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A Russian private military company founder faces charges over an alleged scam targeting recruits. Journalists list him among officers accused of executing their own men.

Alexey Marushchenko, the founder of the Russian private military company (PMC) “Yastreb,” and several of his associates are in pre-trial detention on charges of defrauding nearly 100 newly recruited contract soldiers, according to the Russian business daily Kommersant. Investigators say the victims paid the group in exchange for promises that they would serve not in regular Defense Ministry…

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Tai Po blaze hearing: property firm failed to identify, follow up on fire hazards

An employee of the property management firm at Hong Kong’s inferno-ravaged Wang Fuk Court housing estate has admitted the company failed in its contractual obligations to identify and follow up on fire hazards, while none of its top management testified at an evidential hearing into the disaster. The eighth day of the hearing by the independent committee investigating the November 26 blaze that…

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BBC Russia reports Russian Northern Fleet general killed in An-26 crash

BBC Russia reported that Lt. Gen. Alexander Otroschenkо, commander of the Northern Fleet’s composite aviation corps, may have been among those killed when an An-26 military transport plane crashed in Crimea on March 31.

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Moldova’s parliament votes to withdraw from Commonwealth of Independent States

Moldova’s parliament voted Thursday to denounce key agreements with the Commonwealth of Independent States, clearing the way for the country to withdraw from the organization. Sixty of the 101 lawmakers voted in favor, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.

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Belarus passes law imposing fines for ‘propaganda’ of same-sex relations, ‘sex changes,’ and childlessness

Belarus’s parliament has passed a law imposing administrative fines for the “propaganda of homosexual relations, sex changes, childlessness, and pedophilia,” the Belarusian state news agency Belta reported on April 2. The changes were introduced as amendments to the country’s administrative liability codes.

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Hong Kong authorities seek forfeiture order for properties tied to Jimmy Lai’s crimes

The government has filed an application to confiscate properties linked to crimes committed by former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying in accordance with Hong Kong’s national security laws. A government spokesman on Thursday also said the application filed with the Court of First Instance aimed to achieve the “important objectives of preventing and suppressing acts and activities endangering…

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Some authors refuse to revise books to comply with Russia’s drug ‘propaganda’ law, publisher says

Some rights holders are refusing to make changes to their books to bring them into compliance with Russia’s law banning the “propaganda” of drugs, Yevgeny Kapyev, head of the Eksmo publishing house, said at a press conference, the Russian business outlet RBC reported.

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Looking for Easter holiday inspiration? Here’s what’s happening in Hong Kong

Hong Kong begins a five-day long weekend break for the Easter and Ching Ming Festival holidays on Friday, with authorities expecting busy inbound and outbound travel during the period. Mainland China marks the festival, also known as tomb-sweeping day, between Friday and Sunday. For Hongkongers remaining in the city and visitors from the mainland and elsewhere, the South China Morning Post lists…

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