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Wednesday briefing: What our latest investigative series can tell you about Russia’s dark detention system

In today’s newsletter: The Viktoriia Project shines a light on the tragic story of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who paid the ultimate price to uncover the truth

The Guardian - UK

‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison

The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final months

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war briefing: Suspect held in Moscow car bombing of general, Russia claims

Russian security service alleges Ukrainian agent Ignat Kuzin rigged car with homemade explosives; Trump meets Zelenskyy and expresses doubt that Putin wants a ceasefire. What we know on day 1,159

The Guardian - AU

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Moscow frees US-Russian ballet dancer jailed over charity donation, US says

Secretary of state Marco Rubio says Ksenia Karelina is returning to US after reports of prisoner swap

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s tariffs to be ‘devastating’ for UK firms, business groups warn

Experts also warned of more turbulence in the financial markets as investors react to the sweeping measures affecting global trade

Evening Standard

‘Devastating’: Business groups warn Trump tariffs will deal major blow to UK firms

Experts also warned of more turbulence in the financial markets as investors react to the sweeping measures affecting global trade

The Independent UK

Business leaders urge Highland Council to delay tourist tax

Highland Council has said the money could be used to support infrastructure, particularly due to the impact of the popular NC500 road trip

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Deadly Russian drone attack in Ukraine before next US talks in Saudi Arabia

Russia launched an attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people, in a residential area.

Al Jazeera

Russia Hopes For 'Progress' At Saudi Talks: Negotiator

Moscow is hoping to achieve "some progress" at talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a Russian negotiator told state media some 48 hours before the United States meets delegations from both Ukraine and Russia in a bid to halt the three-year conflict.

International Business Times

‘They came across as muppets’: Christo Grozev on being target of Bulgarian spy ring

Investigative journalist called ‘modern-day Sherlock’ by Alexei Navalny on unsettling photos, reprisals and being exiled from Vienna

The Guardian - UK

Russia expels two British diplomats for alleged spying

UK rejects accusations after FSB says it ‘identified signs of intelligence, subversive work’ carried out by officials.

Al Jazeera

Spy claims by Kremlin against British diplomat and spouse of another in Moscow are 'baseless,' says No10

The timing of the expulsions raises suspicions of a tit-for-tat move by the Kremlin

Evening Standard

Russia expels British diplomats over spying claims

It is the latest in a series of Russian and UK expulsions.

Evening Standard

‘They wanted to kill me’, says lawyer targeted by Russian spy ring

Kirill Kachur, 33, was being hunted by the team who had been tasked with kidnapping him and sending him back to Moscow, either dead or alive.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Two church figures arrested in plot to blow up Russian priest known as Putin’s confessor

Ukraine has taken responsibility for a number of assassinations in Russia since the start of the war

Evening Standard

Giving entrepreneurs better mortgage and pension access ‘could boost economy’

Solving the ‘finance conundrum’ that entrepreneurs find themselves in could help to unlock growth to get the economy on track, the FSB said.

The Independent UK

Calls to make it easier for entrepreneurs to buy homes

‘Getting this right will enable entrepreneurs to do what they do best – innovate, adapt and create’

Evening Standard

Small firms to cut jobs amid cost woes and new worker rights, finds poll

A poll by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) revealed that 33% of companies expect to reduce their workforce.

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The Guardian - UK

European defence stocks rise by €18bn to record high ahead of Ukraine peace talks – as it happened

Shares in BAE Systems, Rheinmetall and Saab soar, as Keir Starmer offers to put British ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

UK firms mull biggest layoffs in a decade as business confidence slumps

Impending tax rises from autumn budget fuel collapse in sentiment and rising redundancy intentions, surveys show

The Guardian - UK

Russian hackers target WhatsApp accounts of ministers worldwide

FSB-linked Star Blizzard attempts to lure email recipients to click on QR code that gives attackers access to account

The Independent UK

Business leaders warn capital councillors over visitor levy timing

The Federation of Small Businesses warned of ‘significant disruption’ under the current deadlines for Edinburgh City Council’s planned new charge.

The Independent UK

Putin apologises for ‘tragic’ Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash but does not take responsibility

Azerbaijan says the plane had multiple holes in its fuselage and that the occupants had sustained injuries ‘due to foreign particles penetrating the cabin mid-flight’

The Guardian - UK

Putin apologises over Azerbaijan plane crash; Russia’s Gazprom announces it will halt gas supplies to Moldova – as it happened

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardons 20 people jailed for ‘extremism’

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: ‘Human wave’ of North Korean troops being sent to their deaths, says US

Kyiv reports heavy casualties among Pyongyang’s soldiers in Russia while Washington accuses generals of seeing the troops as ‘expendable’. What we know on day 1,039

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