The Latest Breaking News from Russia

How London became the place to be for Putin’s oligarchs

From its biggest private house to a disused tube station, London has long been an attractive place for the Russian president’s cronies to buy property. Their ill-gotten wealth permeated the capital at the expense of us all

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022

Letters: the roots of Vladimir Putin’s invasion ambitions

Humiliation and western hubris are what drove the Russian president to wage war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022

British spies use dating app Grindr and social networks to track Putin’s soldiers

Messages between Russian military on social media helped inform Ukraine prior to the invasion

Daily Mirror · Mar 6, 2022

Leeds man terrified as Ukrainian girlfriend 'isn't allowed into the UK' to escape war

James Denny, 28, is desperately trying to get girlfriend Anna Volynets, a Ukrainian national, to safety

Leeds Live · Mar 6, 2022

China tells US not to 'add fuel to flames' in Ukraine

Chinese Foreign Minister speaks to US Secretary of State

Wales Online · Mar 6, 2022

Ukraine latest: PM calls on world leaders to act, China delivers warning to US and credit card giants shun Russia

Meanwhile, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned Vladimir Putin not to underestimate the West

Wales Online · Mar 6, 2022

Nicola Sturgeon orders hit-list of Scots properties and land owned by Russian tycoons

Registers of Scotland (RoS), which keeps a record of ownership titles, handed over a detailed dossier last week.

Daily Record · Mar 6, 2022

Britain must speak with Russia after Putin blames UK for crippling sanctions against his country

The Russian president blames the UK for crippling sanctions against his country and for arms flooded into Ukraine to those opposing his brutal invasion.

Daily Record · Mar 6, 2022

U.S. officials travel to Venezuela, a Russian ally, for talks - source

Senior U.S. officials traveled to Venezuela on Saturday for talks with President Nicolas Maduro's government, seeking to determine whether Caracas is prepared to distance itself from close ally Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Reuters · Mar 6, 2022

Putin warns Ukraine as safe-passage plans descend into chaos

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy held new talks with U.S. President Joe Biden after a deal to allow safe passage for civilians in two besieged southeastern cities appeared to collapse, with the government in Kyiv accusing Russian forces of violating the agreement.

Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2022