent on Russia. Some officials, on the condition of anonymity, said that Russia continues to receive income from oil supplies to the EU. (www.politico.eu)

Bordeaux town hall set on fire in France pension protests (www.bbc.com)

French police continue to explain to citizens the benefits of pension reform (www.wsws.org)

55% of German residents are afraid of dragging their country into the war (headtopics.com) German