From a Thatcher nutcracker to a Trump toilet brush: my curious collection of political memorabilia As a foreign correspondent I used to report on dictators and democrats. Now I collect them The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2022
Mass exodus: Corporate America got Putin Hundreds of major corporations with ties to Russia have withdrawn from the country amid its invasion of Ukraine Salon · Mar 12, 2022
Fantasy Premier League deletes all Russian users in response to Ukraine invasion Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led by Vladimir Putin has had wide-ranging consequences on the country’s currency and geopolitical status and now the Premier League have stripped them of Fantasy Football Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2022
Ukraine: Russian troops flying Soviet flag, symbol of ‘re-establishing Russian domination’ Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, thousands of images showing Russian soldiers and vehicles have emerged online. Some of these images shocked viewers when they saw the flag of the Soviet Union waving on some Russian military equipment. For residents of Ukraine, a former part of… France 24 · Mar 12, 2022
Russia bombs Mariupol mosque sheltering 80 people, Ukraine claims More than 80 people are thought to have been taking refuge in the Mosque of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in Mariupol, when it was bombed by Russian forces, Ukraine officials say Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2022
‘Cynical, craven’ Republicans out to bash Biden, not Putin, over gas prices Critics say party has seized on price hikes to exploit war in Ukraine for its own benefit – ‘an unconscionable act of political cowardice’ The Guardian - US · Mar 12, 2022
To Vladimir Putin’s mind, chemical weapons might just seem a good idea Knowing that he cannot afford to fail, the Russian leader may be willing to use the most grotesque means to break Ukrainian resistance, says academic Paul Rogers The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2022
Ukraine trusts in Israeli mediation, denies Bennett advised caving to Russia Ukraine voiced hope on Saturday for positive results from Israel's bid to broker peace with Russia, denying a media report that suggested Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had tried to nudge Kyiv into caving to Moscow's demands. Reuters · Mar 12, 2022
Ukraine’s Mykolaiv morgue struggles with rising number of corpses as shelling intensifies The southern city of Mykolaiv has been under Russian fire for days as Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces try to gain control of cities on the border of the Black Sea, including the port of Odesa. But Ukrainian resistance has been fierce, with the death toll rising among soldiers and… France 24 · Mar 12, 2022
Strictly pros ‘divided whether Russian stars should return after Vladimir Putin’s war’ It has been claimed some of the dancers want producers to make a decision and tell the Russian born stars they cannot return to the series Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2022
Failure to tackle Vladimir Putin is like 1938 when world 'averted eyes' from Hitler, says Ukraine MP Ukrainian MP says incursion is like history repeating itself when Hitler was only tackled as death toll reached millions Wales Online · Mar 12, 2022
Inside the luxury life of Putin's secret girlfriend as Ukraine goes through hell The gymnast was once described as “Russia ’s most flexible woman“ Irish Mirror · Mar 12, 2022
Facebook Owner Defends Policy on Calls for Violence that Angered Russia Facebook owner Meta Platforms said Friday that a temporary change in its content policy, only for Ukraine, was needed to let users voice opposition to Russia's attack, as Russia opened a criminal case after the company said it would allow posts such as "death to the Russian invaders." Russian prosecutors… Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 12, 2022
Editorial: Madison Cawthorn calls Zelenskyy a ‘thug’? What was he thinking? Madison Cawthorn seems to love getting people wound up. He’s only been in the spotlight for a few years — and an elected official for just over a year — yet he manages to generate enough scandal to stay in state and national headlines seemingly every week. Tribune News Service · Mar 12, 2022
Nottingham Post · Mar 12, 2022 Ukrainian University of Nottingham historian thinks only NATO can stop 'Satan' Putin Dr Liudmyla Sharipova was born and raised in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, in the 1980s
Financial Times · Mar 12, 2022 Is it right to cancel Russian artists? From the Bolshoi to the Venice Biennale, Putin’s war has created a dilemma for the art world
The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022 Kyiv ‘ready to fight’ as Russian forces close in on Ukraine capital Ukrainian president warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as hundreds of thousands of civilians remain under fire across country
Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 12, 2022 Clouds over Merkel's Legacy as Russian Invasion Lays Flaws Bare Up to the final hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, former chancellor Angela Merkel had been touted as the person favored by Germans to try to talk President Vladimir Putin out of the conflict. But as Russian bombs fell on Ukrainian cities, a shadow has fallen on Merkel's…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 12, 2022 Russian Forces Squeeze Kyiv, Surround Mariupol Russian forces inched towards Kyiv Saturday and pounded civilian areas in other Ukrainian cities as concerns grew over the besieged southern port of Mariupol, where officials said more than 1,500 people had been killed. Air raid sirens sounded Saturday in several cities, including the capital Kyiv, Odessa, Dnipro and Kharkiv,…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2022 Dysfunction and self-deception stalk Kremlin but who will stand up to Putin? Russia launched its war with unrealistic expectations but there is little sign of voices that could halt the conflict’s relentless grind
The Guardian - US · Mar 12, 2022 McDonald’s in Russia: departure is about a lot more than burgers Stung by its honeymoon with westernisation, Putin’s way of restoring Russian relevance has been to tear up global norms
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2022 No pasarán: anti-fascist slogan takes on new significance in Ukraine crisis New generation of volunteers are answering Ukraine’s call to join war effort, in echo of Spanish civil war
The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2022 Invaders ‘cannot conquer us’, Zelenskiy says, as 13,000 flee besieged cities – as it happened Ukraine’s president says the capital will only fall to Russian troops if it is completely destroyed, while Moscow warns western shipments of arms to Ukraine could be attacked
Reuters · Mar 12, 2022 Ukraine says Russian forces kill seven civilians in evacuation convoy Ukraine accused Russian forces on Saturday of killing seven civilians in an attack on women and children trying to flee fighting near Kyiv, and France said Russian President Vladimir Putin had shown he was not ready to make peace.
The Times of India · Mar 12, 2022 Russian troops advance towards Kyiv, Zelenskyy ready for negotiations in Jerusalem: Top developments NEW DELHI: Russia is intensifying its attack on Ukraine as its forces bombarded cities across the country with airplanes and artillery. Satellite images showed Russian troops appear to be regrouping for a possible assault on Kyiv as they closed in on the Ukrainian capital.