First, links to two reports from Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. — MCM

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UN experts’ arrival at Ukraine nuclear site ‘very positive’: Kremlin. From AFP. The Kremlin said today it viewed as “very positive” the arrival of inspectors from the UN atomic agency at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine. “In general, we are very positive about the fact that, despite all the difficulties and problems… the commission arrived and started to work,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. . . .”The main thing is that the mission is there,” he . . . READ MORE . . .

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G7 to implement Russian oil price cap ‘urgently.’ From AFP. BERLIN — G7 industrialized powers said today they would “urgently” move toward the implementation of a price cap on Russian oil imports, in order to stop Moscow from raking in huge profits from soaring energy prices. . . .“Russia is benefitting economically . . . READ MORE . . .

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