Putin accuses Ukrainians of attack inside Russia – but Kyiv calls it ‘provocation’ Russia’s border regions have been increasingly volatile since the invasion The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023
Russian man detained over daughter’s pro-Ukraine drawings Alexei Moskalyov charged with ‘discrediting Russian army’, while daughter taken into care The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
Moscow loses at least 130 tanks in Vuhledar, report says; Putin preparing to meet China’s Xi in Moscow – as it happened Ukraine officials say ‘epic’ fight on plain near Vuhledar produced the biggest tank battle of the war The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2023
Sturgeon successor must 'think small first' on regulation New poll shows that Kate Forbes is the most popular candidate to become the next First Minister, despite the row over her religious beliefs Insider UK · Feb 24, 2023
FSB issues five-point wish list for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget 2023 The last full Budget was presented by Rishi Sunak in October 2021 Birmingham Post · Feb 23, 2023
Plane, motorcade, train: How Joe Biden got to Kyiv in secret Biden’s ‘inherently risky’ trip to Ukraine took planning and logistics with details known to only a few. Al Jazeera · Feb 21, 2023
Berlin spy case shows ‘potential failings’ in vetting system, says ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele said the UK is one of Russia’s ‘main targets’ because it is a ‘very strong supporter’ of Ukraine. The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023
How a band of Ukraine civilians helped seal Russia's biggest defeat Ukrainian intelligence wanted confirmation last autumn that officers of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) overseeing the occupation of Kherson were staying in a small hotel on a back street of the southern port city. Reuters · Feb 9, 2023
‘We killed three Russians’: the secretive Ukrainian special forces taking the fight across the border Kyiv and western governments deny they exist, but saboteurs say they are striking Russia on its soil with the help of its people The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2023
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 · Feb 3, 2023
Businesses locked into costly years-long energy contracts left without much help, MPs told ‘You’ve got lots of businesses that are locked in at very high rates,’ UKHospitality’s chief executive said. The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023
Survey launched aims to understand small business trading conditions and challenges SMALL businesses in Scotland are being urged to take part in The National (Scotland) · Jan 30, 2023
Federation of Small Businesses launches state of the nation survey Organisation is looking to gather the views of Scottish small businesses to inform its policy-making Insider UK · Jan 30, 2023
Scottish small businesses to be surveyed on trading struggles The aim of the study is to give small traders north of the border a louder voice to ensure their views are better represented to policy-makers. The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023
Birmingham Post · Jan 27, 2023 Small business confidence plunges to lowest level since second Covid lockdown, report finds The latest small business index from the FSB found that headline confidence fell to the lowest result since Q4 2020
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023 Ukrainian security service ‘needs cleanout’ after arrest of accused spy Former security official Viktor Yahun says Ukraine’s SBU agency has long been overly close to Russia’s FSB
Reuters · Jan 25, 2023 Putin ignores German tank decision, dispenses career advice on Moscow University visit Russian President Vladimir Putin avoided commenting on Germany's landmark decision on Wednesday to supply tanks to Ukraine during a visit to Moscow State University, instead dispensing career advice to students and fielding questions on other topics.
Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023 High-ranking Russian officials escape Vladimir Putin's grasp to defect to the West Vladimir Osechkin knows the risks of defying Vladimir Putin and the Russian state after would-be assassins invaded his home and tried to kill his family before he escaped to France in 2015
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023 ‘We do our work because we are angry’: Navalny’s right-hand woman Maria Pevchikh on taking on Putin It’s two years since the arrest and imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Here his deputy talks about continuing his fearless anti-corruption work – and why she won’t give up hope of his release
Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2023 Putin's enemy fears for his life after receiving bullet and death threat in post Former FSB spy Boris Karpichkov, who received a sinister death threat, believes neither the police nor MI5 can protect him, claiming they have done little to protect him when similar threats arrived
The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2023 MI5 refused to investigate ‘Russian spy’s’ links to Tories, says whistleblower Party member lodges a complaint about the security services ignoring attempt of Russian infiltration into the Conservatives
Reuters · Jan 19, 2023 Russia's FSB spy agency opens espionage case against U.S. citizen Russia has opened a criminal case against a United States citizen on suspicion of espionage, its Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.
Tribune News Service · Jan 3, 2023 Facing prison in Russia, Jehovah's Witnesses are waiting in San Diego to see if US will protect them SAN DIEGO — Twice a week, Olga Ponomareva dresses in some of her nicest clothing to stand on a sidewalk in La Jolla Shores with a display of pamphlets about the Bible.
Daily Mirror · Dec 27, 2022 Head of Vladimir Putin’s secret poison labs fired after criticising war in Ukraine Vladimir Putin has removed Colonel-General Eduard Chernovoltsev from in charge of NII-2 FSB, a notorious research institute which develops deadly poisons against enemies
Reuters · Dec 26, 2022 Russia's FSB says Ukrainian saboteurs 'liquidated' while trying to enter border region - agencies Russia's FSB security service said on Monday that a four-person Ukrainian "sabotage group" had been "liquidated" while trying to enter Russia's Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.