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Furious Putin 'orders purge of 150 secret agents' after botched Ukraine invasion

The officers are said to be from the FSB security service, which is the successor to the KGB, with some removed while others were reportedly arrested

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin, the czar of macho politics, is threatened by gender and sexuality rights

Vladimir Putin has mentioned “gender freedoms” more than once to justify Russia’s war against Ukraine and simultaneously crack down on its own citizens.

The Conversation

Top Russian intelligence official 'moved to notorious jail' over Ukraine war failings

Col-General Sergei Beseda's case is being investigated by the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, said Russian intelligence expert Andrei Soldatov

Daily Mirror

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Top private school hosted UK head of Kremlin cultural agency linked to Russian intelligence

Exclusive: UK head of Rossotrudnichestvo spoke at Oxford High School ‘Russian Conference’ in 2019 attended by more than 150 pupils

The Independent UK

Who are the daughters of Vladimir Putin facing US sanctions?

Russian president has rarely spoken publicly about daughters Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova

The Guardian - UK

Russia's denial of responsibility for atrocities in Bucha recalls 50 years of lies over the Katyn massacre

Ukrainian troops entering the city of Bucha, 25km north-west of the capital Kyiv, have reportedly found evidence of what appear to be horrific war crimes committed during the month-long occupation by Russian forces. Having forced the Russian troops out of the area, any jubilation at the victory was cut short…

The Conversation

Who has Putin’s ear? Inside the president’s inner circle

Western intelligence claim Russia’s leader is out of touch. But who has the upper hand in the Kremlin’s jostling factions – and is there a chance of a palace coup?

The Guardian - UK

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Western intelligence: Putin's advisers are "too afraid to tell him the truth" on Ukraine

There is perhaps "no bigger insult" than calling Putin, a former KGB officer, "misinformed."

Axios

The US anticipated almost every move Vladimir Putin made in Ukraine. This is how they probably did it

As Russia menaced Ukraine, it was as if US intelligence services had tapped into the mind of a foreign leader notorious for guarding his secrets. So, was the US bluffing, or did it really know what Russia had planned?

ABC News

‘We can’t trust the words of Vladimir Putin’s war machine’

Positive signals in Ukraine peace talks not reflected by bombs on the ground, says Zelensky

Evening Standard

'I have nothing to hide': Russian media mogul Evgeny Lebedev lashes out at Keir Starmer over peerage questions

Labour has used a Commons device to force the government to disclose documents relating to the Russian oligarch son's appointment to the House of Lords

Daily Mirror

Businessman Lebedev says UK security advice about him should be public

Evgeny Lebedev, the ennobled British-Russian media boss and son of a former KGB spy, said on Tuesday security advice relating to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to appoint him to parliament's upper chamber should be publicly released.

Reuters

A spiritual defense of the war in Ukraine? Putin's patriarch is trying

Wearing crisp, olive-green robes and a towering, white head covering embroidered with the somber face of Jesus, Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, addressed the faithful from an ornate 10,000-seat cathedral in Moscow.

Los Angeles Times

Labour and Tory rebels force disclosure of security advice on Lebedev peerage

Conservative whips allow MPs to abstain in vote on publication in U-turn after backbenchers threaten to support Labour motion

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The Independent UK

Ukraine spy agency posts names and addresses of more than 620 ‘Russian agents working for the FSB’

Names, dates of birth, phone numbers and car number plates also posted in alleged breach of FSB security

Daily Mirror

Putin's hit list of poisoning victims as Roman Abramovich left with skin peeling

Vladimir Putin has been accused of poisoning his political enemies, with high-profile incidents in the UK including the Salisbury attack and the death of Alexander Litvinenko

Salon

Biden's big mistake: Taking it back

Biden spoke from the heart, and people around the world were grateful. Only pundits and politicos were horrified

The Guardian - UK

Lebedev criticises Labour as MPs debate releasing security advice behind peerage – as it happened

Latest updates: Peer says opposition criticism of him is based on ‘pure innuendo’; government may be forced to release security advice on Lebedev

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Evening Standard

Helipads that turn into pools! On-board spas! Anti-pap tech! Inside the oligarch super-yachts

They’re marina-hopping to avoid sanctions - but who has the biggest boat? From record-breaking swimming pools to haute-gyms and their own submarines, Katie Strick has a guide to the biggest brashest boats in town

ABC News

What we know about Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's reported 'poisoning' in Ukraine

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and at least two Ukrainian peace negotiators reportedly suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning earlier this month after a meeting in Kyiv.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: secret KGB files revealed in timely Chernobyl documentary

The first part of Channel 4’s fascinating examination of the world’s largest nuclear disaster to date. Plus: Welsh crime drama Hidden gets grittier. Here’s everything to watch this evening

Daily Mirror

Who could replace Vladimir Putin? Four potential successors to Russian president

The tide is rising on Vladimir Putin - as dissent bubbles away at home, the international community's frustrations with Russia have reached new heights reflected by a number of emergency summits with NATO and the EU

Al Jazeera

Russian author Akunin: Putin sees Ukraine as a threat to his rule

Detective fiction novelist Boris Akunin on the war, the cancellation of Russian culture, and a post-Putin future.

Daily Mirror

Inside Vladimir Putin’s life of secret children, a mysterious partner and his mega-wealth

Russian President Vladimir Putin is thought to have a $1billion mansion known as 'Putin's Palace' and a £73m superyacht at the centre of his rumoured hefty portfolio

Daily Mirror

Terrifying regime of Putin’s ’replacement’ who 'poisoned his own KGB spy'

70-year-old spymaster Alexander Bortnikov has come under scrutiny after it was claimed that there was a plot to oust Putin, and replace him with a close ruthless ally

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