Ukraine war: Ukrainian former minister Fedorow calls for elections during the war
Zelenskyy receives new German ambassador in Kyiv +++ Lavrov: Could consider UK a party to the war in Ukraine +++ Russian companies apparently donate billions for war +++ The news blog.
Russian donors have contributed 383.69 billion rubles (approximately 3.9 billion euros) in voluntary donations to the state treasury by mid-August, according to the Russian newspaper "Vedomosti". This sum exceeded expectations and was largely collected after a March appeal to entrepreneurs. The funds' exact use is unclear, but Russia's budget has a significant deficit due to high spending on the ongoing war against Ukraine.
In a separate development, Russian opposition figure Lew Schlosberg has been sentenced to 11 years and one month in prison for disparaging the Russian military.
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