A Russian businessman and his wife are believed to have been on a private jet that crashed in Afghanistan during a medical evacuation, per Russian media.
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A drone attack on an oil depot in occupied Luhansk, which caused an explosion and a fire in one of the tanks, was carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the country’s military StratComdepartment reported on Telegram on Dec. 4, posting a video of a large fire and a map of the depot’s location.
The Russian Duma has asked the media monitoring agency Roskomnadzor to officially declare that there is no link between rainbows and the LGBT community. Source: Russian news agency TASS Details: Vladislav Davankov, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma (the lower chamber of the Russian parliament), noted that there has been an increase in cases of citizens complaining to law enforcement agencies about LGBT propaganda after seeing an image of a rainbow.
Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed Tuesday to extend their voluntary oil production cuts through the end of this year, trimming 1.3 million barrels of crude out of the global market and boosting energy prices. The dual announcements from Riyadh and Moscow pushed benchmark Brent crude above $90 a barrel in trading Tuesday afternoon, a price unseen in the market since November. The countries' moves likely will increase the cost for motorists at gasoline pumps and put new pressure on Saudi Arabia's relationship with the United States.