The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

Kremlin to U.S.: 'megaphone diplomacy' won't work on Griner swap

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Reuters · Aug 2, 2022

Russian state TV calls for Kremlin to unleash Satan-2 'unstoppable' hypersonic missiles

Russia continues to face widespread condemnation for its brutal attack on Ukraine. Some in the West are calling for the country to be branded a state-sponsor of terrorism, including US Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Daily Mirror · Aug 2, 2022

Vladimir Putin demands schoolchildren learn 'patriotic values' from the age of seven

Russian children will be forced to sit through hours of "conversations about important things", according to Sergei Novikov, who heads up the Kremlin's social projects wing

Daily Mirror · Aug 2, 2022

Did Russia deliberately kill Vadatursky, Ukraine’s grain tycoon?

A Russian missile killed Oleksiy Vadatursky and his wife Raisa, a day before grain exports resumed from Odesa.

Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2022

Top Putin adviser who quit in protest over Ukraine war hospitalised

Anatoly Chubais, known as the ‘father of the oligarchs’, diagnosed with rare Guillian-Barre syndrome

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

Russian politician who gave Vladimir Putin first job in Kremlin 'is poisoned'

Anatoly Chubais was "poisoned by the Kremlin", according to opposition activists. Sources close to the former Kremlin-man dispute the claims and say he is suffering from a rare illness

Daily Mirror · Aug 1, 2022

‘I hate them’: Dmitry Medvedev’s journey from liberal to anti-western hawk

Critics say former Russian leader’s furious tirades are a desperate attempt to retain political relevance

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022

Commentary: Putin won’t let OPEC help bring down oil prices

Oil producers from the OPEC+ group meet on Wednesday to agree to the next step in their market management. For the first time in a year, there is no clear policy for them to rubber stamp. That could make for an interesting (virtual) gathering.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Russia's Chubais ill with rare immune disorder, close sources say

Anatoly Chubais, who quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy due to the war in Ukraine, is being treated in intensive care in Europe for a rare immune disorder that attacks the nervous system, two sources close to Chubais told Reuters.

Reuters · Aug 1, 2022

Ukraine seeks to retake the south, tying down Russian forces

Even as the Russian war machine crawls across Ukraine’s east, trying to achieve the Kremlin’s goal of securing a full control over the country’s industrial heartland of the Donbas, Ukrainian forces are scaling up attacks to reclaim territory in the south

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022