The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Putin tells China-led bloc that Russians support him after mutiny

President Vladimir Putin told a regional security grouping that Russians were united behind his leadership in his first international appearance since the failed mutiny that posed the greatest threat to his almost quarter-century rule.

Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2023

War in Ukraine weighs on Wimbledon as player tells of locker room tension

Russian No 2 speaks of snubs after being allowed to return, while Ukrainian player feels weight of horrors at home

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

AI, Russians’ return, Clare Balding and everything new at Wimbledon in 2023

All that might look different in SW19

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Ukrainians honor award-winning writer killed in Russian missile attack on restaurant

Dozens of people with flowers have come to say goodbye to an award-winning Ukrainian writer who was killed by a Russian missile attack on a popular restaurant in east Ukraine

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Russia is more united than ever, Putin tells allies after failed mutiny

President also told leaders from China, Pakistan and India that Russia would stand up to western sanctions

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Attackers break Russian journalist’s fingers and stab human rights lawyer in Chechnya

Elena Milashina and Alexander Nemov were on their way to the sentencing of a human rights activist in Grozny when they were assaulted

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023

Number of asylum seekers in France continues to rise, now counts over half a million

France granted asylum to some 56,000 people in 2022, bringing the total to over half a million – a symbolic number as the government would like to reform the country’s immigration laws and shorten the amount of time it takes to rule an asylum claim.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 4, 2023

Space Blocs: The future of international cooperation in space is splitting along lines of power on Earth

Even during times of conflict on the ground, space has historically been an arena of collaboration among nations. But trends in the past decade suggest the nature of cooperation in space is shifting.

Space · Jul 4, 2023

Is the SCO Putin’s escape from global isolation?

This year’s SCO summit marks the first international appearance by the Russian president since Wagner’s mutiny attempt.

Al Jazeera · Jul 4, 2023

Putin claims Russia is united than ever just days after Wagner troops march on Moscow

Russians ‘responded as a united front against an attempted armed mutiny’

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023