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Russia has signed a military pact with the Taliban. Could its fighters start turning up in Ukraine?

Analysis: Experts say neither side has shared details of what Russia-Taliban military cooperation looks like – but it is unlikely to follow the North Korea model

The Independent UK

Russian spy chief says more than 20 arrested over deadly concert attack

Russia says for first time that ISIL coordinated the concert hall assault in Moscow, in which more than 140 people died.

Al Jazeera

Moscow concert attack: fear death toll higher after reports of up to 100 missing

Telegram channel with ties to security services reports 95 individuals unaccounted for since Friday

The Guardian - UK

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Russia Blames Kyiv, West Over Moscow Gun Attack

Russia on Tuesday sought to shift blame for the Moscow concert hall attack onto Ukraine and its Western backers, despite the Islamic State group claiming responsibility for the massacre of at least 139 people.

International Business Times

A year at war

Up to a million Russians have fled the country since the start of the war. But the beauty in new places doesn't lessen the heartbreak of leaving home.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin poised to axe security service head as scapegoat for failing Ukraine war

Sources say axing Alexander Bortnikov could be seen as an attempt to pin the blame on Vladimir Putin's failing war against Ukraine or even to prevent a possible coup among figures vying for prowess

Daily Mirror

Ukraine Battles Russian Push in East as Kyiv Allies Pledge $1 Bln in Aid

Russia and Ukraine pounded each other's forces in heavy fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk on Tuesday as Kyiv's allies meeting in Paris pledged just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) to help Ukrainians survive the freezing winter. Russian forces are battling to take control of the Donetsk and…

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Vladimir Putin’s secret service agents refuse to work in occupied Ukraine in major snub

Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering secret service agents salaries six to eight times higher than normal but they are still turning down work in occupied Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'to be overthrown by three rivals in hammer to head' says CIA insider

Former CIA Moscow station chief Daniel Hoffman says defence minister Sergei Shoigu may be central to a mutiny to overthrow the president

Daily Mirror

Top Russian intelligence official 'moved to notorious jail' over Ukraine war failings

Col-General Sergei Beseda's case is being investigated by the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, said Russian intelligence expert Andrei Soldatov

Daily Mirror

Putin's inner circle revealed - and how they could oust him from power in TWO YEARS

Experts suggest it is "highly likely" Vladimir Putin's cronies will stage a coup with attempts by soldiers or spies unlikely to succeed thanks to the huge amount of security around the Russian President

Daily Mirror

Russia defence minister 'has heart attack after Putin accuses him of botching invasion'

There was no proof of the supposed televised Sergei Shoigu session broadcast and some cried fake amid rumours the previously missing minister suffered a heart attack after being accused by Putin

Daily Mirror

‘Witch-hunt by Putin to find guilty men behind war failure’

Vladimir Putin was on Wednesday reported to be beginning a witch-hunt inside his own inner circle to find “guilty men” behind the failure of his war strategy in Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Furious Vladimir Putin launches witch-hunt of Kremlin inner circle to find 'guilty men'

Several of Vladimir Putin's inner circle are said to be looking over their shoulders as the furious Russian leader looks to find who is responsible for his failure to take Ukraine

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Terrifying regime of Putin’s ’replacement’ who 'poisoned his own KGB spy'

70-year-old spymaster Alexander Bortnikov has come under scrutiny after it was claimed that there was a plot to oust Putin, and replace him with a close ruthless ally

Daily Mirror

The new Putin? Former KGB spy in Putin's inner circle who is tipped to take over

Alexander Bortnikov previously served alongside Putin in the KGB but has recently fallen out of favour with the Kremlin following Russia's massive military losses and botched invasion

Daily Record

Former KGB spy tipped to succeed Vladimir Putin if Russian President is toppled by Kremlin

Ruthless Alexander Bortnikov, who has fallen out of favour with Putin over errors in the invasion of Ukraine, is said to be plotting to replace the Russian President

Daily Record

'Elite' plot to topple Russian president Putin uncovered by Ukrainian intelligence officials

Kyviv sources have claimed that members of the cell want spy master Alexander Bortnikov, 70, to lead the country instead - believing that he can spearhead the restoration of economic ties with the West.

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Ruthless ex-KGB spy tipped by spooks to take over if Putin is toppled by Kremlin

Top Putin sidekick Alexander Bortnikov, who has fallen out of favour with the Moscow despot over errors in the Ukraine war, is said to be plotting to topple the Russian president

Daily Mirror

'Russian elite' plan to POISON Putin and have chosen a successor, claim spooks

A brief from the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has said that FSB director Oleksandr Bortnikov is being lined up to replace Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s security men: the elite group who ‘fuel his anxieties’

Russia’s growing isolation has strengthened the ‘siloviki’ who surround the president

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