Russia to put nukes near Belarus' western border, envoy says Russia's ambassador to Belarus says that Moscow will deploy tactical nuclear weapons close to Belarus’ border with NATO neighbors The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2023
St Petersburg explosion: Putin fan pays tribute to 'saint' blogger killed in blast Putin supporter Alexander Dugin, whose own daughter was killed in a bombing, spoke out about this afternoon's explosion in St Petersburg which killed Vladlen Tatarsky Daily Mirror · Apr 2, 2023
Russia pro-war blogger ‘killed in explosion in St Petersburg’ Russian news agency reports Vladlen Tatarsky died in blast that also injured at least 16 people The Guardian - AU · Apr 2, 2023
St Petersburg explosion: Pro-Putin military blogger's last post before dying in blast Russian Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, was killed in an explosion in St Petersburg earlier today amid reports a bomb was hidden in a gift he received moments before Daily Mirror · Apr 2, 2023
Russian pro-war military blogger killed in blast at St Petersburg cafe Vladlen Tatarsky, who had over 560,000 followers on Telegram, died in explosion that is being investigated as murder The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023
Sergei Roldugin, the cellist who looks after Putin’s fortune A Swiss court this week convicted four Russian bankers for allowing Sergei Roldugin to deposit tens of millions of euros in bank accounts – colossal sums for a man who is, officially, a professional cellist. But it has long been suspected that Roldugin is tasked with looking after the enormous… France 24 · Apr 2, 2023
Secret KGB academy near Moscow trained up young men and women to seduce Brit diplomats The KGB's top-secret facility in Kazan, east of Moscow, targeted young men and women from impoverished parts of Russia and trained them in Marxism, spycraft and seduction Daily Mirror · Apr 2, 2023
‘Stand-up’ for Ukraine: Coping through comedy in the face of war In Berlin, comedians from Ukraine and Russia share the same stage as an outlet for their grief and anger about the war. Al Jazeera · Apr 2, 2023
Brit student's ingenious invention helping bombed-out Ukrainians stay warm Engineer Harry Blakiston Houston created the Insulate Ukraine project to replace bullet and bomb-damaged windows with plastic ones of his own design, pausing his studies to concentrate on the initiative Daily Mirror · Apr 2, 2023
Trump Doubles Down On Ending Russia-Ukraine War In 24 Hours And Won’t Reveal Plan To Prevent War Former President Trump is one of the leading candidates in the still-forming 2024 presidential race as he plans to prevent war Zenger · Apr 2, 2023
Mikhail Shishkin: ‘The main enemy of Russian culture is the Russian regime’ The revered Russian writer and Putin critic on how the war in Ukraine has divided his nation, and why culture is the only cure The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023
‘My country has fallen out of time’: Russian author Mikhail Shishkin’s letter to an unknown Ukrainian A year after Putin’s invasion, the award-winning novelist reflects on the silence of his compatriots, the betrayal of his mother tongue, and his hopes for the future The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023
War-crimes warrant for Putin could complicate Ukraine peace An international arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin raises the prospect of justice for the man whose country invaded Ukraine but complicates efforts to end that war in peace talks The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2023
Russia, Belarus celebrate ‘unity’ as war grinds on in Ukraine The ex-Soviet allies have grown closer and Lukashenko’s dalliances with the West appear to be over, say analysts. Al Jazeera · Apr 2, 2023
Daily Mirror · Apr 1, 2023 Russian commander faces being sent to Ukraine front after bed video with two naked women The hapless platoon leader may have to swap his blonde bombshells for incoming artillery fire as furious army bosses are reportedly threatening to send him off to the war in Ukraine
ABC News · Apr 1, 2023 This woman could have stopped Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine. Now she's in exile and a jail sentence awaits her in Belarus From exile, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya campaigns against Alexander Lukashenko, and says the Belarusian dictator has an achilles heel that could bring victory to Ukraine against Russia.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 1, 2023 Outrage as Moscow takes presidency of UN security council – as it happened Top Ukrainian official criticises the ‘symbolic blow’ of Russia assuming the rotating presidency
The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2023 Russia’s presidency of UN security council a ‘symbolic blow’, says Ukraine The last time Moscow held the post was in February 2022, when its troops launched invasion of Ukraine
The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2023 Andrew Marr: ‘I’ve had an incredibly good decade since my stroke’ The journalist, 63, on his excellent recovery, Maoist youth and the increasing mendacity of politicians
Daily Mirror · Apr 1, 2023 Killer who died fighting for Putin buried 'with honours' as Wagner recruits on porn site Child murderer Vladimir Shestakov, 42, who had been serving an 18-year jail sentence, was enlisted into the shady Wagner Company militia to fight for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine
Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2023 Russian general ‘pushing the limits’ of how far Putin will tolerate failure in Ukraine, says UK General Valery Gerasimov, the Russian Chief of the General Staff (CGS), took personal command of the military operation on January 11, 2023
The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war: Will there be a spring counteroffensive? Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a new phase in the coming weeks
Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2023 Global network aims to sue Wagner as a ‘terrorist’ organisation Ukrainians in exile are mobilising an army of lawyers to seize Wagner’s assets and hobble Russia’s ability to wage war.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 1, 2023 Türkiye Becomes Last NATO Nation to Ratify Finland Membership Türkiye on Thursday became the final NATO nation to ratify Finland's membership of the US-led defense alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers unanimously backed the Nordic country's accession two weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly blessed the bid. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the ratification,…
Reuters · Apr 1, 2023 Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Huge blaze injures 34 in latest wave of Russian strikes Russia unleashed a fresh volley of missiles on Ukraine overnight, causing huge blazes in an eastern city, damaging dozens of homes and wounding at least 34 people.