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U.N. to vote Thursday on U.S. push to suspend Russia from rights council

The 193-member U.N. General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a U.S. push to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council, diplomats said.

Reuters

Netherlands detains 14 Russian superyachts amid sanctions

Dutch government says the ownership of the vessels is being investigated

Evening Standard

Russia hit with new round of U.S. sanctions as Biden decries 'major war crimes'

The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new round of sanctions on Wednesday, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in response to what President Joe Biden condemned as "major war crimes" by Russian forces in Ukraine.

Reuters

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War in Ukraine is testing some American evangelicals' support for Putin as a leader of conservative values

In February 2022, evangelical leader Franklin Graham called on his followers to pray for Vladimir Putin. His tweet acknowledged that it might seem a “strange request” given that Russia was clearly about to invade Ukraine. But Graham asked that believers “pray that God would work in his heart so that…

The Conversation

How should Dostoevsky and Tolstoy be read during Russia's war against Ukraine?

As someone who teaches Russian literature, I can’t help but process the world through the country’s novels, stories, poems and plays, even at a time when Russian cultural productions are being canceled around the world.

The Conversation

Russia’s actions in Ukraine ‘not far short of genocide’, says Johnson

The PM said Western allies will move to impose new sanctions on Moscow following more reports of Russian atrocities.

The Independent UK

Russian nationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies at 75

Russian nationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a senior lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to Russians’ aggrievement and wounded pride, has died at age 75, the speaker of the lower house of Russia's parliament said Wednesday.

France 24

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Russia’s main target? Truth. Journalists pay a heavy price to protect it

Weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine and sought to “liberate” the port of Mariupol by bombing it into the ground, the words of the video journalist Mstyslav Chernov of the Associated Press are a powerful reminder of why journalism matters.

Evening Standard

Incredible pictures show woman's rescue after Russian attack buries her alive in Ukraine

A woman was pulled from the rubble of a building by rescuers in the town of Rubizhne, in Ukraine's Luhansk region, where Russian shelling has been raining down for week

Daily Mirror

Putin puppet and Russian oligarch's Italian villa targeted in arson attack

Vladimir Putin supporter and Russian state TV presenter, Vladimir Solovyev, saw one of his luxury Italian villas on Lake Como targeted in an arson attack this morning

Daily Mirror

Morning Brief: Top Stories Dominating Financial Media on Wednesday, April 6

CNBC Global Government Debt Expected To Swell To $71 Trillion In 2022

Benzinga

Germany is in confidential talks over Ukraine guarantees - Scholz

Germany is in confidential discussions with Kyiv about possible security guarantees it could offer Ukraine to ensure its safety after Russia's invasion, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the Bundestag.

Reuters

'Putin will be gone soon': Exiled Russian dissident Ilya Ponomarev

Exiled Russian dissident Ilya Ponomarev gave an interview to FRANCE 24 from Kyiv. The former Russian lawmaker was the only member of the Douma to vote against the annexation of Crimea back in 2014 and now lives in Ukraine. He predicted that "Putin will be gone soon", arguing that the…

France 24

Ukraine needs weapons, maximum sanctions on Russia to prevent war spreading -foreign minister

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday said foreign allies must impose maximum sanctions on Russia and provide Ukraine with all the weapons it needs in order to prevent the war spreading to other countries.

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Germany will do everything it can to support Ukraine -Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Wednesday on Russian President Vladimir Putin to immediately end his "destructive war" in Ukraine, vowing to continue supporting the country in every way possible until the Kremlin had withdrawn its troops.

The Independent UK

Russia’s actions will never be forgotten or forgiven, Tanaiste warns

Leo Varadkar was speaking after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Reuters

Fire at Italian lake villa seized from Russian TV host Soloviev

A fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at a villa belonging to Russian state TV host Vladimir Soloviev in the northern Italian town of Menaggio, on the shores of Lake Como, causing limited damage, firefighters said.

Reuters

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, dark showman of the Russian far right

When a little known far-right politician called Vladimir Zhirinovsky claimed third place behind Boris Yeltsin in Russia's 1991 presidential election, it looked like a flash in the pan.

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The Independent UK

What are hypersonic missiles and why is the West developing them amid Russia’s war in Ukraine?

Kinzhal missiles believed to have been used as part of attack which killed at least 23 people and reduced children’s hospital in Kyiv to rubble

The Independent UK

Dutch move to hold 12 yachts ordered by wealthy Russians

The Dutch government says it is making sure a dozen yachts ordered by super-wealthy Russians are not delivered to anyone as part of sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson says Russia's war in Ukraine 'doesn't look far short of genocide'

The Prime Minister used the word to describe Russia's actions for the first time as 50 former world leaders demanded an international tribunal to try Vladimir Putin for war crimes

Wales Online

Why petrol stations in the UK are running out of fuel despite there being no shortage

Some motorists have reported issues getting petrol or diesel this week

Evening Standard

Putin’s actions in Ukraine ‘not far short of genocide’, says Boris Johnson

The prime minister issued the grim assessment as Nato chiefs were to hold talks on how to swiftly gather evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russian nationalist lawmaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies at 75

A senior Russian lawmaker whose sulphurous rhetoric and antics alarmed the West but appealed to citizens' aggrievement and wounded pride has died at age 75

Reuters

Kremlin says peace talks with Ukraine not progressing rapidly enough

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv were not progressing as rapidly or energetically as it would like.

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