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Lavender season transforms rural Türkiye into tourism hubs
Hurriyet Daily News
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TEKİRDAĞ Across Türkiye, lavender festivals are bringing together color, fragrance and community spirit as fields transform into seasonal hubs for tourism, art and local enterprise. In the Central Anatolian province of Konya’s Karatay district,...
Russia ratifies protocols on transit, temporary stationing of CSTO forces
TASS
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July 7, 2025
MOSCOW, July 7. /TASS/. Russia has ratified protocols on transit and temporary stationing of forces, complementing the agreements on defense cooperation within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). After the documents were passed by...
Moscow to Launch Autonomous Tram Service by Fall 2025
Pravda.ru
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July 7, 2025
Moscow to Launch Autonomous Tram Service by Fall 2025 Moscow will begin operating its first driverless tram in fully autonomous mode between September and October 2025, according to Deputy Mayor for Transport and Industry, Maksim Liksutov, as...
Russian Former Transport Minister Dies by Suicide Hours After Dismissal
Times News Global
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July 7, 2025
Moscow, Russia – Roman Starovoit, the former Russian Transport Minister, died by suicide on July 7, 2025, shortly after President Vladimir Putin dismissed him from his position. Officials reported that Starovoit’s body was found in a car in...
Katara unveils Russian Corner
The Peninsula
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July 9, 2025
Katara General Manager Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti and Ambassador of Russia to Qatar H E Dmitry Dogadkin during the inauguration of the Russian Corner yesterday in front of the Al Thuraya Planetarium, Building No. 41. The Russian Corner...
Russia: Minister found dead hours after being fired by Putin
Deutsche Welle
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July 7, 2025
Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoyt was found dead just hours after President Vladimir Putin dismissed him, Russian news agencies reported on Monday. Starovoyt reportedly shot himself in a Moscow suburb after the announcement of his...
Russia says minister found dead hours after being fired by Putin died by suicide
The Journal
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July 7, 2025
RUSSIA’S FORMER TRANSPORT minister Roman Starovoyt killed himself today just hours after being officially dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, the country’s Investigative Committee has said. Authorities said Starovoyt’s body was found in a...
Russia says minister fired by Putin killed himself
RTL Today
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Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoyt killed himself Monday hours after being officially dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, the country's Investigative Committee said Monday. Authorities said Starovoyt's body was found in a Moscow...
Russia fires over 100 drones at Ukraine as Kremlin dismisses transport chief after travel...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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Russia recently has intensified its airstrikes on civilian areas after more than three years of war. In the past week, Russia launched some 1,270 drones, 39 missiles and almost 1,000 powerful glide bombs at Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Russia’s Transportation Minister found dead hours after Putin fired him
The Hindu
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July 7, 2025
File picture of Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoit. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian’s Transport Minister was found dead, hours after the Kremlin announced he had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin. Investigators said on Monday...
Russian minister found dead hours after being sacked by Putin
The Irish News
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July 7, 2025
Russian’s transport minister has been found dead, hours after being dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, in what officials called an apparent suicide. Roman Starovoyt, who had served as transport minister since May 2024, was fired in a...
Ukraine reports at least 11 dead and over 80 injured in Russian attacks
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Transport Minister Roman Starovoit at the Kremlin in Moscow on Jan. 30, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 11 civilians and injured more than 80 others, including seven children,...
Russian transport minister dismissed by Putin dies in apparent suicide, officials say
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoyt at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Russian’s transport...
Drone strike kills 3 on Russia's Kursk beach
Xinhua News Agency
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MOSCOW, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A Ukrainian drone strike on Tuesday on a public beach in Russia's Kursk Oblast, which borders Ukraine, killed three people and injured seven others, including a five-year-old child, regional authorities said. Acting...
Russia, Ukraine swap drone salvos in new escalation
Shafaq News
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2025-07-07T14:00:59+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Moscow/Kyiv Russia and Ukraine exchanged extensive drone attacks on Monday, disrupting air travel across Russia and causing casualties on both sides, as Kyiv moved to ramp up...
Expenditures on National Projects in Russia total $35.4 bln as of July 1
TASS
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July 8, 2025
MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. Expenditures from the federal budget for the implementation of National Projects in Russia amounted provisionally to 2.78 trillion rubles ($35.4 bln) as of July 1 of this year, the Finance Ministry reports. The figure...
Russian Strikes Injure 71 in Kharkiv on July 7: Residents’ Stories
Mezha
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July 7, 2025
Svitlana Andrenko, the grandmother of three-year-old Daryna, who was injured during shelling in the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv, shared her experience. She noted that this was already the third time shells landed near their home, and they had...
Russia's transportation minister found dead in what officials say was an apparent suicide
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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A criminal probe was launched into the death, and investigators saw suicide as the most likely cause, according to committee's spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko, who did not say when Starovoit died. Russian media have reported that Starovoit's...
Russian transport minister is found dead with gunshot wound 'in his Tesla' hours after being sacked by Putin
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
Russia's transport minister has been found dead with a gunshot wound, hours after he was fired by President Vladimir Putin. A presidential decree published earlier on Monday gave no reason for the dismissal of Roman Starovoit after barely a year...
Beijing extends visa-free entry to more than 70 countries to draw tourists
Macau Daily Times
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July 9, 2025
Foreign tourists are trickling back to China after the country loosened its visa policy to unprecedented levels. Citizens from 74 countries can now enter China for up to 30 days without a visa, a big jump from previous regulations. The government...