The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Niger’s military rulers ask for help from Russian group Wagner

New military government seeks help from Wagner mercenaries against ECOWAS intervention, according to a report.

Al Jazeera · Aug 5, 2023

How many casualties has Russia suffered in Ukraine?

Reliable figures difficult to substantiate amid the fog of war

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023

Russia Is Seizing European Company Assets

In recent months, Russia began seizing assets from companies based in Western countries.

Zenger · Aug 5, 2023

Niger’s junta rulers ask for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat

An analyst says Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023

Why Putin is weaponising grain in the war with Ukraine

The cynicism of Vladimir Putin knows no bounds, said The Sunday Times. Having abandoned the UN-brokered grain deal that ensured safe passage for Ukraine’s crops to markets, despite warnings that it could cause “hunger or worse” in low-income African nations, the Russian president last week had the nerve to pose…

The Week · Aug 5, 2023

Saudi Arabia kicks off Ukraine talks that exclude Russia

Some 40 countries will attend a meeting in Jeddah to discuss a set of common principles to end the war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Aug 5, 2023

Pope visits Portuguese shrine known for apocalyptic prophesy linked to Russia as war rages on

Pope Francis has arrived in the Portuguese town of Fatima to pray for peace at a shrine that has captivated Catholics for a century

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023

Inside Russia’s torture chambers as investigators warn Kherson cells ‘tip of iceberg’

Similarities in accounts from different Ukrainian regions ‘expose deeper concerns that Russia is using torture as a strategy’, UN special rapporteur tells The Independent

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023

The Niger crisis shows France’s quasi-empire in Africa is finally crumbling

A rejection of France in its former colonies in Africa – and the embrace of other powers including Russia and China – is growing. Who benefits from all this remains to be seen, says French-Algerian journalist Nabila Ramdani

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2023

Russia ‘launches missile strikes across Ukraine’ after second drone attack

Air raid alerts were heard in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia while a blood transfusion centre in Kharkiv was reportedly targeted

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2023