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Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden

Snowden, a former contractor with the National Security Agency, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution for leaking classified documents about government surveillance programs.

WEKU

Ukraine war updates: Regions vote on joining Russia, Putin orders a draft (Sept. 26)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU

Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to Edward Snowden

President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former US security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed by the Russian leader on Monday. Snowden is one of 75 foreign nationals listed by the decree as being granted Russian citizenship. The decree was published on an official government website.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Russia: Vladimir Putin grants US whistleblower Edward Snowden Russian citizenship

The famous whistleblower fled the United States in 2013 after revealing mass surveillance efforts by the US government

Evening Standard

Putin grants Russian citizenship to whistleblower Edward Snowden

The former NSA contractor was given asylum in Russia after revealing the extent of the U.S. government's surveillance program.

Axios

Transparency International urges EU sanctions on Russian diamonds, miner Alrosa

The European Union should bar Russian diamond imports and blacklist diamond miner Alrosa and its head Sergei Ivanov, Transparency International told Reuters on Monday, as the 27-nation bloc prepares new sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian military recruitment offices come under attack after draft order

There have been 17 attacks on military recruitment centers and administrative buildings since the draft announcement.

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Krakow cancels Roger Waters gigs, urges him to visit Ukraine

A Krakow councilman says the Polish city cancelled gigs by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters because of his sympathetic stance toward Russia in its war against Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russian men flee the country. Many are showing up in Istanbul

Men are fleeing Russia by land or air days after President Vladimir Putin said he was mobilizing more forces into Ukraine. NPR met Russians arriving in Turkey, where they don't need visas to enter.

WEKU

OECD: War in Ukraine to drag on global economy into 2023

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says Russia’s war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are dragging down global economic growth more than expected and driving up inflation that will stay high into next year

The Independent UK

Teenage Russian tennis player aged just 14 banned after anti-doping breach

The teenager was playing in their second senior tournament earlier this year when chosen for a random anti-doping test and tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug

Daily Mirror

Ship with Ukrainian corn, vegetable oil docks in Lebanon

A ship carrying thousands of tons of corn and vegetable oil has arrived in northern Lebanon from war-ravaged Ukraine, the first of its kind since Russia’s invasion started seven months ago

The Independent UK

Ukraine probes suspected mass burial on Russia border

Ukrainian forces are investigating a suspected mass burial site feared to hold scores of bodies at an abandoned former Russian position near the border, troops and local officials said Monday.

Bangkok Post

EU has "serious questions" as Serbia enters regular consultations with Russia

The EU on Monday denounced a decision by Serbia to hold regular foreign policy consultations with Russia, saying the move raised "serious questions" at a time when Brussels has told membership candidates not to continue business as usual with Moscow.

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Nuclear rhetoric heats up between US, Russia as UN marks weapons eradication day

As the UN marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the United States has warned Russia of "catastrophic" consequences if it uses nuclear weapons as part of the Ukraine invasion.

France 24

Women, minorities in Russia's Dagestan protest Putin’s mobilisation, fight police

At least 120 people were arrested in protests in the capital of Russia’s Dagestan province on September 25 after President Vladimir Putin announced the partial military mobilisation of citizens for the war in Ukraine. Videos shared online show Dagestan residents, often women and minorities, fighting back against police, who attempted…

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Yevgeny Prigozhin admits owning Wagner mercenary force

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin says he is ‘proud’ of founding Wagner Group staffed by Russian war veterans.

Daily Mirror

Anti-war protesters burn portraits of Vladimir Putin as anarchy spreads over Russia war

Vladimir Putin portraits are being burned as protests against the president continue across Russia - thousands have been forced to fight in the war against Ukraine

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Reuters

Ukrainians in occupied Melitopol fear Russian call-up - exiled mayor

Ukrainians in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol fear they will be called up by Moscow following a referendum on joining Russia in which some residents were forced to vote at gunpoint, its exiled mayor said on Monday.

Reuters

Russia steps up attacks with Iranian drones, Ukraine plans defences - officials

Ukraine's president and security chiefs met on Monday to plan ways to counteract Russia's use of "new types of weapons" after Moscow stepped up attacks in Odesa region using Iranian combat drones, the president's office and a regional official said.

Reuters

Orthodox Church leader says Russian soldiers dying in Ukraine will be cleansed of sin

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said that Russian soldiers who die in the war against Ukraine will be cleansed of all their sins, days after President Vladimir Putin ordered the country's first mobilisation since World War Two.

Daily Mirror

Inside chaotic Russia as it descends into anarchy with violent protests and mass exodus

Vladimir Putin ordered the "partial military mobilisation" of hundreds of thousands of civilian reservists last week after the Kremlin's troops took a vicious beating by Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: UK sanctions Russians over ‘sham referendums’

Two more mass graves found in Izium, says Volodymyr Zelensky

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war by the numbers: Live Tracker

The Russian offensive enters its 219th day, we track where battles are taking place and the human cost of war.

Reuters

Hungary PM Orban says EU sanctions on Russia have "backfired"

Hungary should prepare for a prolonged war in neighbouring Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday, sharply criticising European Union sanctions imposed on Russia which he said have "backfired", driving up energy prices.

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