While attempts to reach the enclave are common, activists said this episode was different because of the way rumors snowballed, encouraging thousands to move at the same time.
Failure to act on “the rising swell in Jewish settler terror activity” could “prove more catastrophic” than the Oct. 7 attacks, retired Israeli officers warn.
Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized the Ukraine war and tried to challenge President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, was one of the few high-profile Putin critics still living in Russia.
The move returns the remote South Pacific island nation to its traditional name, officials said, rather than a name that was easier for foreigners to pronounce.
Trump has said the law will be used to target white farmers for land seizures and has cited it as a reason the U.S. has withdrawn all financial aid to South Africa.
Russia has used glide bombs against Ukrainian towns and cities since it invaded its neighbor more than four years ago. The Soviet-era bombs are retrofitted with guidance systems and can carry up to 6,600 pounds of explosives.
