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Vladimir Putin critic shares grim punishments from inside maximum-security prison

Alexei Navalny - Vladimir Putin's strongest political opponent - was jailed by the Kremlin at the start of 2021 upon returning to Russia after being poisoned with the novichok nerve agent while visiting Siberia in 2020

Daily Mirror

Russia holds missile drills in Baltic Sea as tensions with NATO reach boiling point

Lithuania has blocked rail access to Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast, cutting off the NATO-state surrounded territory from vital goods like coal, metals and building materials

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's rumoured girlfriend given two new homes in NATO country, source says

The claim has emerged from Russian-born Israeli businessman Leonid Nevzlin, 62, who is a former co-owner of the oil giant Yukos and a leading enemy of Putin

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Chechen Special Forces Launch Offensive Into Zolote

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin is calling a "special military operation" to "liberate the Donbas."

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Former Russian general warns UK will 'cease to exist' as tension mounts over blockade

The retired Russian general says 'The island will vanish, so I’ve no idea where he or his descendants will live'

Nottingham Post

Fighting rages in Ukraine’s east; Russia warns Lithuania over blocked transit of goods

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Tensions rose Tuesday over Russia’s threats against Lithuania, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member, over the small Baltic state’s moves to enforce Western sanctions against Moscow. At the same time, Ukraine’s president said the Kremlin was “very nervous” over gathering momentum for his country’s bid to eventually…

Los Angeles Times

Why is Kaliningrad at the centre of a row between Russia and Lithuania?

Lithuanian ban on transit of sanctioned goods across its territory to and from Russian region has angered Kremlin

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Russia warns UK will 'cease to exist' if Lithuania standoff triggers nuclear WW3

Lieutenant-General Evgeny Buzhinsky explained to Russian state TV that the West is playing a dangerous game by blockading Russian exclave Kaliningrad to stop sanctioned goods being sent to the area through NATO state Lithuania.

Daily Record

US volunteer fighters captured in Ukraine could face death penalty, says Russia

Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, from Alabama have been taken into detention in Donetsk

The Guardian - UK

Russian mercenaries accused of deadly attacks on mines on Sudan-CAR border

Dozens of people said to have been killed in attacks allegedly involving Wagner Group fighters

The Guardian - UK

Russian TV channel takes aim at 'Iron Curtain' from outside

When television reporters Tikhon Dzyadko and Ekaterina Kotrikadze left Russia with other colleagues in March, they left the country without one of its few major non-government media outlets.

Reuters

Death penalty for captured US citizens not ruled out, Russia says

The Kremlin says the pair were ‘soldiers of fortune’ who should be held responsible for their ‘crimes’.

Al Jazeera

Indonesian president due to meet Putin this month -state media

Indonesian President and current chair of the G20 Joko Widodo is due to visit Moscow later this month to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indonesia's state news agency cited the country's security minister as saying.

Reuters

Russia warns UK will 'cease to exist' in nuclear WW3 saying Britain will vanish

Retired Lieutenant-General Evgeny Buzhinsky lashed out at British general Sir Patrick Sanders, saying: “The island will vanish, so I’ve no idea where he or his descendants will live"

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin Spokesman Says Americans Captured in Ukraine Committed 'Crimes'

Two Americans captured in Ukraine while fighting with Kyiv's military were "endangering" Russian soldiers and should be "held accountable for those crimes," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview released by NBC News on Monday. The interview marks the first time the Kremlin has commented on the cases of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Says Attacks Escalating, as Russia-EU Tensions Surge

Russia's blockade of Ukrainian grain exports sparked fresh tensions with Europe as fears grow of a global food crisis, while Kyiv accused Moscow of stepping up attacks in the east of the country. In New York, Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, auctioned off his…

France 24

EU reaches 'total consensus' on granting Ukraine candidate status

EU ministers on Tuesday backed granting war-torn Ukraine candidate status to join the bloc ahead of a summit expected to formally greenlight the move later this week, France's Europe minister said. In fighting on the ground, Ukraine said it was encountering difficulty in the east as Russian forces captured more…

Wales Online

Russian journalist sells Nobel Prize for over 100m dollars to help Ukraine

Dmitry Muratov left Russia for Western Europe on Thursday to begin his trip to New York City, where the auction took place

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Kremlin won't rule out death penalty for 2 captured Americans it calls "soldiers of fortune"

Rules of war won't apply to vets captured in Ukraine, Putin spokesperson tells NBC.

Reuters

Moscow fumes over Lithuania rail ban to Russian region

(This June 21 story corrects in paragraph 4 to show gas flows via Ukraine and Nord Stream 1 pipeline have fallen, removes reference to Russia cutting flows via Ukraine as act of retaliation)

The Independent UK

Kremlin won’t rule out executing American veterans captured in Ukraine: ‘They should be punished’

Other foreign fighters have already gotten death sentences

Reuters

Two detained Americans endangered Russian servicemen, Kremlin says

Two Americans detained in Ukraine while fighting on the Ukrainian side of the war were mercenaries who endangered the lives of Russian servicemen and should face responsibility for their actions, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Reuters

Kremlin says captured Americans in Ukraine should bear responsibility 'for crimes' - RIA

The Kremlin said on Monday that Americans captured in

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Warns NATO-Member Lithuania over Kaliningrad Transit

Russia warned NATO member Lithuania on Monday that unless the transit of goods to Russia's Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea was swiftly restored then Moscow would take undisclosed measures to defend its national interests. With east-west relations at a half-century low over Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Vilnius…

Al Jazeera

Russia warns Lithuania over Kaliningrad goods restrictions

Moscow decries ‘hostile’ restrictions on flow of EU-sanctioned goods to Russian exclave, as Lithuania defends measures.

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