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Ban on seaborne oil aims to cut off funds for Kremlin war machine, but some warn it could help Moscow in short term

The leader of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia on Monday scrapped plans to hold a referendum on joining Russia which his predecessor had scheduled for July 17. South Ossetia was at the center of the Russian-Georgian war in 2008 after which the Kremlin recognized the territory as an independent…

Latest Ukraine news from May 31: Luhansk governor says Russian forces are set to take over the eastern Ukrainian city.

Reuters said it had been told of Mr Yumashev’s departure by two people familiar with his thinking

The move could increase fears over global food insecurity

Valentin Yumashev, the son-in-law of former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, quit his role as unpaid advisor to President Vladimir Putin last month, two people familiar with Yumashev's thinking told Reuters.

President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia was ready to facilitate the unhindered export of grain from Ukrainian ports in coordination with Turkey, according to a Kremlin readout of talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Besides the death and devastation sown by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war and…

They claim that a body double may have been used for the president's recent appearances, as Kremlin officials would be keen to cover up his death in a bid to cling onto power.

Observers point to indicators of ill health from video footage, but others advise against wishful thinking