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Vladimir Putin to undergo cancer treatment, handover power to loyalist Nikolai Patrushev: Reports

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin might undergo cancer surgery while temporarily handing over power to the secretary of the country's Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, media reports claimed.

The Times of India

EU says paying for Russian gas in rubles would breach sanctions, warns of 'full disruption'

The European Union warned member states to prepare for a breakdown in gas supplies from Russia as it insists Moscow's demand that imports be paid for in rubles would breach sanctions.

Radio France Internationale

EU drafts proposal to phase in a ban on Russian oil – as it happened

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Europe prepares fresh Russia sanctions as US warns Moscow plans to annex parts of east Ukraine

European Commission expected to propose sixth package of sanctions this week as hopes rise of more Mariupol evacuations

The Guardian - AU

Scores of civilians reach safety as Russia renews assault on Mariupol plant

Ukraine say Russian forces have launched a "powerful assault" on the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, where more than 200 civilians are still holed up with Ukrainian fighters, according to the city's mayor. Humanitarian workers say around 100 civilians have successfully been evacuated from the plant and are now in…

France 24

Moscow says 1,847 children among thousands transported from Ukraine to Russia

More than 11,500 people, including 1,847 children, were transported from Ukraine into Russia on Monday without the participation of Kyiv's authorities, Russia's defence ministry said.

Reuters

Labour demands answers from Rishi Sunak on Russian presence of company in which wife has £400m stake

Infosys promised to leave Moscow base after invasion of Ukraine

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As Ukrainians emerge from war ruins, US officials warn that Russia plans to start annexing territory

LVIV, Ukraine — As battered, sun-starved Ukrainians trickled out from the ruins of the port city of Mariupol, Russian forces Monday pressed new bombing runs in the east and south of the country and U.S. officials warned Moscow will attempt to annex larger chunks of territory it occupies.

Los Angeles Times

Labour demands explanation over Rishi Sunak’s wife’s £400m Infosys stake

The Indian IT giant is reportedly still operating in Moscow despite having said it would close its Russian operation.

The Independent UK

Ukraine latest updates: Russia renews attack on steel plant

Ukraine news from May 3: Russian forces attack Mariupol steel plant as dozens of evacuees from the plant reach safety.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Russia forgot World War Two lessons

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's suggestion that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins showed that Moscow has forgotten, or never learned, the lessons of World War Two.

Reuters

Sanctions Won’t Be Lifted until Russia Signs Peace Deal with Ukraine, Says Germany’s Scholz

The sanctions imposed on Russia as a result of its invasion of Ukraine will not be lifted until Moscow reaches a peace agreement with Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, adding that it was for Ukraine to decide what peace it wanted. Interviewed on ZDF public television, Scholz said Putin…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU faces crunch point over Russia’s gas payment demands

As deadline loom, Brussels commissioner says handing over roubles would breach sanctions

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin will declare Ukraine conflict a WAR next week, warns ex-British Army general

General Sir Richard Barrons, an ex-Commander of Joint Forces Command, said Vladimir Putin would use Monday’s annual Victory Day parade in Moscow to “shift the narrative for the Russian people"

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Germany Drops Opposition to Russian Oil Ban, Ministers Say

Two senior ministers in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government on Monday said Germany would be ready to back an immediate European Union ban on Russian oil imports, and that Europe's biggest economy could weather shortages and price hikes. The comments by Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Economy Minister Robert Habeck are…

Reuters

Sanctions won't be lifted until Russia signs peace deal with Ukraine - Germany's Scholz

Al Jazeera

Russian theatre drops directors who spoke out against Ukraine war

The renowned Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow did not provide an official reason for cancelling two long-awaited performances.

The Independent UK

Israel demands Russia apologise for ‘lie’ that Hitler had Jewish roots, as row over Lavrov comment deepens

‘The lowest level of racism against Jews is to blame Jews themselves for antisemitism’

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Al Jazeera

Israel condemns Russian foreign minister’s Nazism remarks

Israel demands apology after Sergey Lavrov suggested Hitler had Jewish roots in comments about ‘denazifying’ Ukraine’.

Reason

After the War

In the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it's time for Europe to step up and America to step back.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Energy Ministers Meet to Discuss Russian Gas, Sanctions

European Union energy ministers will meet Monday to discuss Russia’s decision to cut gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, and debate planned new sanctions over Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The 27 nation-bloc has imposed five rounds of sanctions on Russian officials, oligarchs, banks, companies and other organizations since Russian troops…

The Independent UK

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

EU energy ministers meet to discuss Russian gas, sanctions

European Union energy ministers will meet to discuss Russia’s decision to cut gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, and debate planned new sanctions over Moscow’s war on Ukraine

Reuters

Israel demands apology after Russia says Hitler had Jewish roots

Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an "unforgivable" falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.

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