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Russia’s military policy allowing for 'defensive' use of nuclear weapons explained

Days before the war, Russia conducted a large-scale exercise involving simulated long-range conventional and nuclear strikes in response to a nuclear attack.

Wales Online

Seth Meyers on orgygate: ‘One of the weirdest political scandals in recent memory’

Late-night hosts discussed Madison Cawthorn’s wild – and wildly unpopular – allegations, and the continued fallout from ‘the slap’

The Guardian - US

In call with Putin, Erdogan calls for common sense, dialogue - Turkish presidency

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called for Russia and Ukraine to act with common sense and maintain dialogue in a call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, his office said on Friday.

Reuters

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Two Illiberal and Unjust Zelensky Policies the West Should Force Him to End

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is leading his nation a just cause. But we should not allow him to impose censorship and emigration bans in the process. A nation fighting for freedom must not undermine it.

Reason

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

Sweden 'needs the security of NATO membership': Leading Swedish MEP

As a recent poll shows that six in 10 Swedish people support joining NATO alongside neighbour Finland, leading Swedish MEP Tomas Tobé tells FRANCE 24 why he backs ending two centuries of military neutrality in Sweden. "It is clear that Sweden needs to build security together with others. It is…

France 24

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

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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.

The Conversation

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

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

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

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…

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.

The Conversation

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.

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Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin showing 'psychological instability' with 'high stress levels' in speeches

Japanese firm Risk Measurement Technologies compared Putin's voice from 2020 to more recently and say he is showing signs of stress as his war continues to fail

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…

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.

Mic

How Russian athletes are aiding Putin’s propaganda war

Successful athletes help a state maintain soft power, and perhaps no leader knows this better than Vladimir Putin.

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Reuters

Erdogan says he will urge Putin to take steps on Donbas, Crimea with Zelenskiy

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he will tell his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call later that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy need to take a step to address issues over Ukraine's Donbas region and Crimea.

Salon

Joe Biden, hero of democracy — sort of

Joe Biden is floating in a tin can, far above the world: His quest is noble, but likely bound for failure

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'constantly accompanied by cancer doctor’ in sign of health problems

Yevgeny Selivanov, from Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital, who is an expert in 'thyroid cancer in senile patients', has flown to visit Vladimir Putin several times

The Independent UK

France’s military spy chief ‘forced out after failing to predict Ukraine war’

France had been an outlier among western allies in not forecasting Kremlin’s full-scale military offensive

Radio France Internationale

France, Germany prepare for potential halt of Russian gas imports

Germany and France are preparing for Russian gas supplies to dry up after President Vladimir Putin announced that EU purchases must be made in rubles starting from 1 April. Berlin has already warned that Europe would not be "blackmailed" by Moscow.

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin is ‘a man in a cage he built himself’, says UK defence secretary Ben Wallace

Russia is a lesser country rather than a greater country as a result of Putin breaking law, he says

The Guardian - US

Dictators like Putin surround themselves with liars and propaganda. That leads to very bad decisions

Trump, Putin, Xi – these men aren’t stupid. But they have no way of eliciting, recognizing, or assessing useful criticism

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