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Kremlin: No Heavy Weapons at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia had not placed heavy weapons at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. Kyiv has repeatedly accused Russian forces of using the nuclear facility, which Russia seized in the first days of the conflict, as a de facto weapons depot. Both sides…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia rejects Zelenskiy call for troop pullout, saying Ukraine must accept 'realities'

Russia on Tuesday dismissed a peace proposal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that would involve a pullout of Russian troops, saying Kyiv needed to accept new territorial "realities".

Reuters

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Putin cancels annual year-end news conference: Kremlin

Break in tradition comes as Russia’s war in Ukraine falters and its economy struggles under the weight of sanctions.

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Vladimir Putin cancels annual set-piece press conference in Moscow sparking speculation

Vladimir Putin has cancelled his annual press conference in Moscow fuelling fears that he cannot face up to questions on Russia's war in Ukraine or that he is seriously unwell

Daily Mirror

Putin skips annual news conference as his war in Ukraine falters

President Vladimir Putin is dropping his annual marathon press conference for the first time in a decade, as his forces continue to stumble in their war in Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Kremlin says Minsk deals failure led to Russia's Ukraine offensive

Russia launched what it calls a special military operation in Ukraine because its concerns around peace accords between Kyiv and Russian-backed separatists were ignored, Russian news agencies quoted the Kremlin spokesman as saying on Sunday.

Reuters

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'Merchant of death' Russian arms dealer swapped for basketball star blasts West

Viktor Bout returned to Russia after 14 years in a US prison as part of an exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner with US president Joe Biden under pressure to bring he home

Daily Mirror

‘Merchant of death’ arms dealer swapped for WNBA star Brittney Griner rages at West

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was sent back to his homeland after 14 years in a US prison

The Independent UK

Russian arms dealer swapped for WNBA star Griner blasts West

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was sent back to his homeland after 14 years in an U

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Kremlin: Russia Has No Current Plans to Annex More Ukrainian Territories

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia doesn’t plan on annexing more territories in its war against Ukraine. "There is no question of that. But there is nevertheless a lot of work ahead to liberate the territories; in a number of new regions of the Russian Federation there are occupied…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin: Griner-Bout swap not sign of improving U.S.-Russia ties

The Kremlin said on Friday that a high-profile prisoner swap should not be seen as a step towards improving bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington, Russian state news agencies reported.

Reuters

Russia still set on ‘liberating’ annexed portions of Ukraine, says Kremlin

Russia says there is ‘a lot of work ahead’ to liberate the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

The Independent UK

Putin vows to persist with strikes in Ukraine, ignoring West

The Kremlin says it’s up to Ukraine’s president to end the conflict in the country, suggesting terms that Kyiv has repeatedly rejected

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Kremlin appears to scale back its ambitions in Ukraine

Russia said on Thursday that it was still set on securing at least the bulk of the parts of east and south Ukraine that it has claimed as its own, but appeared to give up on seizing other areas in the west and northeast that Ukraine has recaptured.

Reuters

Kremlin: gas union with Uzbekistan not about political conditions

The Kremlin said on Thursday that a proposed gas union including Uzbekistan did not involve imposing "political terms" on the Central Asian nation.

Al Jazeera

Russia and Ukraine enter grim winter campaign as war losses mount

With neither side ready for talks, there are increasing suggestions the war will go on for a long time.

Reuters

Kremlin: Russia plans to 'liberate' parts of Ukraine that Moscow annexed

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Two Russian soldiers brazenly carry bathtub out of someone's home in Ukraine

Soldiers are seen carrying a bath across muddy ground away from what appears to be a Russian military truck parked next to a warehouse while their colleagues are seen carrying a chair

Reuters

Kremlin says U.S. defence budget "confrontational" towards Russia

The Kremlin on Wednesday said that a U.S. military aid spending bill providing $800 million to Ukraine approved by U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday was "confrontational" towards Russia.

The Independent UK

Russia accuses Ukraine of ‘nuclear terrorism’ as UN agency races to create Zaporizhzhia safe zone

Kyiv creating ‘appearance of threat of nuclear catastrophe’, says Sergei Shoigu

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Aramco Drops January's Arab Light Prices for Asia

Aramco announced that Saudi Arabia has dropped the January official selling price (OSP) for its flagship Arab Light crude for Asian buyers to a 10-month low. The price is $2.20 a barrel below official selling prices for December, so the demand outlook remains fragile. The largest oil exporter set the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Putin Drives across Repaired Bridge to Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to boost Russian morale Monday by driving a vehicle across a bridge to Crimea that a truck bomb had damaged in October. Putin took the wheel of a Mercedes to drive across the bridge that links Russia’s mainland with the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed…

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Kremlin Says Western Oil Price Cap Will Not Hinder Military Operation in Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Monday that a Western price cap on Russian oil would destabilize global energy markets but would not affect Moscow's ability to sustain its military operation in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was preparing how it would respond to the move by the G7 and…

Evening Standard

Moscow demands West recognise annexed territories before peace talks start

Sham referendums were held in the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions in September but have not been internationally recognised

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