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Russia’s Far East Suffers Some Damage From Earthquake and Tsunami

30 juillet 2025 à 06:04
Regional authorities in one region declared an emergency after a tsunami hit the Kuril Islands, and the Kamchatka Peninsula was watching for volcanic activity.

© Governor of Kamchatka, via Reuters

A major earthquake damaged a building housing a kindergarten in the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Russia’s Far East Suffers Damage From Earthquake and Tsunami

30 juillet 2025 à 02:09
Regional authorities in Sakhalin Oblast declared an emergency after a tsunami hit the Kuril Islands, and Kamchatka region was watching for volcanic activity.

© Administration of The Governor of Kamchatka Krai, via Reuters

The facade of a kindergarten was among the infrastructure in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky damaged by the quake.

What is the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’?

30 juillet 2025 à 02:58
Many of the world’s biggest earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis occur along a chain of seismologically active regions that encircle the Pacific Ocean.

© NASA

An image released by NASA showing the atmospheric plume from a volcano eruption in the Pacific island nation of Tonga in 2022.
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  • Poll reveals 14% of Slovaks want to join Russia
    Unexpected results from a social survey have stunned observers. According to research by the SCIO agency in cooperation with the portal Rozhovory so Šimonom, 14% of Slovaks surveyed openly want to join Russia, and another 18% consider this possibility. Prime Minister Robert Fico states that Slovakia will provide neither financial nor military support to Ukraine in its war with Russia. Additionally, Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár expressed the view that the West should forgive Russia for the kill
     

Poll reveals 14% of Slovaks want to join Russia

26 juillet 2025 à 09:55

Slovakia is Europe protests against Fico pro-Ukraine

Unexpected results from a social survey have stunned observers. According to research by the SCIO agency in cooperation with the portal Rozhovory so Šimonom, 14% of Slovaks surveyed openly want to join Russia, and another 18% consider this possibility.

Prime Minister Robert Fico states that Slovakia will provide neither financial nor military support to Ukraine in its war with Russia. Additionally, Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár expressed the view that the West should forgive Russia for the killing of more than 13,000 civilians, not including Mariupol, where the number of victims could be as high as 100,000.

The idea is most supported by students and the unemployed, which, according to SCIO analyst Martin Klu, rather reflects economic instability and disappointment with the country’s Western course than genuine loyalty to the Kremlin.

Attitudes toward military neutrality

Respondents were also separately asked about military neutrality. Here, 32.5% opposed neutrality if it led to a decline in living standards. Meanwhile, 15% support neutrality under any circumstances.

Socio-economic distribution of views

The least support for the ideas of “neutrality” and “Russian integration” is observed among people with higher education, urban residents, and citizens with above-average incomes. Analysts believe this is linked to the economic stability and better prospects of these groups.

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