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Alexei Navalny disappears from jail – another in the long line of Russian dissidents to fall foul of Vladimir Putin

There is growing concern about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who is reported to have disappeared from the Russian prison colony in which he has been serving a lengthy sentence. Lawyers for the 47-year-old dissident said he had last been in contact two weeks ago.

The Conversation

French museum removes Depardieu wax sculpture as family denounces 'conspiracy'

A French museum on Monday removed a wax likeness of film superstar Gerard Depardieu, the management said, in the latest such measure taken against the actor accused of sexual assault. His family says the actor has been the target of an "unprecedented conspiracy" in recent days.

Radio France Internationale

OPINION - Cartoonists think every year can’t be as mad as the last. We’re always wrong

At the end of every year cartoonists put down their pens, lean back from their drawing boards and think — well, next year can’t be as crazy as this year was. And we’re always proved wrong.

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France, UK To Support Ukraine 'For As Long As It Takes': Cameron

France and the UK will support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion "for as long as it takes", British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Tuesday, adding it was "essential" that President Vladimir Putin was defeated.

International Business Times

'Immigrants Poisoning The Blood Of Our Country,' says Donald Trump

This is not the first time that Trump used such language to describe immigrants.

International Business Times UK

Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy says army has asked for up to 500,000 more troops to be mobilised — as it happened

Ukraine’s president is speaking to the world’s media at an end-of-year press conference

The Guardian - AU

Putin military fires 'super weapon' AS-24 KILLJOY ballistic missile at Ukraine airfield, say UK defence chiefs

But use of the missile system is believed to have had mixed success

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Despite the wrecking tactics of Viktor Orbán, the EU will find a way to get aid to Ukraine

The Hungarian leader wants to deprive Kyiv of funding and to halt expansion plans, but officials are mapping out a workaround, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Guardian - UK

Best films of 2023 in the UK: No 4 – 20 Days in Mariupol

Filmed as Russia invaded Ukraine’s port city, Mstyslav Chernov’s documentary is gruelling, compelling and vital

The Guardian - UK

Putin threatening Finland and preparing for potential war with Nato, warns think tank

Russian president accuses other member states of ’dragging’ Finland into alliance and creating rift between Moscow and Helsinki

The Independent UK

Mr Fifty Percent: the former Ukraine mayor doing Putin’s work in Kherson

He faced a police investigation over an alleged contract killing, but Volodymyr Saldo is now beyond the reach of Ukrainian law

The Guardian - UK

Russian Families Beg Putin for Soldiers' Return from Ukraine

Families beg Putin to bring their sons and husbands home from Ukraine, expressing fear and fatigue. Despite dissent, Kremlin's war pursuits persist.

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Trump Uses Nazi Rhetoric in Latest Immigration Comments

Explore Trump's ongoing campaign strategy, invoking fear of immigration and Nazi rhetoric. Analyze diverse Republican responses and its potential impact.

Salon

Missing Trump-Russia doc poses threat

"We've got to know what happened with this binder," says ex-counterintelligence official Frank Figliuzzi

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Al Jazeera

Russia designates author Boris Akunin ‘terrorist and extremist’

The Independent UK

The European Union targets Russia's diamond industry in its latest round of Ukraine war sanctions

The European Union is imposing sanctions on Russia over its war against Ukraine, targeting the lucrative diamonds industry as well as more than 140 officials, companies and organizations

The Guardian - UK

Russia adds writer Boris Akunin to terrorist list over criticism of war

The Guardian - UK

Russian courts halt cases against Alexei Navalny after jailed activist disappears

Judges halt seven judicial hearings as UN official says his absence amounts to ‘forced disappearance’

The Conversation

Putin's four-hour Q&A is a valuable insight into the Russian president's version of reality

Russian television audiences didn’t have much choice but to watch Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference on December 14 – it was broadcast on all terrestrial TV networks. After a year’s hiatus in 2022, when the success of the Ukrainian autumn counteroffensive meant there was little good news to talk about,…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 663

Russia has destroyed almost every building in easterm Ukranian city of Avdiivka, according to a new report

The Independent UK

UN expert expresses concern as Russian opposition leader Navalny disappears in prison system

The United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in Russia says she is concerned about imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

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