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Moscow alleges Ukraine and domestic opposition were behind the fatal bombing of a St Petersburg cafe. These experts aren't so sure

Experts are sceptical Ukraine and the domestic opposition were behind the bombing death of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and say there are others with potential motives — including factions within the Russian establishment.

ABC News

Politicians are right about the ‘decline of the west’ – but so wrong about the causes

The problem is not moral decay. It’s the withering away of our living standards, security and wellbeing, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Russia invites children's official sought by ICC to brief UN

Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, who is being sought for war crimes, will brief a controversial U.N. meeting Russia called to counter what it claims is Western disinformation about Ukrainian children taken to Russia

The Independent UK

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy hails ties as Poland vows further support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited neighbouring Poland on Wednesday and thanked the country for its "historic" help, saying it should become a key partner in the vast reconstruction effort needed once Russia's invasion ends.

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy aims for Western warplane coalition; Russians pressure Bakhmut

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a trip to Warsaw on Wednesday that Poland would help form a coalition of Western powers to supply warplanes to Kyiv, adding that Ukrainian troops were still fighting for Bakhmut in the east but could withdraw if they risked being cut off.

Reuters

Diplomacy may no longer be off table in Ukraine

The recent face-to-face between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the G20 gathering last month in New Delhi -- the first such high-level interaction since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, suggests that diplomacy may no longer be a dirty word.

Bangkok Post

Suspect in Russia cafe bombing that killed pro-Putin blogger charged with terror offences

Darya Trepova, 26, faces up to two decades in prison, as husband insists she was framed

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Moscow hosts talks aimed at Syria-Turkey rapprochement

Senior diplomats from Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran have wrapped up two days of talks in Moscow

The Independent UK

Britain blocks UN webcast of Russian meeting on Ukraine

Britain has blocked the U.N. webcast of an informal Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday at which Russia's commissioner for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - is due to speak.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin 'approved FSB assassination of war blogger Tatarsky' while blaming Ukraine

The Russian authorities will seek to blame the Ukrainian special services and 26-year-old Daria Trepova who passed a bomb hidden in a statuette to the hardline war reporter and propagandist at a St Petersburg cafe

Daily Mirror

US pledges $2.6 billion more in weapons aid to Ukraine

The U.S. unveiled $2.6 billion worth of military assistance that includes three air surveillance radars, anti-tank rockets and fuel trucks, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday, as Ukraine prepares a spring offensive against invading Russian forces.

Reuters

Iraq’s gov’t signs deal with KRG to resume oil exports

Longtime dispute between two sides has been temporarily resolved, and oil exports via Turkey will resume, officials say.

Al Jazeera

IS mastermind of European terror attacks killed by US military in Syria

The US military say they have carried out a strike in northwestern Syria killing a senior Islamic State group official responsible for planning terrorist attacks in Europe.

Radio France Internationale

Anti-war officer from Putin’s elite security team defects

Gleb Karakulov, an officer in Putin’s secretive personal security service, defected in October

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For many Palestinian citizens of Israel, judicial battle leaves them out

A plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to limit powers of the Supreme Court sparked huge protests across Israel before it was put on hold last week, but the country's Palestinian citizens have largely remained on the sidelines.

Radio France Internationale

France to boost military budget to €413 billion over next seven years

Proposed spending for the French military for the next seven years is projected to hit a record high of €413 billion. The Minister of Defence and the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, says the increase is necessary due to a deterioration in the geopolitical context and to technological changes.

The Independent UK

Belarus drops charges against Polish minority activist

A prominent Polish minority activist has been released from custody in Belarus after the authorities dropped criminal charges against her

France 24

St Petersburg café killing exposes Russia’s security woes

Moscow has blamed Ukrainian security services and supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for the killing of a prominent Russian ultranationalist blogger in a St Petersburg café. Kyiv and Navalny’s supporters have denied the allegations. But the attack on a figure with close links to the Wagner Group has…

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The Guardian - UK

St Petersburg bomb suspect charged with terrorism over killing of pro-war blogger

Moscow says Darya Trepova acted for Ukraine and handed statuette to Vladlen Tatarsky that later exploded

Reuters

Up to 1 million people 'disappeared' in Iraq in last half century - UN

Up to 1 million people have been "disappeared" in Iraq during a tumultuous last half century spanning the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein, U.S.-led military occupation and the rise of Islamic State militants, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Ukrainian soldier pleads 'partly guilty' at Russia's first war crime trial

A Ukrainian soldier pleaded "partly guilty" on Tuesday at Russia's first trial for war crimes in connection with its military campaign in Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Polish farmers threaten to ‘ruin’ Zelenskiy visit amid grain dispute

Grain producers say they are being undercut by tariff-free imports from Ukraine

France 24

Public executions and torture: ‘The Taliban have reverted to their true nature’

In the latest example of public punishments carried out by the Taliban, two men were publicly humiliated and forced to wear a chador, a full-length hijab traditionally worn by women. But other punishments meted out by the Taliban have been far more violent, including flagellations and public executions. While Afghan…

Reuters

Lithuania offers carve-outs to EU sceptics over Russia nuclear sanctions

A new Lithuanian bid to push the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia's nuclear energy industry includes proposed exemptions for Hungary and a two-year period to phase out existing contracts, according to a document seen by Reuters.

The Independent UK

Putin officer defects and says ‘paranoid’ president lives in a bunker and is terrified of Covid

Gleb Karakulov said he has fled Russia over the war in Ukraine.

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