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Tributes paid to ‘courage’ of Gorbachev as PM hits out at current Russia leaders

Boris Johnson has warned that the Kremlin is ‘intent on undoing the good’ of Mikhail Gorbachev.

The Independent UK

Gorbachev Dies at 91, World Leaders Pay Tribute

Mikhail Gorbachev, who changed the course of history by triggering the demise of the Soviet Union and was one of the great figures of the 20th century, has died in Moscow aged 91. His death was announced on Tuesday by Russian news agencies, which said Gorbachev had died at a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gorbachev, who redirected course of 20th century, dies at 91

Before Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States

The Independent UK

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Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

His death was announced by multiple Russian news agencies on Tuesday evening, citing officials at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow.

The Independent UK

Russia's Putin expresses deepest condolences on death of Gorbachev -Interfax

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday expressed his deepest condolences on the death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax news agency.

Reuters

Gorbachev ended Cold War but presided over Soviet collapse

Lauded in the West as the man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War without bloodshed, Mikhail Gorbachev was widely despised at home as the gravedigger of the communist Soviet Union.

Reuters

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped end Cold War, dies at 91

Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose vision of humane communism liberated millions, bridled the global arms race and knocked down the walls dividing East and West, has died, according to Russian news agencies.

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Russian ex-lawmaker investigated for spreading lies about army - TASS

Ilya Ponomaryov, a Russian former lawmaker who now opposes the Kremlin from exile in Ukraine, is under investigation for spreading false information about the Russian army, TASS news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday.

Reuters

‘Ghost recruits’: Is Putin raising a Potemkin army to boost troop numbers?

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on August 25 that the Russian army would be reinforced with 137,000 new soldiers as the war in Ukraine grinds on. But analysts say this goal looks impossible for Moscow to achieve.

France 24

Grimacing Vladimir Putin tightly grips desk in meeting with most trusted general

The surreal scene shows a Kremlin meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Viktor Zolotov, 68, who is director of the Russian National Guard and has lost thousands of his men in the war

Daily Mirror

Russian prosecutor asks court to declare anti-war rapper's work 'extremist' - media

A Moscow prosecutor has asked a court to declare as "extremist" the work of rapper Oxxxymiron, one of Russia's most popular musicians, who has publicly opposed the invasion of Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported.

Reuters

Kremlin: Only Sanctions Prevent Nord Stream Gas Pipeline from Working

Nothing stands on the way of Russian gas exports to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline apart from technological problems caused by Western sanctions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, a day before another planned maintenance shutdown. Russian energy giant Gazprom has announced it will shut the pipeline…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin: only sanctions prevent Nord Stream gas pipeline from working

Reuters

Kremlin says it hopes IAEA Zaporizhzhia visit goes ahead

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it hoped that a planned visit to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant by the International Atomic Energy Agency goes ahead, and that the visit is in Russia's interests.

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Kremlin slams EU talk of visa ban on Russians

The Kremlin on Tuesday slammed calls by some European leaders for a visa ban on Russian tourists, saying the proposals were "irrational" and the latest manifestation of the West's anti-Russian agenda.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: The most potent pressure Putin faces won’t come from the West. It will come from the Russian people

For everyday Russians, the lens into the war in Ukraine is through a camera operated by Vladimir Putin.

Evening Standard

Putin’s army hit by Ukrainian counterattack ‘under-manned’ and relying on ‘fragile supply lines’, says UK

‘Ukrainian long-range precision strikes continue to disrupt Russian resupply,’ says the Ministry of Defence

Daily Mirror

Teacher fined for 'liking' Schwarzenegger video denouncing Putin's war in Ukraine

Alexey Argunov was fined by the Russian authorities simply for reacting with an emoji to a video posted on social media. It showed Arnold Schwarzenegger's video where he spoke out against the war in Ukraine

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Zelenskiy tells Russians to run for their lives from Ukraine offensive in south

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Russian soldiers to flee for their lives after his forces launched an offensive to retake southern Ukraine, but Moscow said it had repulsed the attack and inflicted heavy losses on Kyiv's troops.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia to Hold Sweeping Joint War Games with China, Others

Russia said Monday it will launch sweeping military drills in the country’s east that will involve forces from China — a show of increasingly close defense ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West over the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Vostok…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Says it Has Begun Counter-Offensive to Retake Russian-Held South

Ukrainian troops bolstered by stepped-up supplies of Western military aid on Monday started a long-awaited counter-offensive to retake territory in the south seized by Russian forces since their invasion six months ago. However, the southern port city of Mykoliav came under heavy Russian shelling, with the mayor saying homes had…

The Independent UK

UN team heads to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid fresh Russian strikes nearby

Recent spate of shellings has raised fears of radiation disaster at the occupied power station

Al Jazeera

Did sanctions really hurt the Russian economy?

Six months after the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine, the Russian economy finds itself at a crossroads.

The Independent UK

Russia to hold sweeping joint war games with China, others

The Russian military says it will launch sweeping military drills in the country’s east that will involve forces from China

Reuters

Kremlin calls for pressure on Ukraine over Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The Kremlin on Monday called on the international community to pressure Ukraine to reduce military tension at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, accusing Kyiv of putting the whole of Europe at danger ahead of a visit by the United Nations nuclear watchdog

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