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Germany set to declare starvation of Ukrainians under Stalin a genocide

Bundestag hopes move will serve as ‘warning’ to Moscow as Ukraine faces potential hunger crisis

The Guardian - UK

Putin unleashes newly-qualified female pilots in war for first time since WW2

Vladimir Putin's 'night witches' have graduated and are ready to enter the war in Ukraine, with Joseph Stalin the last Russian leader to permit female pilots during WW2

Daily Mirror

'Free': Chronicle of a childhood in Albania during the fall of communism

Growing up in Albania, our guest had a childhood of two halves. One was lived in plain sight, since she was brought up at school to believe and love the communist doctrine of Albania's Enver Hoxha and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The other half was hidden, as she slowly discovered…

France 24

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If Putin falls, is it really good news?

Putin faces multiple crises and his grip on power may be fading. None of that will solve the West's problems

Salon

Nobel peace prize goes to Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian human rights activists

On the 70th birthday of Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Nobel prize committee recognised the work of three winners who are all battling against Putin or pro-Putin regimes.

The Conversation

Ticking timebomb as Russia continues to occupy swathes of Chinese territory

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet China's Xi Jinping Thursday for the first time since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russia and China share a strong bond, facing off against the West, but the friendship is threatened by the unresolved issue of 600,000 square kilometres of Chinese territory near Vladivostok,…

Radio France Internationale

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

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The world leaders, presidents and prime ministers the Queen outlasted

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Wales Online

Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev's competing visions for Russia's future ultimately saw the two men turn on each other

When Vladimir Putin became president in 2000, he had no greater champion than Mikhail Gorbachev. But as Putin slowly transformed Russia into an imperial presidency, the two men turned against each other.

ABC News

Gorbachev's funeral, burial will reflect his varied legacy

The funeral and burial plans for Mikhail Gorbachev will sum up the crosscurrents of his legacy

The Independent UK

What was the Soviet Union? USSR and Gorbachev’s role explained, and why it collapsed

Everything you need to know about the Soviet Union

Evening Standard

Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader

Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was revered in West but criticised by many Russians for overseeing end of USSR.

Al Jazeera

Mikhail Gorbachev obituary

The last leader of the Soviet Union, he was ousted as his reforms pointing to the end of the USSR spiralled out of control

The Guardian - UK

The Disturbing Return of the Fifth Column

How enemies within—real and imagined—are influencing geopolitics.

Foreign Affairs

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‘They would have preferred hell’: The Battle of Stalingrad, 80 years on

The Second World War’s deadliest battle – and one of the most brutal of all time – started on August 23, 1942, when Adolf Hitler’s forces went all out to seize the city bearing Joseph Stalin’s name. If ever a battle was like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object,…

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin offers £13,000 to Russian mums who give birth to 10 children

Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to address the sharp decline in the country's population with a prestigious medal and offer of a significant financial reward around £13,000

Al Jazeera

End protest crackdown: UN, rights groups tell Sri Lanka president

Human rights experts urge the newly appointed leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to end the crackdown against the protesters.

Foreign Policy

Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.

Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.

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The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan government accused of draconian treatment of protesters

New president Ranil Wickremesinghe is attempting to crush mass protests that forced out predecessor

Al Jazeera

Concerns as Sri Lanka arrests top protest leader Joseph Stalin

Arrest is part of an ongoing crackdown against people protesting against the government over island’s economic crisis.

The Independent UK

Putin’s ‘food terrorism’ in Ukraine war leaves millions facing famine in Africa

Among those worst affected by the blockade are those in the Horn of Africa.

Radio France Internationale

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud built groundwork for current world order, on a boat

On Friday, Joe Biden will pay his first visit to Saudi Arabia as President of the US. The Biden trip is the latest twist in the saga of one of the most unlikely alliances in modern history.

The Conversation

Putin’s propaganda is rooted in Russian history – and that's why it works

Russia’s war against Ukraine is pressing into its fifth month – despite several rounds of failed peace talks, and Western countries’ issuing severe economic sanctions against Russia.

The Conversation

Ukraine Recap: why a small Russian 'exclave' is suddenly so important

Well before Vladimir Putin sent his war machine over the border into Ukraine, the Russian president and his proxies were fulminating about Nato surrounding his country, establishing hostile military bases in its backyard and boxing it into a corner.

Nottingham Post

Aiden Aslin now a pawn in Putin's total war strategy, says Ukrainian historian in Nottingham

Newark's Aslin was sentenced to death earlier in June

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