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Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin
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President of the Duma wants to take away property from opponents of the war
08:54:
Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin has proposed confiscating property and assets from Russians who criticize the country's armed forces and oppose the war in Ukraine.
The previous measures, such as fines in such cases, are not severe enough, the Russian news agency Interfax quoted the President of the Lower House of Parliament from his Telegram channel.
He proposed an amendment to the Penal Code to "compensate for the damage caused."
Volodin is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Strack-Zimmermann: Scholz has to "jump over his shadow"
8:17 a.m .:
FDP defense expert Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann increased the pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) in the debate about possible main battle tank deliveries to Ukraine.
Germany must finally issue the export license for the delivery of the Leopard 2, the member of the Bundestag told the newspapers of the Funke media group (Friday).
"In view of the drama in Ukraine, the chancellor should jump over his shadow." The Polish initiative certainly sounds a lot like an election campaign, in which Germany is only too happy to be presented.
"One way or another, we should start training on the Leopard 2 today, parallel to the training of Ukrainian soldiers on the Marder infantry fighting vehicle." Otherwise, valuable time would be lost.
On Wednesday, Poland agreed to deliver Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine together with allies.
Germany plays a key role in the debate because the Leopard 2 tanks were developed in Germany.
As a rule, the transfer of armaments from German production to third parties must be approved.
Ex-NATO supreme commander advocates deliveries of fighter jets to Ukraine
8:11 a.m .:
According to former NATO commander-in-chief James Stavridis, Western countries should supply fighter jets to Ukraine for its defense against Russia.
"I think Ukraine needs fighter jets," said the former US admiral on Thursday on the ZDF program "maybrit illner."
On the one hand, he thinks of MiG-29 fighter jets from Poland, which the Ukrainians know how to operate and which could be delivered directly.
"They could then be supported by F-16s from the United States." Stavridis added that equipping F-16 fighter jets would take more time because Ukrainian pilots would have to be trained first.
However, the Ukrainian Air Force has already done a great job when it came to learning how to use other systems.
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