The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

UN rights body rejects Western bid to debate Xinjiang abuses

In a close diplomatic victory for China, the U.N.’s top human rights body has voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to hold a debate on alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Ukraine war: how the Biden administration is responding to Putin's threats to go nuclear

Joe Biden has warned that any use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine by Russia could lead to “Armageddon”. Speaking at a Democratic fundraising event in New York on October 6, the US president said the crisis was the closest the world had come to nuclear catastrophe for sixty years.

The Conversation · Oct 6, 2022

Moscow denies 700,000 have fled since Putin’s call-up order – but does not have ‘exact figure’

‘I don’t think those numbers should be taken seriously,’ says Kremlin spokesperson

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Ukraine accuses Russia of 'nuclear blackmail' over Zaporizhzhia plant

By Stefica Nicol Bikes

Reuters · Oct 6, 2022

Putin: Russia expects sanctions pressure to increase

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that consumer demand remained weak and that he expected sanctions pressure on the Russian economy to intensify, in televised remarks from a meeting with government officials.

Reuters · Oct 6, 2022

Russians forced to go to war rise up in revolt after being treated like 'cattle'

The footage shows the new Russian conscripts complaining about their treatment and lack of training as they are moved by train in 'brutal and appalling' conditions after being mobilised by Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022

The killing of Russia's Dugina: who did it?

Darya Dugina, the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist ideologue, was killed on Aug. 20 when a car bomb ripped through the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving.

Reuters · Oct 6, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praises Australia's Bushmaster vehicles, calls for coordinated action at UN to rebuke Russia's annexation

In an address to the Lowy Institute on Thursday evening, Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlines three main ways Australia can continue to support Ukraine as it fights off a Russian invasion.

ABC News · Oct 6, 2022

Where have Russians been fleeing to since mobilisation began?

Russians have piled across the border to neighbouring states since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation on Sept. 21 for the war in Ukraine.

Reuters · Oct 6, 2022

First Thing: Biden administration angered by Opec+ oil output cut

Senior figures see decision as slight on US and sign that oil producers’ club is aligning with Russia. Plus, can brown noise help you concentrate?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022