Top News for May 4

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Top news for May 3 ✹ Authorities in Tuapse promised to clean mazut off the beaches by the start of summer — and banned women from taking part in cleaning up petroleum products ✹ Eighteen Peruvians who were deceptively sent to fight in the war against Ukraine returned home from Russia ✹ Ukraine again…

Top news for May 4

✹ Russia announced a ceasefire for May 8-9. Ukraine responded that it is initiating a “silence regime” starting May 6

✹ Operators warned that mobile internet would be shut down in Moscow and St. Petersburg ahead of May 9

✹ The U.S. began escorting commercial ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump threatened to “wipe Iranians off the face of the earth” if they interfere

✹ Roskomnadzor demanded that the “effectiveness level” of VPN blocking reach 92% by the end of 2030. What that means is unclear

Text of the day: Putin fears an assassination attempt and a coup involving Russian elites, according to European intelligence. According to intelligence services, the Russian president has stopped traveling to Valdai and spends weeks at a time working in protected bunkers

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