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Ukraine's Zelenskiy thanks Bakhmut defenders as Wagner head says town has fallen

Fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut remained "particularly hot", President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, giving no indication the city had finally fallen to Russia as claimed by the founder of the Wagner mercenary force.

Reuters

Brittney Griner calls for the release of an American reporter detained in Russia

Reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained Wednesday on espionage charges. Griner was released from a Russian prison in December and has advocated for the release of Americans detained abroad.

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Russia pro-war blogger ‘killed in explosion in St Petersburg’

Russian news agency reports Vladlen Tatarsky died in blast that also injured at least 16 people

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Russian pro-war military blogger killed in blast at St Petersburg cafe

Vladlen Tatarsky, who had over 560,000 followers on Telegram, died in explosion that is being investigated as murder

The Guardian - UK

Brittney Griner sends urgent message to Joe Biden over US journalist detained in Russia

WNBA star Brittney Griner - who returned to the United States via prisoner swap in December - has called on president Joe Biden to intervene after a journalist was detained in Russia this week

Daily Mirror

‘Russian Ronda’ Irina Alekseeva booked for UFC debut

Irina Alekseeva, the UFC fighter some call the "Russian Ronda," will make her promotional debut April 29 in Las Vegas.

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Russian military blogger killed in St Petersburg cafe blast

Explosion in a St Petersburg cafe kills a blogger with 560,000 followers on Telegram, Russian news agencies say.

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Killing of pro-Putin blogger investigated as murder

A pro-war Russian military blogger was killed in an explosion in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday, allegedly after being handed an explosives-ridden bust as a gift.

Evening Standard

Antony Blinken urges Russia to release US journalist in call with Sergei Lavrov

Russian foreign minister rejects request and says US must not ‘make a fuss’ over arrest of Evan Gershkovich

The Guardian - UK

Bomb kills Russian war blogger in St Petersburg cafe

Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday in what appeared to be the second assassination on Russian soil of a figure closely associated with the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian pro-Putin blogger killed in St Petersburg cafe blast

Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, had more than 560,000 followers on Telegram

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Gulf, Arab Countries Announce Voluntary Oil Output Cuts

Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ oil producers on Sunday announced voluntary cuts to their production, with Riyadh saying it would cut output by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) from May until the end of 2023, state media reported. Russia's deputy prime minister also said Moscow would extend a voluntary cut…

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Antony Blinken calls on Russia to end ‘unacceptable’ detention of US reporter

State Department is asking to visit WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in detention

The Independent UK

US urges release of WSJ reporter, Russia sees politicization

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who Russia accuses of spying, in a call on Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who said Washington should not politicize the case.

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France 24

Sergei Roldugin, the cellist who looks after Putin’s fortune

A Swiss court this week convicted four Russian bankers for allowing Sergei Roldugin to deposit tens of millions of euros in bank accounts – colossal sums for a man who is, officially, a professional cellist. But it has long been suspected that Roldugin is tasked with looking after the enormous…

Daily Mirror

Secret KGB academy near Moscow trained up young men and women to seduce Brit diplomats

The KGB's top-secret facility in Kazan, east of Moscow, targeted young men and women from impoverished parts of Russia and trained them in Marxism, spycraft and seduction

Bangkok Post

Bulgaria votes for fifth time in 2 years under Ukraine shadow

SOFIA: Bulgarians were voting on Sunday in their fifth general election in two years, amid visible frustration and deep divisions over the war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian official offers plan for a Crimea without Russia

A top Ukrainian official has outlined a series of steps the government in Kyiv would take after the country reclaims control of Crimea from Russia

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The Guardian - UK

Editors sign letter condemning ‘unjust’ arrest of US journalist in Russia

Signed by 38 senior news figures from around the world, the letter criticises the Kremlin’s ‘anti-press’ detention of Evan Gershkovich

Al Jazeera

‘Stand-up’ for Ukraine: Coping through comedy in the face of war

In Berlin, comedians from Ukraine and Russia share the same stage as an outlet for their grief and anger about the war.

France 24

Russian missile strike kills at least six people in city near Bakhmut, Ukraine says

A Russian missile attack on Sunday killed at least six people in residential areas of the city of Kostyantynivka near Bakhmut, Ukrainian authorities said. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack targeted areas where "ordinary civilians" were living. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are…

Reuters

More than 200 safely evacuated in smoke incident at Russian coal mine

A total of 229 workers were evacuated from a coal mine in southern Russia on Sunday after it filled with smoke, a local official said, adding that there were no casualties.

Reuters

Brittney Griner urges Biden to bring home reporter Gershkovich, accused of spying in Russia

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, who was freed from a Russian penal colony in a prisoner exchange last year, has urged the Biden administration to keep using "every tool possible" to win the release of a U.S. reporter accused of spying in Russia.

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Six killed in heavy shelling near Bakhmut as strikes destroy nursery

Putin’s forces target town of Kostiantynivka

The Guardian - UK

My friend Evan Gershkovich is no spy. Just a brave reporter jailed in Moscow

The US journalist arrested last week is the first to be accused of espionage in Russia since the cold war

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