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Inside 'Paranoid' Vladimir Putin's High-Security Fortress: Decoy Offices and Air Defences Guard the Russian Leader

Explore the heightened security measures at Putin's Novo-Ogaryovo estate amid assassination fears, drawing parallels to Khamenei's recent death.

International Business Times UK

Nathan Gill’s sentencing raises fresh questions over European lawmakers’ Kremlin ties

A former British MEP has been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for taking bribes in exchange for Russia-friendly posturing in the European Parliament. The sentence comes as scrutiny of European lawmakers’ ties to the Kremlin intensifies.

Euronews

Putin dismisses fears that Moscow plans to attack Nato as ‘nonsense’

During speech in Sochi, Russian president also strikes conciliatory note towards Donald Trump

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine war briefing: Top Trump aide accuses India of financing Russian war by buying oil

Stephen Miller says it’s astonishing that ‘India is basically tied with China in purchasing Russian oil’; 120 firefighters needed to put out blaze at Sochi oil depot. What we know on day 1,258

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,257

Here are the key events on day 1,257 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian drone attack sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at an oil refinery in Sochi, Russia.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian attack sparks blaze at Russian oil depot as countries trade strikes

Video shows black smoke pouring from facility in Sochi, while Russian attack on Mykolaiv wounds seven people

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Ukrainian Drones Spark Fire At Sochi Oil Depot

An Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in Sochi, the Russian resort that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympic which is 400 kilometres (250 miles) from the Ukrainian border, authorities said Sunday.

International Business Times

Russian missile and drone strikes injure at least 18 across Ukraine

Russian missile strikes on Mykolaiv injured seven people, while Ukraine's air force intercepted 60 drones. Ukrainian forces hit an oil depot in Russia's Sochi.

Euronews

Who slept worst last night: Lando Norris

What on earth was Lando Norris thinking? The way he collided with Oscar Piastri on lap 67 of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix looked, frankly, amateurish. The McLaren driver saw a gap nobody else did – because it wasn’t there – and drove straight into the back of his own team-mate. My…

Motorsport

5 leading British hopes to deliver Winter Olympic medal haul at Milan Cortina

A look at the best hopes to emulate the team’s record-breaking five medals in Sochi and Pyeongchang.

The Independent UK

Russia hosts African ministers to expand ties

Russia has opened the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in the city of Sochi, seeking to deepen ties with African nations and dispel a notion that it’s isolated by Western sanctions

The Independent UK

Watch live: Putin delivers keynote speech at Valdai forum as UK announces 56 new Russian sanctions

Watch live as Vladimir Putin delivers a keynote speech at the Valdai forum in Sochi on Thursday (7 November), as the UK announced 56 new Russian sanctions.

The Independent UK

Putin said to have demolished holiday home out of fear for his life as Ukraine strikes region

Putin stopped visiting one of his favourite homes due to intensified Ukrainian drone strikes, Russian opposition outlet claims

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The Independent UK

Russian media throw shade at Paris Olympics, which TV won't show

Watching the Paris Olympics will be difficult for most people in Russia, and in the view of local media it’s not really worth the effort

The Independent UK

Sochi fuel depot goes up in flames in suspected first drone strike on Putin’s summer resort town

Telegram channel related to Russia’s security services claims cause behind fire in Sochi was a ‘drone attack’

The Guardian - UK

Belarus leader proposes three-way partnership with Russia and North Korea

Alexander Lukashenko put forward axis plan during summit with Vladimir Putin in Sochi as rumours of arms deal persist

Radio France Internationale

West looks on as Turkey-Russia relations deepen following Sochi summit

Recent tensions in relations between Ankara and Moscow had stoked hopes among Turkey's Western allies of a rupture in the close relationship. But a summit on Monday between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may have dashed those hopes, as they committed themselves to deepening…

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Turkey has failed to persuade Russia to rejoin the Ukraine grain deal

In talks in Sochi, Russia, President Vladimir Putin rejected efforts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to revive a United Nations-backed deal to allow the safe passage of grain from Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Erdogan visits Putin in Russia’s Sochi in bid to revive Ukraine grain deal

Putin says the deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain will not be restored until the West lifts embargo on Russia.

The Guardian - AU

Putin says no grain deal until west meets obligations; Kyiv reports advances in east and south – as it happened

Russian president says the Black Sea grain deal will not be restored until restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products are lifted

Al Jazeera

What’s at stake in the upcoming Erdogan-Putin meeting?

Monday’s meeting in Sochi comes amid international efforts to patch up the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

Daily Mirror

Believers in 'eating sunlight' see their newborn child die of 'prolonged starvation'

The Russian Investigative Committee is examining the circumstances of the child’s tragic death near the Black Sea resort city of Sochi and a criminal case has been launched

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's rumoured lover dances in Russia as missiles rain down on Ukraine

New video footage shows Alina Kabaeva, a former rhythmic gymnastics Olympic gold medal winner, dancing at the Sirius training complex in Black Sea resort Sochi, where she is based

Daily Mirror

Eagle-eyed critics spot Putin's 'girlfriend' with 'Z' brooch signalling support for war

In a rare public appearance at a new gymnastics training centre in Sochi, former Olympian Alina Kabaeva made it clear that she supports her long-rumoured partner's brutal invasion

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