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Former Kremlin summit: Can appoint Putin’s successor
There is a growing consensus within the Russian power elite that the war in Ukraine was a mistake.
That’s what Abbas Galljamov, political analyst and former speechwriter to Vladimir Putin, says. to SR Ekot.
Putin now appears more and more like a loser, according to Gallyamov, who admits that there is uncertainty about the Russian elections next year.
He does not rule out the possibility of appointing a successor to the Russian president.
– That Vladimir Putin is planning for another six years in power is not at all certain, he tells Ekot.
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Sweden deepens defense cooperation with Ukraine
Sweden deepens defense cooperation with Ukraine. The government has given the Defense Materiel Agency (FMV) the right to negotiate and enter into agreements with Ukraine.
“We are to help Ukraine defend its country and they have asked for support with the purchase of equipment, among other things. The government’s authorization to FMV makes it possible for Ukraine to speed up procurement by using FMV’s competence and established procedures to carry out its own procurements. We will begin this work immediately,” says FMV’s director general Göran Mårtensson in a press release. (TT)
Seven dead in new mass shooting in California
Seven people were killed on Monday afternoon local time when a gunman opened fire at two different locations a few miles south of San Francisco.
Zhao Chunli, 67, was later arrested in his car and is now suspected of carrying out the crime.
“There is no motive yet for the incident,” the police said in a statement.
It is the second mass shooting in a couple of days in California. Over the weekend, a 72-year-old man killed 11 people outside of Los Angeles before shooting himself.
The police: He ordered a double murder
Police in Brazil say they have strong evidence that a man involved in illegal fishing ordered the murder of a British journalist and a Brazilian indigenous expert in the Amazon in 2022.
Eduardo Fontes, head of police in the Amazon region, said the suspect has been arrested and that the crime is basically solved.
Several people have previously been detained for involvement in the crime, the motive of which is suspected to be connected to illegal fishing in the area. (TT)
Swedish kraftnät may donate to Ukraine
Swedish power grid gets the green light from the government to donate materials to Ukraine that can help build up the country’s energy supply.
The government writes that in one press release.
“In the past, the government has given a support package aimed at air defenses, which strengthens Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against attacks against, for example, the energy system. The support from Svenska kraftnät contributes to the reconstruction of the electricity system. Together, these supports provide protection for society,” says Energy and Industry Minister Ebba Busch.
Russian attacks in the fall have damaged much of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Two dead after school shooting in USA
Police on site in Iowa, USA Photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP
Two students were shot dead at a school in the city of Des Moines in Iowa on Monday, according to TT, which refers to the local police.
A teacher was also injured in the incident.
The police received the alarm at 1 pm local time. The students were found with life-threatening injuries and later died in hospital.
Twenty minutes after the shooting, the police stopped a car 30 kilometers away and arrested “several suspects”.
School remains closed after rumor of shooting
A high school in Nacka outside Stockholm is closed on Wednesday, due to a rumor in social media that a school shooting will take place then.
It reports TV4 News.
Tomorrow the school will have police protection.
The school’s principal has written in an email to the guardians that the probability that the threat would be carried out is small, but that they take it seriously and therefore set up a “home study day”.
The incident has been reported to the police.
Police chase on E4 – one arrested
The police tried to stop a car on the E4 north of Stockholm this evening.
– The car did not stop so there was a short pursuit, says Carina Skagerlind, press spokesperson for the police in the Stockholm region.
The police patrol stopped the car at the Haga norra exit.
– One person could be arrested on suspicion of drug offenses when we found drugs in the car, says Carina Skagerlind.
The Haga norra exit is currently closed.
The alarm came in at 8:46 p.m.
Police chase in Södertälje – had weapons in car
During the evening, the police had an operation in Södertälje.
Several patrols and helicopters have been in the area.
A search has been made for several people who disappeared from a car.
– We have searched for a car that we wanted to stop. We have found that car and we have arrested a person, says police spokesperson Carina Skagerlind.
According to the police, the car departed after one of the people was arrested – then the car was found abandoned.
According to information to Aftonbladet, there were weapons in the car.
Later, the police announced that they had opened a preliminary investigation into serious weapons offences.
The police do not want to go into why they wanted to stop the car in the first place.
USA: Sweden is ready to join NATO
US State Department spokesman Ned Price. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Sweden and Finland are both ready to join NATO.
This is what Ned Price, spokesperson for the US Foreign Ministry, says after Turkish President Erdogan said that Sweden cannot expect Turkish support.
Reuters reports.
Ned Price tells Reuters that the Koran burning in Stockholm was deeply disrespectful, but that heinous things can still be legal.
Here you can read more about the tours around Sweden’s NATO application.
Powerful banger explosion in stairwell
At 19-30 the police were alerted to a loud bang and smoke in an apartment building on Björksätra in Sandviken.
The police state that it appears to have been a powerful piece of fireworks that exploded inside the stairwell.
No one was injured, but a window was broken and several apartment doors were dented.
Erdogan: Sweden receives no support from Turkey
Angry Turks burn the Swedish flag in protest outside the Swedish consulate in Istanbul on Saturday. Photo: Emrah Gurel/AP
Turkish President Erdogan says that Sweden does not receive any support from Turkey in its NATO application.
This is reported by the Reuters news agency.
The background is the protests outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm this weekend.
Here you can read more.
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Hello! There are rumors in the media that Putin is no longer president. Is it true?
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Hi, I know you can’t deny Rasmus Pauldan burning the Koran, but you can’t deny him protection now that there’s such a shortage of police officers. We have to put a stop to the Danish pig.
Tobias Ljungberg
Joakim Nergelius, professor of jurisprudence, explains how it works in this article.
Oisín Cantwell pondered the question in this column last spring.
Peter Kadhammar has also written about it, here you can read how he reasoned.
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