Russia

US Imposes 50% Tariff on India for Buying Russian Oil, Exempts Apple

2025-08-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Trump adds additional 25% tariff on India (total 50%) explicitly for “directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil.” Executive order est…

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Russia Grants Snowden Temporary Asylum After 39 Days in Moscow Airport

2013-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

After spending 39 days confined to the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, Edward Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia for one year on August 1, 2013. Russian authorities had restricted Snowden to the airport terminal after observing that U.S. authorities had …

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