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A youthquake against Putin is unlikely. The history of Soviet hippies shows why

They created parallel universes without confronting the political order – although their satirical stance lives on, says Juliane Fürst of the Centre of Contemporary History at Potsdam

The Guardian - UK

Road outside Kyiv 'littered with corpses' of Ukrainian civilians killed by the Russian Army

Ukrainian forces have made gains around Kyiv but have also discovered scenes that have been described as a war crime

Wales Online

Revealed: Luxury interior of Russian oligarch’s $500m superyacht after he sails it to Vladivostok ‘to evade Western sanctions’

Locals have rushed to take selfies with the luxury vessel

Evening Standard

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Russia hints at intensifying trade with India in national currencies

NEW DELHI: Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday said Russia has begun moving towards conducting trade in national currencies with India and its other partners to bypass the impediments of Western sanctions, and vowed to continue the momentum of bilateral strategic ties.

The Times of India

IAEA asks to visit Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Ifax

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has requested that its specialists be authorised to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Interfax news agency quoted the head of Russia's atomic agency Rosatom as saying on Friday.

Reuters

Russia: Push to pay for gas in rubles not disrupting supply

Russian officials say their demand that natural gas be paid for in rubles doesn’t mean supplies will be immediately interrupted

The Independent UK

Ukraine: are reports of Russian troops mutinying and deserting true? It's happened before

Reports have emerged in recent days that Russian troops in Ukraine, stalled in their advance and suffering numerous military setbacks, have sabotaged their own equipment, refused to fight and carry out orders, and even, in one report, run over their own commander.

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Vladimir Putin threatens to turn off gas supply to Europe - could the Continent cope?

Gas prices have jumped, meaning the continuing cost of living crisis could get worse if a solution is not agreed upon

Wales Online

EU, China agree on Ukraine war threat, EU's Michel

The European Union and China agreed that the war in Ukraine was threatening global security, the head of the European Council said on Friday, while warning China against helping Russia's war.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin's 'strong man' image in jeopardy as further clues emerge of his 'declining health'

Speculation that the leader is suffering from thyroid cancer or Parkinson's has circulated since he appeared to look "puffy and weakened" while giving a public address announcing Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Irish Mirror

Ukraine refugees: six practical steps to rise to the challenge

Europe is, yet again, in the midst of a huge immigration wave – and it is likely to dwarf all the previous ones. In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more refugees have crossed the EU’s borders in the first two weeks than during the entire 2015 wave. This…

The Conversation

Russian troops leave 13 'executed civilians' trying to escape Kyiv on 'highway of death'

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: On the stretch of the E-40 motorway where a young couple were killed as they plotted an escape, 13 bodies have been discovered strewn along the road out of Kyiv

Daily Mirror

Russia using church as staging ground for Kyiv assault -U.S. official

Russian forces have established a deployment cite at a church northwest of Kyiv and are using it as a staging ground as part of their assault on the Ukrainian capital, a senior U.S. administration official said on Friday.

Reuters

At least $10 billon damage to infrastructure in Ukraine's Mariupol- city council

Russia's bombardment of Ukraine's southern port city of Mariupol has caused at least $10 billion in damage to infrastructure, according to a preliminary estimate by local authorities.

Reuters

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Ukraine allegedly strikes inside Russia as evacuation attempts continue

LVIV, Ukraine — Shifting battlefield priorities and realities rippled across Ukraine on Friday as local forces claimed to have recaptured more territory, Moscow appeared to be re-deploying some of its troops and a Russian official accused Ukrainian helicopters of attacking a fuel depot inside Russia’s borders.

Reuters

Canada agency finds Russia-backed disinformation campaigns to support Ukraine invasion

Canada's signals intelligence agency said on Friday it has observed numerous Russia-backed disinformation campaigns online designed to support their actions since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

The Conversation

The war in Ukraine ruins Russia's academic ties with the West

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, universities across Europe and the United States have condemned the war and cut ties with Russia altogether. In the following QA, Arik Burakovsky, an expert on relations between the U.S. and Russia, shines light on the future of cooperation…

Al Jazeera

Russia not turning off gas taps, buyers have weeks for rouble pay

Kremlin says no immediate end to deliveries, decision about payments in roubles to come into effect from later in April.

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The Conversation

Is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine? A human rights expert looks at the warning signs

There’s a real threat that Russia will commit genocide in Ukraine. As evidence of war crimes emerges, there is reason to believe it may already be taking place.

Axios

Over 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian invasion began

The UN has labeled the exodus the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.

Salon

Replacing Russian oil with ethanol

Advocates of increased ethanol sales argue that it could lower fuel prices and help the climate — both are dubious

Reuters

In tears at border, Ukrainians say they held on until they had to flee

Valery Petrovich Sorokin, 66, didn't want to leave his home outside of Kharkiv. He suffers from arthritis and struggles to move. But, a month into the war, as Russian bombs fell around him, his family told him he had to go to Poland with them.

The Guardian - UK

UN nuclear watchdog to head mission to Chernobyl as Russians withdraw from site

Russians leaving Chernobyl have taken Ukraine soldiers with them, say officials

Los Angeles Times

War in real time: TikTok and Twitter stars document Russia's war in Ukraine

A snowy sidewalk strewn with bloodied bodies. A beleaguered president roaming the streets of a country under attack. Missiles streaming. Sirens wailing. Teens making homemade bombs. And dead soldiers, so many of them, lying crumpled in fields and slumped in smoldering tanks.

Los Angeles Times

For centuries, the Ukrainian language was overshadowed by its Russian cousin. That's changing

Languages rise and fall with history, in nations and university language departments alike. In 1980, when Roman Koropeckyj stepped into his classroom at Harvard to teach Polish, he was "gobsmacked" by the dozens of students awaiting him. The Polish trade unionists of the Solidarity movement, who were defying Soviet oppression…

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