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Russia: Finland’s NATO Accession Carries Risk of Escalation

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia would be forced to take "counter-measures" to Finland's accession to the NATO military alliance, as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the move raised the prospect of the conflict in Ukraine escalating further. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the expansion of NATO - long…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 4, 2023

Russia says Finland's NATO accession is dangerous historic mistake

Russia said on Tuesday Finland's accession to the NATO military alliance was a dangerous historic mistake that would weaken security in the wider region, increase the risk of conflict, and force Moscow to take counter-measures.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2023

St Petersburg 'bomber' smiles on CCTV before she's caught as husband says she was framed

Daria Trepova's husband has said she had been framed and that he is "completely sure" that she would never have been able to do something like that in Russia on her own

Daily Mirror · Apr 4, 2023

Geolocation proves video showing soldiers harassing Russian-speaking woman is staged

A video shared by everyone from prominent Russian media to official Kremlin social media accounts purports to show Ukrainian soldiers harassing a woman and her child. But open source communities' debunking of the video has prompted an unusual backtrack from some of the pro-Russian lobby. We take a closer look…

France 24 · Apr 3, 2023

Russia's shadow war: Vulkan files leak show how Putin's regime weaponises cyberspace

Recent revelations about the close partnership between the Kremlin and NTC Vulkan, a Russian cybersecurity consultancy with links to the military, provide some rare insights into how the Putin regime weaponises cyberspace.

The Conversation · Apr 3, 2023

Killed Russian blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was a soft target for his many enemies

Influential supporter of war in Ukraine had criticised military leadership and called for generals to be prosecuted

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023

Evan Gershkovich: what does Russia want from jailing US citizens?

A Wall Street Journal reporter has become the latest US citizen to be detained in Russia but the first overseas journalist to be arrested there for alleged espionage since the Cold War. 

The Week · Apr 3, 2023

Russia blames Ukraine as suspect held in pro-war blogger’s death

Russia accused Ukraine and a group linked to anti-Kremlin opposition leader Alexey Navalny of plotting a bomb explosion in a St. Petersburg cafe that killed a pro-war military blogger.

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2023

Ukraine ridicules Russia’s claim to have captured Bakhmut

Ukraine's military has poured scorn on Russian claims that mercenary fighters had captured the eastern city after months of warfare.

The New Daily · Apr 3, 2023

Suspect or patsy? The woman Russia claims blew up pro-Putin blogger with bomb hidden in statuette

Russian Darya Trepova, 26, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the explosion in Russia’s second-largest city on Sunday afternoon

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023