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Was the Viktor Bout exchange deal really a win for Moscow?

The Russian arms dealer is back in Moscow after the prisoner swap for Brittney Griner. Kremlin officials say it’s a ‘capitulation by America’ – but other believe Bout is a declining asset

The Guardian - UK

Nobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin's invasion of Ukraine

The winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have shared their visions of a fairer world during an award ceremony and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Editorial: America revels in Brittney Griner’s return. Now Biden must do the same for Paul Whelan and Marc Fogel

The people who become Vladimir Putin’s pawns never realize the vicious game ensnaring them.

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Putin warns any country threatening Russia will be ‘wiped off face of the Earth’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin could adopt a similar policy to the US pre-emptive strategy, which could lay any country to waste within 60 minutes

Daily Mirror

Viktor Bout’s release is hailed in Russia as a Kremlin victory

In the West, he is known as a convicted illicit arms trafficker, "the merchant of death" who helped fuel wars around the world. But in Russia, Viktor Bout was welcomed home this week as something of a hero or at least an innocent victim of American politics.

Bangkok Post

Russian opposition figure jailed for 'fake news' on war in Ukraine

A prominent Russian opposition figure was on Friday sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after being convicted on charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine.

France 24

Putin Says Russia Could Adopt US Preemptive Strike Concept

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow could adopt what he described as a US concept of using preemptive military strikes, noting it has the weapons to do the job, in a blunt statement amid rising Russia-NATO tensions over Ukraine. "We are just thinking about it.

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Putin says Russia could adopt US preemptive strike concept

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Moscow might think about adopting what he described as a U.S. concept of a preemptive military strike, noting that it has the weapons to do the job

The Independent UK

Russian politician jailed for eight years for criticising Ukraine war

The sentence was handed to Ilya Yashin, one of the few Kremlin critics to have stayed in Russia

The Independent UK

Silencing Russian music plays into Putin’s hands

Letters: Readers on the Ukrainian culture minister’s call for a boycott of Russian culture, in protest at the invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Russian jailed for over 8 years for simply criticising Kremlin's war in Ukraine

Ilya Yashin was given to eight years and six months in prison after being convicted on charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin's action in Ukraine which he described as 'hysterical'

Daily Mirror

Sunak and Zelensky discuss latest Russian strikes on Ukraine

The two leaders spoke amid a series of Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities.

The Independent UK

Modi to skip annual Putin summit over Ukraine nuke threats

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be holding an annual in-person summit with Vladimir Putin after the Russian president threatened to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Tribune News Service

‘Bonkers’, but terrifying: Why Germany’s comical coup plot should be taken very seriously

Borzou Daragahi takes a look inside the QAnon-fuelled plot to overthrow Germany’s government and revive the Reich

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Russian defence minister's lover kicked out country over threat to national security

Yelena Kaminskas has been denied entry to Lithuania for five years and had her residence permit revoked - she has also been banned from the EU for three years

The Independent UK

Russian man jailed 8 1/2 years for Ukraine action criticism

A prominent Russian opposition figure has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after being convicted on charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine

France 24

Capping energy prices: EU talks on gas reveal stark divisions

Recent discussions in Europe about a gas price cap are said to have been tough, heated and even ugly. The European Commission has put a proposal on the table, but EU member states are finding it difficult to reach a compromise among themselves – despite giving their political support to…

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Ukraine is calling for a boycott of 'The Nutcracker.' Ballet companies aren't budging

Ukraine's culture minister said his country's allies could stop Russia from weaponizing its culture by temporarily boycotting Russian artists, including The Nutcracker composer Tchaikovsky.

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Vladimir Putin 'having surgery after fall at home as he moves family to bunker'

Vladimir Putin is allegedly due for imminent surgery in Russia following slipping coming down stairs at his Moscow home, meanwhile he is preparing for festive celebrations in a bunker

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin: Russia Has No Current Plans to Annex More Ukrainian Territories

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia doesn’t plan on annexing more territories in its war against Ukraine. "There is no question of that. But there is nevertheless a lot of work ahead to liberate the territories; in a number of new regions of the Russian Federation there are occupied…

Reuters

Kremlin: Griner-Bout swap not sign of improving U.S.-Russia ties

The Kremlin said on Friday that a high-profile prisoner swap should not be seen as a step towards improving bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington, Russian state news agencies reported.

The Independent UK

Russia still set on ‘liberating’ annexed portions of Ukraine, says Kremlin

Russia says there is ‘a lot of work ahead’ to liberate the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

Tribune News Service

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Florida lawmaker who sponsored 'don't say gay' bill resigns after federal indictment for wire fraud

Tribune News Service

Why getting Whelan freed from Russia is proving harder than Griner

WASHINGTON — For the second time this year, the family of Michigan's Paul Whelan was left "devastated" that Russia agreed to swap an American prisoner for the return of a Russian inmate, and that, again, that American wasn't Paul.

Tribune News Service

WNBA star Brittney Griner freed from Russia in one-for-one swap for arms dealer

President Joe Biden announced that WNBA star Brittney Griner had been released from detention in Russia, celebrating her one-to-one swap for a notorious arms dealer who had been convicted and imprisoned in the United States.

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