The Latest Breaking News from Dmitry Peskov

Putin desperate to try and crush jailed Navalny’s influence, allies of opposition leader say

Alexei Navalny’s team have not been able to locate him for days inside Russia’s prison system –and they believe that is just how Vladimir Putin wants it ahead of elections next year

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023

As Navalny vanishes from view in Russia, an ally calls it a Kremlin ploy to deepen his isolation

A spokeswoman for Alexei Navalny says the loss of contact with the imprisoned Russian opposition leader likely signals a Kremlin effort to tighten his isolation as President Vladimir Putin runs for reelection in March

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023

Additional US military aid to Ukraine will be a ‘fiasco’, Kremlin says

Moscow is ‘very attentively’ watching as US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Washington.

Al Jazeera · Dec 12, 2023

Finland closes last border crossing with Russia amid rising tensions

NATO member Finland on Wednesday closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia after the government decided to seal the entire border with its eastern neighbor amid rising political tensions.

France 24 · Nov 29, 2023

Finland closes last crossing point with Russia, sealing off entire border as tensions rise

NATO member Finland has closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

A Dutch museum has sent Crimean treasures to Kyiv after a legal tug-of-war between Russia, Ukraine

An Amsterdam museum says historical treasures that were stored there for years during an ownership dispute sparked by Russia’s annexation of Crimea have been safely transported to Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Germany calls on Putin to take first step towards peace – as it happened

‘He must withdraw troops,’ Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Nuthetal in Brandenburg state

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 633

Blackouts as Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy systems restart; Ukraine shipping out millions of tonnes of grain via Black Sea corridor

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2023

Russian convicted of Kremlin critic’s murder pardoned after fighting in Ukraine

Hundreds of Russian convicts have been released back into civil society after presidential pardons

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2023

Russia ‘alarmed’ by reports of Ukraine’s role in Nord Stream attack

The Kremlin says the West should take note that President Zelenskyy was left in the dark about the operation.

Al Jazeera · Nov 13, 2023