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G7 agrees price cap on Russian oil to rein in runaway energy costs

Finance ministers of the G7 group of leading democracies have agreed a global price cap on Russian oil and petroleum products.

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin’s legs visibly twitch as he baffles schoolkids with comment about 'bums'

The President was visiting a group of pre-selected high-IQ students in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad after they spent two weeks in isolation when Covid-19 returned to the area

Daily Mirror

Heartbreaking attempt by teachers to decorate bomb shelters transformed into makeshift classrooms in Ukraine

Ukrainian teachers have taken to decorating bomb shelters as children return to school in the country. The war is still raging on, but brave teachers and pupils are continuing their education

Daily Mirror

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Unexpected Ukrainian resistance continues to thwart Russia's initial plans for quick, decisive victories

As Ukrainian forces fight a late-summer counterattack to wrest the southern province of Kherson from Russian control, Russian President Vladimir Putin is learning a lesson that many political leaders have learned before: War is often much longer and costlier than anticipated.

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Putin no-show at Gorbachev funeral sends deliberate message - veteran journalist

Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to stay away from the funeral on Saturday of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, sends a deliberate message that underlines his differing view of the world, one of Russia's most prominent journalists has said.

Reuters

Mikhail Gorbachev died 'bewildered and psychologically crushed' by Ukraine war

Mikhail Gorbachev died devastated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, his long-term friend and interpreter claims

Daily Mirror

Putin explains Russia's invasion of Ukraine to students

Russian president Vladimir Putin offered an explanation for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine to pupils he met on the first day of the new school year on Thursday.

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Liz Truss: Let’s unleash the power of London

Exclusive: Liz Truss promises bold action to boost economy and tackle crime

Evening Standard

Putin accused of brainwashing Russian children as he spouts Ukraine propaganda at school

Vladimir Putin continues to insist the war in Ukraine is justified. As the country ramps up its effort to make schools more patriotic, the Russian president visited pupils in Kaliningrad and repeated claims Ukraine should be part of Russia

Daily Mirror

Playful Putin giggles as he makes baffling bum joke to bemused high-IQ Russian kids

Vladimir Putin smirked and laughed as he compared dilligence to having a "rubber bum" in-front of high-IQ schoolchildren after they were isolated for two weeks due to Covid-19 in Kaliningrad, Russia

Daily Mirror

Editorial: The end of the end of the 20th century

Some would say the 20th century ended at Y2K — midnight on Jan. 1, 2000. Others would say that, as a historical phenomenon, it extended until the shock of Sept. 11, 2001. And others still might cite the Great Recession or even the election of Donald Trump as the real…

Tribune News Service

Russia's effort to break European energy unity seems to be failing — at least for now

One of the intended outcomes of Russia's war in Ukraine is to dissolve European unity on energy policy, analysts say, but the unity is so far holding firm.

WEKU

Putin’s stalled Ukraine war shows his army can’t conduct ‘large scale, complex operations,’ says UK

Vladimir Putin’s stalled invasion of Ukraine shows that his military has lost the ability to conduct “large scale, complex operations,” British defence chiefs said on Friday.

Evening Standard

Friday briefing: Flood-struck Pakistan begins its long road back from an ‘apocalyptic crisis’

In today’s newsletter: With 1,100 killed, 33 million displaced and devastation across the country, how will the country rebound?

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Why Gorbachev’s legacy still threatens Putin

Little remains of the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader and one of the greatest reformers in Russian history.

The Independent UK

US agents search properties linked to Russian oligarch

U.S. federal agents have simultaneously searched three properties linked to a billionaire Russian oligarch whose $120 million yacht was seized in April

Reuters

U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons inspections must resume before new arms talks, says U.S

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday it cannot hold talks with Moscow on a treaty to replace the last U.S.-Russian pact limiting strategic nuclear arms until inspections of the two countries' nuclear weapons sites, which are currently paused, resume.

Reuters

Putin pushes Kremlin-approved history as priority for Russian schools

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday stressed the importance of teaching a Kremlin-approved version of history, saying many children in eastern Ukraine did not know that Ukraine and Russia had once been part of the same country.

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The Independent UK

FBI agents search luxury US homes of Russian oligarch and Putin ally

Viktor Vekselberg had $90m superyacht seized by Spanish officials in April

Irish Mirror

Russian oil chief and critic of Putin's invasion dies after 'falling from hospital window'

Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Lukoil board called for the conflict to end as soon as possible, expressing its sympathy to victims of "this tragedy".

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: Ukraine launches major counteroffensive as Mikhail Gorbachev dies, opposing the war to the last

The death this week of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, who presided over its disintegration at the end of the 1980s, prompted an avalanche of tributes. These came mainly from outside Russia – where he was viewed with considerable ambivalence by much of the population who…

Reuters

Gorbachev died shocked and bewildered by Ukraine conflict - interpreter

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was shocked and bewildered by the Ukraine conflict in the months before he died and psychologically crushed in recent years by Moscow's worsening ties with Kyiv, his interpreter said on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Seven powerful Russian figures who have died since Vladimir Putin launched Ukraine invasion

A seventh Russian businessman died on Thursday after reportedly falling from his hospital window

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin visits Gorbachev's open casket as he denies him a state funeral

Vladimir Putin visited the coffin of recently deceased former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The pair were at odds, with Putin blaming him for the collapse of the vast Soviet empire

Daily Mirror

Russia and China launch major military show of strength against West with 50,000 troops

The aim of the Pacific exercises is to show the joint resolve of Russia and China to stand up to the West, while also including other “allies” such as India and Mongolia

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