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ABC rejects Russian claim two journalists involved in ‘illegal’ border crossing

Australian broadcaster’s Europe correspondent Kathryn Diss and camera operator Fletcher Yeung accused of ‘illegally’ crossing into Russia from Ukraine on 31 August

The Guardian - AU

Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident

Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife, Evgenia, speak of his time in a Siberian jail

The Guardian - UK

Poland Charges Russian Over Attack On Navalny Ally: Prosecutors

A Russian man has been charged in Poland over a hammer attack in neighbouring Lithuania on a top aide of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny earlier this year, prosecutors said on Friday.

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‘They want total control’: how Russia is forcing Sami people to hide their identity

The ministry of justice has added 55 Indigenous organisations to a list of terrorists and extremists, leading many to leave for Nordic countries

The Guardian - UK

Russia revokes accreditation of six British diplomats over spying claims

UK Foreign Office calls allegations ‘completely baseless’ as tensions escalate over war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia Accuses British Diplomats Of Spying, Orders Expulsion

Russia accuses British diplomats of spying, leading to their expulsion amid tensions over Ukraine. Expulsions follow increased diplomatic tensions between ...

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Keir Starmer meets with Joe Biden at White House as Putin warns Nato against letting Ukraine send long-range missiles – as it happened

Antony Blinken says new US sanctions against Russia are in response to Kremlin’s attempt to ‘subvert and polarize free and open societies’. This blog is now closed.

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Russia expels six British diplomats it accuses of spying and sabotage

‘Baseless’ expulsions come as Putin threatens West over Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles inside Russia

The Independent UK

Britain slams Russian claims of six UK diplomats spying in Moscow as 'completely baseless'

The row comes as Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Washington for talks with Joe Biden

Evening Standard

Freed Putin Critic Recounts 'Miracle' Release In Historic Swap

It has been around six weeks since Vladimir Kara-Murza swapped his prison long-johns and rubber flip flops for sharp suits, but the major opponent of the Kremlin says he is still adjusting to reality.

International Business Times

Why Russia is accusing its own scientists of treason

A prominent Russian scientist specialising in hypersonic technology has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of treason. His conviction is the latest in a series of arrests targeting researchers since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, in what experts are calling a politically motivated crackdown on…

France 24

Ulez: Small businesses call on mayor for more support as London marks one year of expanded clean air zone

Almost £115million has been given to small businesses through the Ulez scrappage scheme - but firms say more help is needed

Evening Standard

Drug dealers to Putin critics: Behind Pavel Durov’s rare Telegram audience

Arrested in France, the Telegram boss has found widespread support that mirrors his app’s popularity across groups.

Al Jazeera

Durov: Mysterious And Controversial Telegram Founder

Still a few months shy of his 40th birthday, the man once dubbed the "Russian Zuckerberg" after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg now finds himself under arrest in France after being sensationally detained at a Paris airport this weekend.

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The Guardian - UK

Who is Pavel Durov? Billionaire founder of Telegram remains a mysterious figure

Once nicknamed the ‘Russian Zuckerberg’, Durov has boasted of being the biological father of more than 100 children

International Business Times

Durov: Mysterious And Controversial Telegram Founder

Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks as well as a cryptocurrency, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked horns with authorities not just in Russia but around the world.

The Guardian - UK

On Ukraine’s third independence day at war, what does the future hold for its people? Our panel’s verdict

The Kursk offensive and Putin’s hubris give the country hope. But Ukrainians are under no illusion that peace will come soon, say Nataliya Gumenyuk and others

Al Jazeera

Russia faces manpower woes after failing to stop Ukraine’s Kursk incursion

Ukraine has seized more Russian territory in two weeks than Russia has seized in Ukraine all year.

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine puts ‘pressure on the aggressor’, catches Russia off-guard in Kursk

President Putin and his officials appeared unprepared for Ukraine’s daring invasion.

The Conversation

Was Ukraine’s incursion of Russia a tactical stroke of genius? It sent a strong message to Putin – and the West

Ukrainians have long become used to grim news reports from their besieged lands. But that’s suddenly changed. Following its remarkably successful incursion of Russia’s Kursk region, cheerful Ukrainian journalists are now covering the war from captured Russian territory.

The Guardian - UK

Russian authorities scramble to quell Ukraine’s week-long Kursk incursion

Confused messaging from leaders as Kremlin attempts to play down significance of events

Evening Standard

Ukraine 'drones' blitz second Putin airbase to destroy Russian bomber and fighter planes

Russian governor of Lipetsk region said ‘massive attack’ by Ukrainian drones caused explosions at airfield

The Independent UK

Freed prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza: I told the Russians ‘I’ll be back sooner than you think’

Dissident says his removal from Russia was illegal and that he will return to his motherland soon

The Guardian - UK

Russian prisoner swap deal was to have included Alexei Navalny

Negotiations, which began months earlier, originally included release of late opposition leader

The Independent UK

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap

While there is only one known assassin among them, all of the Russians exchanged in Thursday’s trade have unique, and in most cases, quite surreal, backstories, reports Justin Rohrlich

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