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Activist jailed for 7 years in Russia for "justifying terrorism"

A Ukrainian-born activist was jailed for seven years by a Russian court on Wednesday for "justifying terrorism", according to a Telegram channel petitioning for his release.Mikhail Krieger, 63, was arrested last November over social media posts he wrote in 2020 in which he praised two men who staged attacks on…

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Our allies don't go to Russia, EU commissioner tells Bosnian Serb leader

The head of the European Union body responsible for enlargement warned aspiring member Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday that EU allies do not visit Russia, referring to an announced visit to Moscow by Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik.

Reuters

Explainer-What happens if Black Sea grain corridor deal is not extended?

A deal allowing Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea expires on May 18, with Kyiv hoping for an extension and Moscow pushing a list of demands in return for its support.

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Duped by Durham: Media fall for the spin

Republicans are using the media's reaction to John Durham's report to spin this as a massive win

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Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Two month extension agreed for Black Sea grain deal

The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, in what U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed as "good news for the world," a day before Russia could have quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertiliser exports.

Reuters

Russia freezes bank accounts of Finland's diplomatic missions, prompting cash payments

Finland's foreign minister says Russia has frozen the bank accounts of Finnish diplomatic representations in Moscow and St. Petersburg

The Independent UK

Russia orders arrest of prominent producer, director who criticized Ukraine war

A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of prominent film producer Alexander Rodnyansky and theater director Ivan Vyrypaev for “spreading false information” about the Russian army

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Russia denies new hypersonic missile has FAILED as Ukraine says six easily shot down

Russia sent out Vladimir Putin’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu to deny the Ukrainian claim that it had downed six Kinzhal - or Dagger - missiles as it tried to see off the invading forces

Daily Mirror

At Japan's G7 summit, the big elephants are China and Russia

The longest shadows at the Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit this week will be cast by two countries that weren't even invited to the Hiroshima gathering: China and Russia.

Reuters

India hits back at EU’s criticism over Russian oil: ‘Look at your regulations’

Brussels’s chief diplomat says EU will ‘have to act’ against ‘circumvention of sanctions’

The Independent UK

Trump claimed the Durham report would uncover the ‘crime of the century.’ Here’s what it really found

An investigation into the origins of the FBI’s probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign has finally been concluded

The Independent UK

‘She Pivots’ With Tetiana Poudel: How War Shifted Her Purpose

The Ukrainian-American was working at Spotify—and then Russia invaded her home country.

Marie Claire

Germany's Scholz calls for pragmatism as U.S. pushes Russia export bans

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday said his government wanted pragmatic measures to prevent the circumvention of sanctions imposed on Russia, appearing to temper U.S. calls for a more wide-ranging ban on exports.

Reuters

Kazakhs increasingly wary of Russia's belligerence - poll

The number of Kazakhs who believe neighbouring Russia may invade the former Soviet republic has doubled over the past six months as the war in Ukraine continues, an opinion poll by Kazakh researchers showed on Wednesday.

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China looks to strengthen ties in Russia's Central Asian backyard

XIAN, China -China will for the first time host an in-person summit of central Asian leaders this week, seeking to cement ties in a region seen as Russia's backyard as its relations with the West sour.

Reuters

Russia and Iran sign rail deal for corridor intended to rival Suez Canal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday oversaw, via video-link, the signing of a deal to finance and build an Iranian railway line as part of an embryonic international North–South Transport Corridor.

Reuters

Lavrov: White House has called Kremlin to seek release of Gershkovich and Whelan

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that White House officials had requested the release of detained Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in conversations with a Kremlin official.

The Independent UK

European nations zoom in on establishing system to pinpoint how much damage Russia caused in Ukraine

Leaders from across Europe are putting the final touches on a system that should establish the damage Russia is causing during the war in Ukraine

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Finland, Denmark say embassy bank accounts in Russia frozen

Finland and Denmark's bank accounts in Russia have been frozen, prompting their embassies to make payments in cash, officials from both countries said on Wednesday.

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Ukraine denies Russia destroyed Patriot missile defence system

Ukraine denied on Wednesday that a Russian hypersonic missile had destroyed a U.S.-made Patriot missile defence system during an air strike on Kyiv.

The Independent UK

G-7 leaders likely to focus on the war in Ukraine and tensions in Asia at summit in Hiroshima

The symbolism will be palpable when leaders of the world’s rich democracies sit down in Hiroshima later this week

The Independent UK

Russia's threat to exit Ukraine grain deal adds risk to global food security

The United Nations is racing to extend a deal that has allowed shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger

Evening Standard

Several of Vladimir Putin’s ‘undefeatable’ Killjoy ballistic missiles shot down by Ukraine, says UK

The air battle over the Russian-Ukrainian border has ‘intensified’

The Guardian - UK

The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy review – the first draft of history

An impressive account of the origins and early stages of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

'I only operate:' A Ukrainian trauma surgeon has an all-consuming task during Russia's war

The lead trauma surgeon at a military hospital in Ukraine’s capital has his hands deep in a war churning hundreds of miles away

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