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Putin pays tribute to ‘dear friend’ Berlusconi

Berlusconi, 86, died at a Milan hospital after suffering from leukaemia and developing a lung infection.

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

Adored, scorned, impossible to ignore in life, Berlusconi in death draws tributes even from critics

Adored, scorned, impossible to ignore in life, Silvio Berlusconi in death drew tributes even from critics, and ever more lush praise from admirers, including Russian President Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

Berlusconi’s death poses challenge for his party and for Meloni

Italian PM needs a stable Forza Italia but without its longtime leader there are questions over its survival

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023

Counteroffensive fighting 'tough', but Ukraine 'moving forward', says Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that fighting in a long-awaited offensive against Russian forces was "tough" but claimed Kyiv was "moving forward." Kyiv on Monday said it had wrested seven villages in eastern and southern Ukraine from Russian forces since the weekend. The claims could not be independently verified.…

France 24 · Jun 12, 2023

Kim Jong-un ‘holds hands’ with Vladimir Putin as Russia-North Korea ties deepen

In a message to mark Russia’s national day, Kim pledged his regime’s ‘full support’ to Moscow

The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2023

Number of nuclear weapons held by major powers rising, says thinktank

There are now an estimated 12,512 warheads across the globe, with most of the new ones in military stockpiles said to be China’s

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023

Musician Travis Leake spoke up about freedom of speech in Russia with Anthony Bourdain in 2014. Now he’s been detained

Russia has a history of arresting Americans to be used as political leverage against the US, Gustaf Kilander reports

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2023

The Guardian view on the Arctic: threatened by Putin’s war

Editorial: Geopolitical fallout from the conflict in Ukraine is threatening an environmentally crucial region

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023

South Africa may seek way out of hosting Brics summit over Putin arrest

Pretoria would be required to arrest Putin if he attended and send him to The Hague for trial on war crimes charges

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023

Ukraine says it recaptured a village; Russia insists it is repelling attacks

Ukraine’s military on Sunday reported recapturing a village in the southeast of the country amid Russian claims of repelling multiple attacks in the area, the latest indication that a highly anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive might be underway even as officials in Kyiv stop short of publicly acknowledging it

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2023