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Russian scientist dies two days after arrest for state treason - lawyer

A Russian scientist who was arrested in Siberia last week on suspicion of state treason and flown to Moscow despite suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer has died, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday.

Reuters

The Georgian village facing Russian ‘creeping occupation’

Khurvaleti is increasingly affected by Russian forces demarcating the ‘border’ of breakaway state South Ossetia.

Al Jazeera

Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator Arrives in Moscow on Unannounced Visit

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri-Kani arrived in Moscow on an unannounced visit after the talks between Tehran and Washington ended in Doha. The Russian Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna announced the visit on its Twitter account. However, Iranian media outlets did not report the news. Bagheri-Kani…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Russia accused of dropping phosphorus bombs on Snake Island after claiming retreat

Moscow’s stockpiles of more accurate weapons might be dwindling, UK Ministry of Defence claims

The Independent UK

Rebel Moscow Theater Shuts Doors after Final Show

The Gogol Centre theater, one of the last bastions of artistic freedom in Vladimir Putin's Russia, shut its doors Thursday night with a defiant final show called "I Don't Take Part In War".

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Messages with Missiles Tell West to Back Off

The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month. The timing was not likely a coincidence. While much of the attritional war in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two Brits captured by Russian forces in Ukraine 'charged with being mercenaries'

A pro-Kremlin website said Mr Healy and Mr Hill would face the same mercenary charges as Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, two British military volunteers who have been given death sentences in Donetsk

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Russia's messages with missiles tell West to back off

The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month

The Independent UK

Ukraine Leader Accuses Russia of 'Terror' in Missile Strike that Killed 21

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday accused Russia of engaging in state "terror" as he blamed Moscow for missile strikes on a southern resort town that left 21 dead and dozens wounded. Missiles slammed into an apartment building and a recreation center in the town of Sergiyvka about 80 kilometers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fighting intensifies for Ukraine's last bastion in eastern Luhansk province

Fighting intensified on Saturday for Lysychansk, Ukraine's last bastion in the strategic eastern province of Luhansk, while blasts shook a southern city after the civilian toll from Russian strikes climbed in towns well behind the front lines.

Reuters

The Guardian view on Biden’s risky gamble: betting on lowering oil prices

Editorial: The climate agenda risks being derailed by energy market disruptions caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Brittney Griner in court as Russia may want to use case to negotiate prisoner exchange with US

Basketball star appeared in Moscow court on Friday after being arrested four months ago on suspicion of cannabis possession

The Guardian - US

Brittney Griner trial begins in Russian court

Griner’s wife, Cherelle, has urged President Joe Biden to secure her release, calling her “a political pawn.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Terminally-ill Russian scientist hauled from hospital and detained over treason charges

Frail Dr Dmitry Kolke was hauled from his hospital bed in Novosibirsk, Russia, and flown four hours to Moscow where he is now incarcerated in notorious Lefortovo prison

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Russia starts trial of US basketball star Griner on drug charge

A court in Moscow began the trial of U.S. women’s basketball player Brittney Griner on drug smuggling charges Friday, the latest in a series of cases involving Americans held by Russian authorities amid deteriorating relations.

Reuters

Russian envoy to Bulgaria to ask Moscow to shut embassy after mass expulsions

Russia's ambassador to Bulgaria said on Friday she would ask Moscow to close its embassy in the Balkan country after her appeal for Sofia to reverse what she called an unprecedented hostile step to expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff was ignored.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Moscow forcing teachers in occupied Ukraine to follow Russian curriculum

Educators in Russian-controlled territories stand to lose jobs and risk other retaliation if they do not declare willingness to comply

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The Independent UK

‘Political pawn’ US basketball star Brittney Griner appears in Moscow court

Griner’s wife has called her “a political pawn”.

Al Jazeera

When will the war in Ukraine end?

NATO’s Stoltenberg warned that war could last for years, while Russian forces continue the capture of the Donbas.

Reuters

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner stands trial at Russian court

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial in a court on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday to face drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison.

Reuters

Special Report-Dozens of Russian weapons tycoons have faced no Western sanctions

As Russia's military continues to pound Ukraine with missiles and other lethal weapons, Western nations have responded in part by targeting Russia's defense industry with sanctions. The latest round came on Tuesday, when the United States issued new sanctions on some arms makers and executives at the heart of what…

Radio France Internationale

Indian supermarket chains to set up shop in sanctions-hit Russia

Indian retail firms are in talks that could see them move into the Russian market through local franchises. The announcement came as Nike joined a growing list of Western companies exiting the Communist state following US-led sanctions intended to isolate Moscow.

Reuters

Factbox: Russia ramps up missile strikes, Ukraine says

The number of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine has more than doubled in the last two weeks and Moscow is using less precise Soviet-era missiles for more than half of the attacks, a Ukrainian brigadier general has said.

WEKU

Russian prosecutors call first witnesses in case against Brittney Griner

Griner, 31, is "a bit worried" because of the trial and the potential of a prison sentence, he lawyer tells NPR, "but she's a tough lady and I think she will manage."

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