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  • Russians struggle to pay for potatoes as war eats up state funds

    07/15/2025 11:43:41 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 35 replies
    DPA Yahoo News ^ | 7/15/2025 | DPA International
    Russia has more potential agricultural area than anywhere else in the world but it has run out of potatoes and onions. Even President Vladimir Putin conceded there is a problem. "It turns out we are short of potatoes," he recently said, noting the lack of sugar beet and some other vegetables too. That came after the price of potatoes soared in Russian shops, almost tripling within the last year, according to official figures. Meanwhile the price of onions has doubled. Cabbage is now 50% more expensive than it was a year ago, says statistics agency Rosstat. Russians had to pay...
  • North Korea’s Kim seen mourning over dead, presumably soldiers who fought for Russia

    07/01/2025 7:33:28 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 9 replies
    Anadolu ^ | 7/1/2025 | Staff
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been seen mourning over his soldiers believed to have been killed in the Russia-Ukraine war, images aired by state media showed on Tuesday. Aired by Korean Central Television, the images showed Kim solemnly placing a North Korean flag over a coffin during a ceremony for the return of the remains of North Korean soldiers who were deployed and killed in the conflict. The images showed photos of Kim in the background footage during a joint cultural event co-hosted by North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang on Sunday, marking the first anniversary of the...