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Germany is Ukraine’s new best friend. What a difference a war makes

Berlin steps up assistance as Kyiv faces relentless Russian attacks, low morale at home, and splits in the EU and Nato

The Guardian - UK

Russia brings new charges against jailed Kremlin foe Navalny

Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed new charges by Russian prosecutors

The Independent UK

Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement 'extremist'

Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization

The Independent UK

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Putin orders Russian military to increase troop numbers by 170,000

Russia maximises forces in response to ‘aggressive activities of the Nato bloc’

The Independent UK

Putin orders the Russian military to add 170,000 troops for a total of 1.32 million

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million

The Independent UK

Russia's Supreme Court bans 'international LGBTQ+ public movement' as extremist

Activists warn this will lead to arrests and prosecutions of the already repressed LGBTQ+ community

Evening Standard

Pro-Kremlin Maestro Gergiev Named Head Of Bolshoi Theatre

Russia on Friday appointed notoriously pro-Kremlin maestro Valery Gergiev, a personal friend of President Vladimir Putin for decades, to lead Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre.

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The director of Russia's Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, is also put in charge of the Bolshoi

The Russian government has named the renowned director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg to also lead Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre

The Independent UK

Putin loyalist Valery Gergiev installed as director of Bolshoi theatre

Star conductor becomes latest Kremlin supporter to lead a major Russian cultural institution

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism

In its landmark ruling, issued in response to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry, the court labeled what the suit called the LGBTQ+ “movement” operating in Russia as an extremist organization and banned it.

Chicago Sun-Times

Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling

Russia’s Supreme Court has effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country

The Independent UK

Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ as ‘extremist’

Russia’s Supreme Court has issued a ban on the activities of the ‘international LGBT movement’ in the latest crackdown.

Al Jazeera

Russia Bans 'International LGBT Movement' For 'Extremism'

Russia on Thursday banned the "international LGBT movement," claiming it was an extremist group in a move that cements a long crackdown on the community as the Kremlin pushes ultra-conservative social values.

International Business Times

Russia outlaws ‘international LGBT public movement’ as extremist

Human rights activists say supreme court’s vague wording provides wide scope for persecution

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France 24

Russia’s Supreme Court bans 'international LGBT movement', effectively outlawing activism

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country.

The Independent UK

Russia’s top court bans LGBT+ activism as ‘extremist’ in latest crackdown

The Supreme Court backs request fom Vladimir Putin’s government – despite the LGBT+ ‘movement’ being not one defined entity. Activists fear ruling will bring broad swathe of arrests and prosecutions

France 24

Finland closes last border crossing with Russia amid rising tensions

NATO member Finland on Wednesday closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia after the government decided to seal the entire border with its eastern neighbor amid rising political tensions.

The Independent UK

Finland closes last crossing point with Russia, sealing off entire border as tensions rise

NATO member Finland has closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia

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International Business Times

Russia Ramping Up Attacks In Donetsk Region

Russian forces were ramping up attacks in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, Moscow and Kyiv said, as they vie to secure elusive territorial gains before the end of the year.

France 24

Russia ramping up attacks in eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka

Russian forces were ramping up attacks in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, Moscow and Kyiv said, as they vie to secure elusive territorial gains before the end of the year.

International Business Times

'Point Of No Return': Why Kyiv Won't Sit Down With The Kremlin

When delegations from Moscow and Kyiv met in Belarus for secretive peace talks weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, it took Ukraine's lead negotiator less than an hour to lose hope.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine spy chief’s wife recovering after being poisoned

Poisoning of Kyrylo Budanov’s wife, Marianna Budanova, suggests Moscow has undercover assets in Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Russia limits women’s access to abortion, citing demographic changes

Experts say crackdown on abortion drugs and services is part of a project to instil ‘certain values’ in society.

The Guardian - UK

Free speech groups criticise German ban on Russian journalists’ book

Russian businessman claims book defamed him, while authors say aim is to destroy their reputation

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 641

Ukraine says Russia launches most intensive drone attack on Kyiv since start of the war; former Russian PM added to Kremlin’s list of ‘foreign agents’

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