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Putin meets the leader of Belarus, who suggests joining Russia's move to boost ties with North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted a meeting with his Belarusian ally, who referred to this week’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and suggested that Minsk could join Moscow’s efforts to revive an old alliance with Pyongyang

The Independent UK

Putin and Kim Jong-un exchange rifles as North Korean leader continues Russia tour

Russian president also gave Kim at meeting the gift of a ‘glove from a space suit that has been to space’ amid warnings from US and South Korea about any weapons deal

The Guardian - AU

Belarus’s Lukashenko proposes ‘three-way cooperation’ with Putin and Kim Jong-un – as it happened

Belarusian president’s suggestion comes during a meeting with his Russian counterpart

The Guardian - AU

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North Korea's Kim visits military aviation factory in Russia's far east

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived at a Russian industrial city to visit a military aviation plant on Friday, Russian agencies reported, following his summit with President Vladimir Putin.

France 24

Putin, Kim gift each other guns at meeting, and a Russian space glove

Russia’s Putin presented North Korea’s Kim with a Russian rifle of the ‘highest quality’ and received a gun in return.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine ‘holds initiative’ in counteroffensive, UK’s most senior military officer says – as it happened

Sir Tony Radakin says Kyiv is pushing Russia back” and has rejected claims Ukraine’s counteroffensive is struggling

The Guardian - AU

With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help

By meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Russia’s Far East spaceport, President Vladimir Putin signaled his readiness to share rocket technology with Pyongyang

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New US sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for war

The United States is sanctioning more than 150 businesses and individuals as it tries to crack down on evasion and deny Russia access to technology, money and financial channels that fuel Moscow's war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Putin will give me a jail sentence for opposing his war in Ukraine, but he won’t silence me

Russia’s president is wrong if he mistakes the silence of most of his people for tacit support, says film-maker Alexander Rodnyansky

The Guardian - UK

South Korea expresses 'concern and regret' over military cooperation talks between Kim and Putin

South Korea has expressed “deep concern and regret” over a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin that was apparently focused on expanding military cooperation as the two isolated, nuclear-armed leaders vowed to support each other in their escalating confrontations with the United States

The Independent UK

US has little leverage against Russia-North Korea cooperation, experts say

Washington could impose more sanctions, but analysts say penalties are unlikely to halt Moscow-Pyongyang alliance.

Al Jazeera

Russia's disastrous decision to invade Poland in 1920 has parallels with Putin's rhetoric over Ukraine

From the beginning, Russia has framed its invasion of Ukraine as necessary for the defence of the country. According to Vladimir Putin, Nato’s deliberate and aggressive encroachment into a region once dominated by Moscow is to blame, as the west seeks to dismember Russia. By extension, Ukraine – a country,…

The Conversation

Exiled Russian journalist hacked using NSO Group spyware

Galina Timchenko, head of media outlet declared ‘undesirable’ by Moscow, targeted in February while living in Berlin

The Guardian - UK

Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory as part of the European Union’s recent new interpretation of sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine

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Russian spaceport visited by Kim has troubled history blighted by corruption and construction delays

The Russian space launch facility where President Vladimir Putin has hosted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reflects an ambitious attempt by Moscow to burnish its scientific glory that faded after the Soviet collapse

The Independent UK

Isolated Putin and Kim posture over ‘sacred fight’ with West as they talk arms for Moscow’s war machine

Between bombastic language and a long handshake, Putin offers support to North Korea to build military satellites

France 24

Kim promises Putin North Korea’s full support for Russia’s 'sacred fight'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that his country offers its “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine, and said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the…

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The highs and lows of Russia, North Korea relations

Despite common interests, ties between Moscow and Pyongyang have not always been rosy. Here are some key events.

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Fire engulfs shipyard hit by Ukrainian missiles in Russia-annexed Crimea

Moscow-installed governor reports at least 24 injured as missile attack sparks large blaze at Sevastopol naval shipyard.

Chicago Sun-Times

North Korea’s leader is in Russia to meet Putin, with both locked in standoffs with the West

Kim is expected to seek economic aid and military technology for his impoverished country, and provide Russia with munitions in its grueling war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

China key to preventing possible Russia, North Korea arms deal, expert says

China is North Korea’s and Russia’s biggest trade partner and and could restrain a weapons deal.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: G7 condemns ‘sham elections’ held by Russia on Ukrainian territory – as it happened

Foreign ministers condemn ‘elections’ held in Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia oblasts and Crimea, where electoral competition was limited

The Independent UK

Whether Russia or the Soviet Union, a timeline of Moscow’s relations with North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia to see President Vladimir Putin

France 24

Ukraine says it may contact WTO for compensation over Poland’s refusal to import grain

Ukraine may take legal action, including turning to the World Trade Organization to obtain compensation, after Poland extended a ban on importing its grain, Ukraine’s prime minister said Tuesday. Russia's Vladimir Putin earlier on Tuesday dismissed Kyiv's claims that it will soon receive F-16 fighter jets from the West, saying…

The Independent UK

A timeline of the complicated relations between Russia and North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia to see President Vladimir Putin

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