{
  "id": 1829918,
  "title": "Ukraine war: Ukrainian former minister Fedorow calls for elections during the war",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ukraine-krieg-ukrainischer-ex-minister-fedorow-ruft-zu-wahlen-im",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T19:03:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/ukraine-krieg-ukrainischer-ex-minister-fedorow-ruft-zu-wahlen-im-krieg-auf/27982126.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}