The most complained about roads for potholes in Greater Manchester A study reveals complaints to councils are soaring Manchester Evening News · Sep 29, 2022
Russia probing damage to Nord Stream pipelines as 'international terrorism' -Ifax Russia's FSB security service is investigating the damage sustained by the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea as "international terrorism", the Interfax news agency cited the general prosecutor's office as saying on Wednesday. Reuters · Sep 28, 2022
‘We didn’t want to be part of the war’: Russians at the Georgia border flee Putin’s call-up Families, exhausted and bewildered, are queuing for hours at Russia’s borders to escape mobilisation The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022
Japan Protests Russia’s Expulsion of Official, Denies Spying Japan protested to Russia on Tuesday over the detention of a Japanese consulate official on espionage allegations, denying the allegations and accusing Russian authorities of abusive interrogation. The official was detained on Sept. 22 and interrogated with his eyes covered, his hands and head pressed and immobilized, Japan's Foreign Ministry… Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 27, 2022
Japan consul ‘blindfolded and restrained’ during FSB interrogation in Russia Tokyo demands apology from Moscow after diplomat subjected to ‘coercive interrogation’ in Vladivostok The Guardian - AU · Sep 27, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war: Sweden launches sabotage investigation after explosions reported near Nord Stream pipelines – as it happened Swedish seismologists says blasts detected near gas pipelines, which are leaking into Baltic sea The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022
Japan protests Russia's expulsion of official, denies spying Japan has protested to Russia over the detention of a Japanese consulate official on espionage allegations, denying the allegations and accusing Russian authorities of abusive interrogation The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022
Japan lodges protest after Russia detains diplomat in Vladivostok Tatsunori Motoki, accused of spying by Russia’s FSB, was released after a few hours and ordered to leave the country. Al Jazeera · Sep 27, 2022
Vladimir Putin 'will be killed by own allies' if he tries to use nuclear weapons - expert In a televised address earlier this week, the Russian leader appeared to suggest that conflict in Ukraine could spiral into a nuclear crisis - he also announced a partial military mobilisation, with 300,000 reservists set to be called up Daily Mirror · Sep 23, 2022
Putin needs nothing short of a miracle to avoid a devastating defeat in Ukraine Troops melting away and Russians fleeing abroad to avoid mobilisation doesn’t augur well for Putin’s latest gamble, says researcher Olga Chyzh The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022
‘No way I could work for the Russians’: the Ukrainian teachers resisting occupation Staff forced to choose between collaborating or fighting against Russian takeover of schools The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022
The man embroiled in Russia and Ukraine’s propaganda war over a nuclear plant A former deputy spokesman at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant who helped tell the world that Russian troops had seized the strategic site, is now in exile, no longer in his job and, according to a document from his ex-employer, is suspected by Ukrainian intelligence of collaborating with Russia. Reuters · Sep 15, 2022
City has a secret second underground network built by its paranoid leader Unofficial reports and intelligence from the US has suggested that there is a secret second underground network, titled Metro-2, beneath the streets of Russian capital Moscow Daily Mirror · Sep 13, 2022
Russia says it detains man suspected of sending military aircraft photos to Ukraine Russia detained a top manager of an aviation factory on suspicion of passing secret military information to Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing the FSB federal security agency. Reuters · Sep 13, 2022
Daily Mirror · Sep 8, 2022 Vladimir Putin’s TV propagandist refuses to explain abrasion and bruising on his face Russian anchorman Vladimir Solovyov, who regularly advocates nuking Britain, angrily refused to be drawn on how he sustained a cut above his left eyebrow and facial bruising
Daily Mirror · Sep 6, 2022 Russian commanders facing large-scale mutiny as regiment refuses to fight and Moscow loses ground Spooks from Moscow’s feared GRU and FSB intelligence agencies are trying to quell a rebellion by soldiers of the 127th Regiment of the First Army Corps for a second time
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2022 Russian journalist facing 24-year jail term for treason refuses to sign ‘confession’ Ivan Safronov could be handed record sentence after being tried on secret evidence behind closed doors
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2022 Russia alleges second Ukrainian involved in Darya Dugina killing Security service claims without evidence that man helped assemble car bomb that exploded near Moscow
Reuters · Aug 29, 2022 Russia names second Ukrainian suspect in killing of nationalist's daughter Russia's FSB security service on Monday named another Ukrainian it said was part of a team that assassinated Darya Dugina, the daughter of a prominent Russian ultra-nationalist who believes Ukraine should be absorbed into a new Russian empire.
The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2022 Small businesses owed £23,000 in late payments amid soaring energy bills The Federation of Small Businesses said many small firms could be forced to shut down if they cannot pay their bills.
ABC News · Aug 27, 2022 Vladimir Putin may use the murder of Darya Dugina to his advantage. But the path ahead is risky for the Russian leader Since Vladimir Putin first came to power, many of his critics and supporters have died in strange and violent circumstances. But the fiery death of Darya Dugina is different.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2022 What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis War’s six months of horror; shelling cuts Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from Ukraine grid; five predictions for conflict’s next six months
The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2022 ‘There were hundreds of us’: Navalny ex-staffer tells of being FSB informer Former anti-corruption activist who has fled to Netherlands tells how Russian state infiltrated opposition
The Conversation · Aug 25, 2022 Russia is fighting three undeclared wars. Its fourth – an internal struggle for Russia itself – might be looming Now entering its seventh month, Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine shows no sign of resolution.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022 Small businesses warn they may not survive winter due to UK energy bills Traders whose fixed-price supply deals expire in October have already seen bills quadruple since early 2021