The 36-year-old British citizen Dzmitry Smatritski said that police officers beat him in Yessentuki, where he had come for his grandmother’s funeral. After filing a complaint with the investigative department, he says, he was advised to leave Russia as soon as possible.

#Belarus #UnitedKingdom #Essentuki #InteriorMinistry #Russia #InvestigativeCommittee

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Uber, together with the British startup Wayve, will begin carrying passengers in London in driverless robotaxis for the first time. In the initial stage this week, 15 cars will be available to order, but a driver-operator will still be in the cabin.

#baidu #Uber #Waymo #Wayve #UnitedKingdom #London

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According to the most optimistic estimates, the total audience of popular science publications in Russia is only about 6 million people. That’s roughly 4% of the population. And this market in Russia today, it seems, is experiencing a crisis.

#Analytics #UnitedKingdom #west #acrisis #Thescience #society #Russia #market #USA #censorship

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On December 5, 1994, Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum with three nuclear powers who guaranteed its security and independence in exchange for giving up its stockpile of nuclear weapons. This agreement was supposed to prevent any conflict between Ukraine and Russia. But it turned out to be a useless piece of paper.

#America #BillClinton #BorisYeltsin #BudapestMemorandum #UnitedKingdom #WarinUkraine #diplomacy #west #Crimea #LeonidKuchma #MikhailGorbachev #Independence #aftertheUSSR #Russia #sovereignty #USA #Ukraine #Economy #nuclearweapons

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There are only two nuclear powers in Europe: France and the United Kingdom. Their combined strength is less than the arsenals of Russia and the USA, but fully sufficient to inflict unacceptable damage on an adversary. While Russian aggression in Ukraine continues and US commitments within NATO do not appear reliable, the stance of leading European countries on nuclear deterrence takes on particular significance.

#Analytics #Entente #UnitedKingdom #militarycooperation #war #west #KirStarmer #coalitionofthewilling #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #France #EmmanuelMacron #nucleardisarmament

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