The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Russia uses social media channels to exploit Niger coup

Moscow aiming to increase influence in Africa, winning lucrative contracts and gaining access to key resources

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023

The week in TV: Fisk; The Price of Truth; And Just Like That; Who Is Erin Carter – review

Kitty Flanagan is sublime in an Aussie legal comedy, while a journalist risks all in Russia. Plus, the Sex and the City crew wind up another series, and a rather average new thriller

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023

Twenty years of ruthlessness: how Russia has silenced Putin’s opponents

From poisonings to shootings to falls from windows and now possibly plane crashes, Kremlin has been accused of numerous lethal attacks

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023

Putin orders Wagner fighters to sign oath of allegiance following Prigozhin plane crash

Lukashenko claims Prigozhin death ‘too rough and unprofessional a job’ for Putin to be behind it

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2023

Charismatic leader is gone but Wagner will survive in Africa, analysts say

Prigozhin’s death will slow the Wagner machine in Africa but its value to military regimes will continue to be prized.

Al Jazeera · Aug 26, 2023

Patriot, traitor, martyr … legacy of Prigozhin is still unwritten

The mercenary leader’s reputation as patriot, martyr or traitor will be dictated by two linked factors – Putin and the result of the war

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2023

Putin orders oath of allegiance by Wagnerites – as it happened

Decree published on Kremlin website obliges anyone working on behalf of the military in Ukraine to swear a formal oath of allegiance

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2023

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeals extension of pretrial detention in Russia

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed a Moscow court’s decision to extend his pretrial detention in Russia until the end of November

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2023

Friends at any price: China seeks allies, arms markets in West Africa as French influence wanes

China’s expansion into the West African arms market is a shift in strategy for a country that has typically focussed its weapons sales on other African regions. But Beijing is not just competing for a share of a new market: amid waning French influence in West Africa, China is looking…

France 24 · Aug 26, 2023

Will Interest Rates Remain High?

The 2020 global pandemic caused interest rates to fall to historical lows as the U.S. and other worldwide central banks provided an unprecedented liquidity tidal wave. The tsunami of government stimulus only increased the money supply and planted inflationary seeds that bloomed and caused the hawkish response since March 2022.…

Barchart · Aug 26, 2023