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Kremlin says Zelenskiy call for ban on all Russians is irrational

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Reuters · Aug 9, 2022

Pizzagate promoter tapped for Kremlin-backed propaganda campaign

Four new TV programs are aimed in large part at undercutting America's image in the developing world.

Axios · Aug 9, 2022

Vladimir Putin's 100th colonel killed in Ukraine war as his Russian army is decimated

As Russian troop losses in Ukraine continue to rise, reports of the 100th colonel killed by Ukrainian forces have emerged. It comes as Vladimir Putin is said to have sacked six generals for poor performance

Daily Mirror · Aug 9, 2022

Ukraine: head of occupied Zaporizhzhia plans referendum on joining Russia

Pro-Russian head of administration signs decree to start preparations, as Moscow plans to annex seized territory

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2022

Kremlin: No Basis for Meeting Between Putin, Zelenskiy

The Kremlin said on Monday there was no basis for a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents at the moment. In response to a question about Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's offers to broker peace talks, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call that Vladimir Putin and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 8, 2022

Kremlin: West should pressure Ukraine to stop shelling nuclear station

The Kremlin said on Monday that Western countries with influence over Ukraine should push Kyiv to stop shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest.

Reuters · Aug 8, 2022

Ukrainian woman challenges Putin by telling Russians about war on porn and gambling sites

Images and videos for Russian and Belarussian audiences used to counter Kremlin’s propaganda

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

Blow for Vladimir Putin as elite special forces commander killed in Ukraine war

Nikolay Gorban, a Russian commander in the elite FSB Spetsnaz special forces troops, died “somewhere in Ukraine on August 2” and was the 99th known colonel or lieutenant-colonel to be killed in the conflict

Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022

Calls to brand Russia terrorist state

Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Latvian counterpart in Canberra to discuss the war in Europe, China's aggression in the Pacific and the EU free trade deal.

AAP · Aug 8, 2022

Russia's Chubais discharged from Italian hospital after treatment -report

Anatoly Chubais, the former privatisation tsar of post-Soviet Russia who quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy due to the war in Ukraine, has been discharged from a hospital in Italy after treatment, an Italian daily reported.

Reuters · Aug 7, 2022