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The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Trump slams Russian invasion of Ukraine as "crime against humanity"

"The problem with Putin is he's got a very big ego" and won't back down, Trump told Fox News tonight.

Axios

Russia may pressure Serbia to undermine western Balkans, leaders warn

Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina urge western leaders to ‘engage more actively and strongly’ in the region

The Guardian - UK

Russian media raises spectre of nuclear attack on Japan

Islands between Russia and Japan have been source of territorial dispute dating to end of Second World War

Wales Online

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Facebook Reportedly Relaxes Hate Speech Rules To Let Some Users Call For Violence Against Russian Soldiers, Putin

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) would allow users of its social media platforms in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the country's invasion of Ukraine, according to a Reuters

Benzinga

Hero of Russian Federation resigns with damning note denouncing Putin’s ‘slaughter of Slavic brothers’

‘I am resigning from the position of the chairman of the Club of Heroes’

The Independent UK

Satellite images show Russian army convoy near Kyiv has dispersed

Maxar says satellite photos show huge Russian convoy outside Kyiv has broken up; forces moving into towns and forests.

Al Jazeera

Why Alibaba, JD And Tesla Rivals Nio, Xpeng Are Crashing In Hong Kong Today

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies tumbled in Hong Kong on Friday, dragging the benchmark Hang Seng Index into negative territory, on fears of increased scrutiny by American regulators and the escalating Russia-Ukraine war.

Benzinga

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Russia to lose 'most favoured nation status' over Ukraine: sources

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Ukraine was at a "strategic turning point" in the war as Russian forces bombarded cities across the country and appeared to be regrouping for a possible assault on Kyiv, with satellite images showing them firing artillery as they closed in on the capital.

Reuters

U.N. Security Council to convene on Friday at Russia's request -diplomats

The United Nations Security Council will convene on Friday at Russia's request, diplomats said, to discuss Moscow's claims, presented without evidence, of U.S. "biological activities" in Ukraine, a move Washington described as gaslighting.

Reuters

Instagram users in Russia are told service will cease from midnight

Instagram users in Russia have been notified that the service will cease from midnight on Sunday after its owner Meta Platforms said last week it would allow social media users in Ukraine to post messages such as "Death to the Russian invaders".

Reuters

Congress pushes for Russia tariff increases, end to normal trade

WASHINGTON — Top Democratic and Republican lawmakers vowed to push forward with their campaign to suspend Russia’s preferential trade relations with the U.S. and clear the way for tariff increases after the provision was removed from a House bill banning the nation’s energy imports.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine news – live: Satellite images show Russians redeploy north of Kyiv as bombing offensive spreads west

New imagery shows Vladimir Putin’s military convoy dispersing into forests around capital

The Independent UK

As Ukraine-Russia talks falter, battles intensify in Kyiv suburbs

KYIV, Ukraine — As Russian troops advanced from the north, this capital with its defiant president and citizen militias armed with rifles and homemade bombs was preparing a robust defense Thursday as talks to end the war stalled and relentless shelling battered coastal towns in the south.

Los Angeles Times

Add inflation, war to Americans’ big stressors on top of COVID

As if two years of the pandemic weren’t enough, Americans are now increasingly stressed about inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

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Reason

Ukrainians Calling Russian Invaders "Orcs"

Apropos "ruscism," I thought I'd also note this other relatively new usage, seemingly pretty clearly from Tolkien. Some Googling suggests there are some possible broader connections, e.g., to this Russia/Mordor item, but I can't speak to how common the usage was in the past. But right now it does seem…

The Independent UK

US, allies to revoke 'most favored nation' status for Russia

President Joe Biden will announce Friday that along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S. will move to revoke “most favored nation” trade status for Russia over its invasion of Ukraine

Reason

Ruscism

I hadn't heard the term (in the form "ruscist") until listening to "Bayraktar" this morning—as you might gather, it's a portmanteau of "Russian" and "fascism." In Ukrainian and Russian, "fascism" is pronounced with an "ah" sound, so the two words rhyme. "Ruscism" is said to have been popularized in 2008,…

Al Jazeera

‘Hell’ in Ukraine’s Mariupol as Russians ‘attack every 30 mins’

Evacuations and efforts to send food and water to port city fail as Russian bombardment intensifies.

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Daily Mirror

Russian state TV broadcasts stinging attack on Vladimir Putin's Ukraine invasion

Guests on a Russian state TV show presented by Vladimir Soloviyev were critical of the invasion with one pundit comparing it to the humiliation the country suffered in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Premier Li offers China's help for 'grave' Ukraine situation

China’s premier is calling the situation in Ukraine “grave” and offering Beijing's help in playing a “positive role” for peace while continuing to refuse to criticize Russia

Reuters

Twitter to cut spread of BelTa, other Belarus state media posts

Twitter Inc will place labels on and limit the spread of posts from Belarus state media and their senior staff, the company said on Thursday, in a move aimed to curb misinformation from Russia's ally in its invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

China Premier says Ukraine situation 'disconcerting', urges support for ceasefire talks

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday the Ukraine situation was "disconcerting" and that it is important to support Russia and Ukraine in ceasefire talks.

Chicago Sun-Times

Little Tsar Putin and the big, bad news

Inside Russia, reporting and publishing “fake news” is now a criminal offense, punishable by 15 years in prison. Eyewitness accounts are worth less than state TV propaganda.

Tribune News Service

Biden rallies Democrats as crises threaten the party’s majority

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, in a speech to the Democratic National Committee on Thursday night, presented an optimistic vision of the party’s prospects in November’s midterm elections despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine and inflation continuing to slice into Americans’ purchasing power.

ABC News

Australian-owned Great Moscow Circus is not Russian and does not support war in Ukraine

The Australian business employs Ukrainian performers and is even helping their family escape Russia's invasion.

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