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What Could Bring Putin Down?

Regime collapse is more likely than a coup.

Foreign Affairs · Nov 3, 2022

Putin orders one-time $3,200 payment for mobilised and contract soldiers

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a one-time payment of 195,000 roubles ($3,200) for contract soldiers and those who have been mobilised to fight in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.

Reuters · Nov 3, 2022

EXPLAINER: Threats to US election security grow more complex

Top U.S. election security officials say current threats to the nation's voting systems are more complex than ever

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Kremlin: Russia has not decided whether to extend Black Sea Grain deal

The Kremlin said on Thursday it had not committed to staying in the Black Sea grain deal, which has freed Ukraine's grain shipments from a Russian blockade of its Black Sea ports, beyond its current expiry date of Nov. 19.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russia still needed to assesses…

Reuters · Nov 3, 2022

Renovated and reopened National Cryptologic Museum a spymaster’s delight; newly declassified artifacts on display

BALTIMORE — The newly renovated and reopened National Cryptologic Museum, run by the National Security Agency and located near the spy agency’s headquarters at Fort Meade, deals a fatal blow to one of the most enduring myths of the Cold War: There is no “red phone” linking the Oval Office…

Tribune News Service · Nov 3, 2022

Zelenskiy labels Putin U-turn on Ukraine grain deal a ‘failure of Russian aggression’

Ukraine president has said the Kremlin’s call for guarantees shows ‘Russian blackmail has led nowhere’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

Russians try to subdue Ukrainian towns by seizing mayors

As Russians seized parts of eastern and southern Ukraine in the opening stages of the war, mayors, civilian administrators and others, including nuclear power plant workers, say they have been abducted, threatened or beaten to force their cooperation

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

'I can't be reading this': The pro-Russia propaganda being mailed to Canberrans

Griffith residents were outraged to receive pro-Kremlin propaganda in their letterboxes.

The Canberra Times · Nov 3, 2022

G7 foreign ministers set to grapple with Ukraine war, China

Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies will grapple with the implications of Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s growing economic clout and aims on Taiwan and Iran’s treatment of anti-government protesters when they open two days of talks in Germany this week

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Poland starts building fence on border with Russia

Poland started building a barbed-wire fence on its 210-kilometer (130-mile) border with Russia’s Kaliningrad region to prevent the Kremlin from sending asylum-seekers into the country, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said.

Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022