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Kremlin outlaws Amnesty International amid ongoing crackdown on dissent

Russian authorities branded the leading human rights NGO an "undesirable organisation," criminalising cooperating or supporting the group.

Euronews · May 19, 2025

Chechnya’s Kadyrov wanted to resign. Or did he?

The Russian president is said to have denied Kadyrov’s request.

Al Jazeera · May 19, 2025

15 EU countries call for 'renewed' ties with Russia's closest allies to secure ceasefire

In a joint letter led by Austria, 15 member states pitch a "renewed, targeted and joint global diplomatic outreach effort" to strengthen leverage on Russia.

Euronews · May 19, 2025

Ukraine war briefing: Rubio suggests Vatican as future peace talk venue as Trump set to call Putin over ‘bloodbath’

Zelenskyy attacks Kremlin over killing of civilians in minibus as European leaders remain focused on keeping troops out of Ukraine. What we know on day 1,180

The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2025

Zelenskyy calls for tougher Moscow sanctions after deadly Russian strike on bus

Ukraine’s president describes attack on minibus reportedly carrying mostly elderly women as ‘deliberate killing of civilians’

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2025

Kremlin cites past wars as it threatens long conflict in Ukraine

Russian peace negotiator invokes Peter the Great’s 21-year struggle to defeat Sweden, as Putin is fond of doing

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2025

As political theater took center stage in Turkey, the war went on in Ukraine. Kyiv has few options

Ukrainian officials and analysts say Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has few options but to draw U.S. President Donald Trump’s ire against Vladimir Putin, while depending on Europe’s support

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

In 1990, my mother fought for Romania’s freedom. Will the revolution’s children do the same?

Sunday’s election could threaten the country’s place in Europe if Russia’s dark arts and historical amnesia win the day, says Romanian-born writer Larisa Faber

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2025

Russia and Ukraine agree prisoner swap but peace talks fail to make progress

Apart from agreeing to swap 1,000 prisoners each, Moscow sticks to maximalist demands in Istanbul

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2025

A senior Ukrainian official accuses Russia of making unacceptable demands at peace talks in Turkey

A senior Ukrainian official at the peace talks in Istanbul accused Moscow of introducing “unacceptable demands” that had not been previously discussed, including calls for Kyiv’s forces to withdraw from large swaths of territory they control so a complete ceas efire to be implemented

The Independent UK · May 16, 2025