The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

Want to contact CIA from Russia? Agency points to darknet

The CIA says Russians disaffected by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine may be trying to get in touch with U.S. intelligence

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022

Israel summons Russia envoy over minister’s Hitler comments

Israel condemns comments by Sergei Lavrov, who said Hitler ‘had Jewish blood’ and the ‘most rabid antisemites tend to be Jews’

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2022

Russia's Bolshoi drops shows by two directors who spoke out against war

Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has upset opera and ballet fans by abruptly cancelling a series of shows this week by directors who have spoken out against the war in Ukraine.

Reuters · May 2, 2022

Ukraine: Where is Donbas, and what are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?

Pro-Russian separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022

Britain will be drowned in radioactive tsunami missile strike, Kremlin propaganda warns

Dmitry Kiselyov warned Russia's Satan-2 missile would first hit the UK and be followed by its underwater Poseidon rocket which would send 500m tsunami waves splashing over the UK

Daily Mirror · May 2, 2022

Russian gas tycoon who defected mid-invasion says Putin 'must be hanged' for his crimes

Igor Volobuyev fled Russia just days into the war and now feels the need to "repent" after two decades of support for the Kremlin - and he wants to see the president pay with his life

Daily Mirror · May 2, 2022

Pelosi reaffirms US military, economic and humanitarian support for Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reaffirmed U.S. military, economic and humanitarian support for Ukraine on Sunday, a day after she and a delegation of Democratic lawmakers met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the capital as intense fighting raged in the country’s eastern region.

Los Angeles Times · May 2, 2022

Russia’s trolling on Ukraine gets ‘incredible traction’ on TikTok

US social media researcher says authentic-seeming accounts have hundreds of thousands of followers

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2022

Vladimir Putin's army of saboteurs to 'sow chaos and panic' in UK, expert warns

An intelligence expert has warned that Russian saboteurs could "sow chaos" in the UK as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues into its third month

Daily Mirror · May 1, 2022

Vladimir Putin's Ukraine invasion 'will spill beyond battlefield to divide the West'

The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues well into its third month as Putin's forces continue to refocus their efforts on the east of the country having failed to seize Kyiv

Daily Mirror · May 1, 2022