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Zelensky, Xi speak for first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had had a “long and meaningful” phone conversation on Wednesday, their first known contact since Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year ago. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris…

France 24

How ‘Putin’s chef’ and his Wagner Group are cashing in on Sudan

They’ve drawn most attention in eastern Ukraine, but it seems wherever war breaks out – from Syria to Sudan – this group of mercenaries can be found profiting from bloodshed, writes World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Belarusians wary of being drawn into war with Ukraine

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has welcomed thousands of Russian troops to his country, allowed the Kremlin to use it to launch the invasion of Ukraine last year, and offered to station some of Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons there

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Does Putin have a body double and live in a bunker? Kremlin forced to deny rumours

Some reports claim up to three actors are appearing as the Russian president in public

Evening Standard

Russia convicts ex-police officer over Ukraine war criticism

A court in Russia has convicted a former police officer of publicly spreading false information about the country’s military for criticizing the war in Ukraine to his friends

The Independent UK

Ukraine calls on world to pressure Russia over grain deal

The Black Sea grain deal will expire on May 18 unless Russia agrees to its renewal.

Al Jazeera

Moscow hosts more Turkey-Syria rapprochement talks

Russia’s defense minister has hosted his counterparts from Iran, Syria and Turkey for talks as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to help broker a rapprochement between the Turkish and Syrian governments

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How ‘Putin’s chef’ and his Wagner Group are cashing in on Sudan and conflicts around the world

The Independent UK

Kremlin dismisses 'lies' that Putin has doubles and sits in a bunker

The Kremlin rejected what it said were lies that President Vladimir Putin had lookalike body doubles who stood in for the 70-year-old leader and that he spent much of his time shielding in a nuclear bunker.

Reuters

The enemy within? Ukraine’s Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church faces scrutiny

Church alleged to be arm of the Kremlin – disguising Russian propaganda as religious teachings

The Guardian - UK

Twitter changes stoke Russian, Chinese propaganda surge

Russia, China and Iran are exploiting recent changes at Twitter to spread disinformation faster and farther

The Independent UK

Former correspondents in Russia call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on March 29 and remains behind bars. He could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of spying. Some 300 former correspondents in Russia, from 22 different countries, have written an open letter to the Kremlin in English…

France 24

Kremlin spokesperson’s son claims to have fought in Ukraine

Nikolai Peskov, 33, says he sought father’s help to serve anonymously in mercenary group for six months

The Guardian - UK

Nikolai Peskov: Putin spokesman’s son ‘joined Wagner private army in Ukraine’

Nikolai Peskov is also known as Nikolai Choles and speaks fluent English after spending time as a youth in London

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Moscow court rejects appeal from cafe bombing suspect

A Russian court has rejected an appeal from a suspect in a bombing that killed a well-known Russian military blogger

Reason

U.S. Government Borrows Russian Tactic To Muzzle Pro-Russian Critics

The Department of Justice emulates the Kremlin in smearing government critics as foreign agents.

Daily Mirror

St Petersburg bomber seen languishing in jail after blast killed Russian blogger

The husband of Daria Trepova, 26, says she's been framed and that he is "completely sure" she would never have been able to do something like that in Russia on her own

Reuters

Russian woman loses appeal against detention over bomb that killed military blogger

A Russian court denied bail on Monday to a woman charged with terrorism over a bomb attack that killed a pro-war Russian military blogger earlier this month.

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Kremlin: Putin to decide whether to attend BRICS meeting in S.Africa closer to time

The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin would decide whether to attend a BRICS conference in South Africa in August closer to the time.

The Guardian - UK

Journalists who have worked in Moscow call for release of Evan Gershkovich

More than 300 journalists write to Russia that arrest sends ‘dangerous signal’ about attitude to journalism

ABC News

Analysts say Kyiv may be launching long-awaited counteroffensive as Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military

A new analysis gives rise to speculation that Kyiv is beginning a long-awaited counteroffensive, as new data shows global military expenditure increased by a record 3.7 per cent last year.

The Guardian - UK

These men can save Russia: we must not desert them

Letter: Vladimir Putin must not be allowed to let leading Russian opposition figures Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza die in jail, write Bernard Guetta, Timothy Garton Ash, Ezio Mauro and Adam Michnik

France 24

Last remaining voices of the Russian opposition are being silenced amid war in Ukraine

Voices raised against the Kremlin are increasingly being silenced as Russia this week handed jail sentences to two prominent opponents of the current regime: Russian-British national Vladimir Kara-Murza was handed a 25-year prison sentence on Monday and a Moscow court on Wednesday dismissed Ilya Yashin’s appeal.

Reuters

Son of Vladimir Putin's spokesman says he served with Wagner in Ukraine

The son of Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said in an interview published on Saturday that he had served in Ukraine under an assumed name as an artilleryman in the Wagner mercenary force, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reported.

France 24

'Donbass Devushka': American mouthpiece for Russian propaganda on Ukraine

“Donbass Devushka” is a prominent social media account implicated in the recent leak of classified documents on the Ukraine war. The pro-Kremlin mouthpiece, which claims to be run by a Russian woman in the occupied city of Luhansk, is in fact run by a pro-Russian former US military officer.

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