The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Virgin Media O2 to snap up Russian oligarch-backed broadband firm

UK government forced sale of ‘alt-net’ broadband provider Upp on national security grounds

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Ukraine for surprise visit

It came as a gesture of support amid Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Russian forces

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023

Britain to add Russia's Wagner mercenary group to terror list

The Russian Wagner mercenary group is to be declared a terrorist organisation by Britain in a move that will make it meaning it illegal to belong to or support the organisation.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 6, 2023

The UK says it will declare Russia’s Wagner mercenary group a banned terrorist organization

The U.K. says it will declare Russia’s Wagner mercenary group a banned terrorist organization

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

3 sailors from Russia and France are rescued off Australian coast after sharks attacked their boat

Three sailors from Russia and France have been rescued after the inflatable catamaran they were trying to sail in from Vanuatu to Australia came under attack from sharks

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Can a divided G20 summit in India still set the global agenda?

It represents 85 percent of global GDP. But deep fissures and absent leaders raise questions about its future.

Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2023

Will he go by plane or train? How Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia for another meeting with Putin

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s possible trip to Russia this month might be like his first one in 2019 — a rattling, 20-hour ride aboard a green-and-yellow armored train that is a quirky symbol of his family’s dynastic leadership

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: at least 17 killed in missile strike on market, say Ukrainian officials – as it happened

Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemns attack on the eastern city of Kostiantynivka, where a child was among the dead

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2023

Blinken announces more than $1 billion in new Ukraine aid on visit to Kyiv

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced over $1 billion of new assistance to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv Wednesday, which he said would help Ukraine’s counteroffensive "build momentum". Blinken’s visit came as a Russian strike on a market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk…

France 24 · Sep 6, 2023

Russia’s Wagner group to be declared a terrorist organisation by UK

The order will mean that, once passed, it is illegal to be a member of or support Wagner Group

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023