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The Age of the Strongman by Gideon Rachman review – democracy muscled out?

This chilling examination of how the growing popularity of autocrats and their aspirants could upend western liberal values is forceful and timely

The Guardian - UK

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

KYIV, Ukraine: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:

Bangkok Post

Russia-Ukraine war: Amid failure to capture Kyiv, Putin appoints new commander for Ukraine

May 9 'Victory Day' is the most significant day in Russia as it marks the anniversary of the Soviet Union's triumph over Germany in the Second World War. Full story

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The Observer view on the west’s response to war in Ukraine

In the face of Vladimir Putin’s cruelty, Nato must consider taking much tougher options

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine morning briefing: More than 250,000 flee from the east

Residents act on official order to abandon their homes ahead of major new Russian offensive

Wales Online

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 46 of the invasion

Zelenskiy says Putin targeting ‘whole European project’ as civilians continue to flee eastern parts of Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

What does political upheaval in Pakistan mean for the world?

Explainer: Imran Khan’s ousting in a no-confidence vote could affect relations with countries including India, Afghanistan and China

The Guardian - UK

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Russia’s first default in a century looks all but inevitable now

Russia’s first external default in a century now looks all but inevitable after another brutal week for the country’s finances.

Tribune News Service

Head of banned TV network says most Russians believe Putin's lies about Ukraine

Natalia Sindeeva, who set up independent Dozhd TV - which was shut down following the invasion - said she was pessimistic that the majority of the public could be reached with the truth about Putin's invasion

Daily Mirror

Former Gov. Pat McCrory ties ‘reckless’ US Senate competitor to Madison Cawthorn

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Gov. Pat McCrory, who is running for U.S. Senate, launched a new digital ad this week attempting to tie one of his biggest competitors to one of the most controversial men in North Carolina politics: Rep. Madison Cawthorn.

Tribune News Service

Zelenskyy forecasts ‘hard battle’ in Ukraine’s east as civilians flee expected fighting

KYIV, Ukraine — Amid signs that atrocities and fighting were likely to intensify as the war in Ukraine entered its seventh week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday warned of a “hard battle” ahead, with Russian forces amassing in the east for a new offensive.

Los Angeles Times

The AP Interview: Zelenskyy seeks peace despite atrocities

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world

The Independent UK

Courchevel, once the French playground for Russian oligarchs, is virtually empty as sanctions hit Vladimir Putin's elites

Courchevel has been an exclusive high-altitude destination for Russian oligarchs for 20 years. But the alpine playground has been deserted by its Russian clients as they face sanctions on their travel and wealth.

ABC News

Russian troops fill children's toys with bombs in sick bid to kill, surgeon claims

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Oleksandr Yatsyna, who is treated the wounded in Kyiv, said he will forever be haunted by the horrors he has encountered since Vladimir Putin's forces invaded Ukraine

Daily Mirror

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Tribune News Service

Russia’s war in Ukraine: Key events and how it’s unfolding

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Europe’s biggest military assault since World War II with his Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, killing thousands of people, driving millions more from their homes, shaking the post-Cold War geopolitical order and roiling global markets.

The Guardian - UK

‘The Russians are trying to obliterate us. You think that we’d agree to half-measures now?’

Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of occupied Melitopol, says the battle for Donbas is also a fight for global security

Reuters

Italy's Berlusconi 'deeply disappointed and saddened' by Putin

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Saturday he was deeply disappointed and saddened by the behaviour of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Los Angeles Times

Will Hungary's Orban be the wedge Putin drives between Western allies?

BUDAPEST, Hungary — There were pink ankle booties and scuffed sneakers, sensible pumps and leather loafers, a pair of child-sized yellow-rubber rain boots — all laid out on the east bank of the River Danube, in the heart of the Hungarian capital.

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Los Angeles Times

Zelenskyy forecasts ‘hard battle’ in Ukraine’s east as civilians flee expected fighting

KYIV, Ukraine — With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanding tribunal-style justice for a deadly strike on a train station in Ukraine’s east, terrified civilians fled Saturday by the thousands from the region, expected to be the next major battleground in the more than 6-week-old war.

Salon

Russia's neighbors saw this coming

For Lithuanians like me, raised on Russian propaganda, all of this was expected. The West didn't want to listen

The Independent UK

Putin takes ‘nuclear football’ to funeral of Russian politician

Mourners were cleared from the cathedral amid fears of an assasination attempt on Mr Putin

Evening Standard

Russian general ‘linked to atrocities in Syria placed in charge of Ukraine invasion’

A Russian general linked to atrocities in Syria has been placed in charge of the Ukrainian invasion, according to reports.

Daily Mirror

Homeless twins waking up in squalid camp are forgotten victims of Putin's Syria bombs

Forgotten war victims still sleep in squalid camp years after losing homes in Russian President Putin's bombing campaign to help Syrian dictator Bashar-al Assad

Daily Mirror

Putin’s ‘goddaughter’ sells luxury £7.6m Moscow flat to ‘escape from repression’

Ksenia Sobchak, 40, a prominent TV presenter and Russia's leading female opposition politician, has long-standing family ties with President Vladimir Putin - with the tyrant even attending her baptism when she was a baby

Daily Mirror

'I'm haunted by tears of Ukrainian mum who buried son's body in frozen soil'

Iryna Kostenko was devastated as she held up a photograph of her son Olekseii, who was killed at 27. She covered the grave in a blanket to protect it from the dogs

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