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

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2024

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

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2024

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 Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024

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Russian prisoner swap deal was to have included Alexei Navalny

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024

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

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024

How Putin Might Gain Or Lose From The Prisoner Swap

When eight Russian citizens including a convicted hitman touched down in Moscow on Thursday in a historic prisoner swap with the West, President Vladimir Putin greeted them like heroes.

International Business Times · Aug 2, 2024

FSB and sleeper agents among the Russians freed in prisoner swap

Members of Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, and sleeper agents living abroad were among those freed in a multinational prisoner swap on Thursday. The children of deep-cover agents posing as Argentinian expats in Slovenia were not even aware of their Russian heritage until they were transported to Moscow along…

France 24 · Aug 2, 2024

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Kremlin acknowledges intelligence operatives among the Russians who were freed in swap

New details have emerged on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West were from its security services

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024

Russian Prisoner Swap Planes Land In Germany And Poland

Planes land in Germany and Poland for high-profile Russian prisoner swap involving former FSB colonel and release of German citizens.

Inside the secret talks behind the biggest US-Russia prisoner swap since end of Cold War

The behind-the-scenes operation was documented meticulously by the Wall Street Journal, which has been unable to reveal its secrets until now

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024

How Evan Gershkovich was finally freed after a 500-day odyssey in Russia’s prison system

Gershkovich was the first reporter to be charged with espionage since the cold war, and Putin barely hid his aim

The Guardian - US · Aug 1, 2024

German decision to release FSB hitman in prisoner swap ‘not taken lightly’

Berlin said it took part in exchange involving Vadim Krasikov to support US and protect German nationals

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2024

Russia arrests former deputy defence minister on corruption charge

Arrest of Dmitry Bulgakov is latest high-profile incident in ongoing purge within Moscow’s military top brass

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2024

Russia Arrests Man Accused Of Car Bombing On Ukrainian Orders

FSB arrests suspect for Moscow car bombing allegedly linked to Ukraine, amid denials and tensions.

What to know about the growing number of treason and espionage cases in today's Russia under Putin

Treason cases were once rare in Russia, a handful each year

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2024

Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began

Treason cases were once rare in Russia, a handful each year

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024

Kyiv children’s hospital evacuated after power and oxygen supplies lost in missile strike; Italy accuses Russia of war crime – as it happened

Ukraine’s president vows to retaliate over strike that hit Ohmatdyt children’s hospital as Italy says attack must be condemned by international community

Al Jazeera · Jul 3, 2024

French researcher admits military secrets charges, claims Russia

Laurent Vinatier is the latest Western citizen arrested by Moscow amid accusations of ‘hostage diplomacy’.

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The Conversation · Jul 1, 2024

Is Putin drawing inspiration from Stalin’s military purge? Despite parallels, probably not

May 2024 was a noteworthy month for Russia’s military. Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu with economist Andrey Belousov. Several military leaders were also arrested by the FSB, the Russian successor to the Soviet KGB.

International Business Times · Jun 28, 2024

From Beijing To Paris -- Russia's Fractious Relations With Sports

Doping, sanctions, Ukraine, an escalating war of words: Sporting powerhouse Russia's behaviour since breaking the Olympic truce in 2008 with the invasion of Georgia has taxed the patience of sporting bodies.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024

The Kremlin’s Noose by Amy Knight review – vital primer on Putin’s Russia and Boris Berezovsky’s death

The American historian and expert on Russia has written a definitive study of the flamboyant life and mysterious death of the oligarch, a confidant of Yeltsin and a man to whom Putin was once indebted

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

Jailed journalist Evan Gershkovich to soon stand trial, Russian prosecutor indicates

Wall Street Journal reporter faces ‘false and baseless charge’ and ‘sham trial’, say paper’s publisher and editor in chief

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024

Future PM must focus on EU trading relationship to fix Brexit damage, says business group

Federation of Small Businesses calls for future government to put ‘more emphasis’ on improved EU relationship

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024

Revealed: Russian legal foundation linked to Kremlin activities in Europe

Exclusive: Leaked internal documents show Pravfond has spent millions of euros to finance propaganda and legal campaigns

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024

Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU

Israeli-made Pegasus cyberweapon used in hacking attempts on at least seven journalists and activists in EU

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