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Zvyagintsev urges Putin to end war in Cannes speech
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Exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev used his Cannes Grand Prix acceptance speech to call on Vladimir Putin to stop the fighting.
A senior North Korean diplomat reaffirmed strengthening ties with Russia on Saturday to mark the seventh anniversary of the 2019 summit between leader Kim Jong-un and President Vladimir Putin. Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jong-gyu hailed the Vladivostok meeting as a "new turning point" in bilateral relations. He cited the June 2024 Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership signed in Pyongyang as elevating ties to a "high level of alliance."
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Thomas Nilsson, head of Sweden's Must intelligence service, tells Financial Times that Russia's economy is worse than the Kremlin reports. The Kremlin manipulates statistics and may even deceive President Vladimir Putin himself about the crisis's scale. Despite the issues, Putin is expected to continue the war in Ukraine.