MYSTERIOUS: 7 - What They Never Told You

Donald Trump insists a ‘strongman’ leader will help America. My new book explains why he’s wrong

It is well known former US President Donald Trump admires the power strongman leaders wield.

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2024

Navalny ally calls on West to invest in Russia’s next generation to beat Putin

Exclusive: Leonid Volkov tells The Independent’s Tom Watling: ‘The vast majority of anti-Putin, anti-war, opposition-minded Russians are still inside the country, and they’re not changing their minds’

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2024

Exiled Russian Dissidents In Germany Get Rare Boost From Freed Activists

Not long after Russian dissident Ilya Yashin was freed in a major prisoner swap with the West, he received a hero's welcome in Berlin, a growing centre for exiled Russian activists.

International Business Times · Sep 13, 2024

Durov's Telegram: 'Weapon Of War' Under Increased Scrutiny

The arrest of maverick entrepreneur Pavel Durov has drawn global attention to the importance of his messaging app Telegram for Russian troops and propagandists as Moscow's war against Ukraine grinds into its third year.

International Business Times · Aug 27, 2024

Russia's top court extends detention for Navalny's lawyers, pending trial on extremism charges

Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled to extend the pre-trial detention of three lawyers who once represented Russia’s slain opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and are now facing charges of extremism

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024

Writer and Russia critic Masha Gessen claims Australia has ‘functionally denied’ them a visa

Prominent US-based journalist says ‘I am shocked the first allies the Russians have found in this quest to constrain me are the Australian authorities

The Guardian - AU · Aug 19, 2024

Russia-Ukraine war: key bridges destroyed in Kursk as Ukraine ‘leaves trail of destruction’ – as it happened

AP reporters in Kursk describe the scene; Russia’s foreign ministry says Ukraine likely used US-made rockets to destroy a bridge

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024

Ukraine war briefing: Russian troops advancing ‘at fast pace’ on key eastern city of Pokrovsk

Authorities urge civilians to flee as Russians advance on city whose capture would compromise Ukraine’s defensive abilities. What we know on day 906

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2024

Russian Authorities Refuse Criminal Investigation Into Navalny's Death

Russian authorities decline to investigate Alexei Navalny's death, widow disputes official cause, sparking renewed scrutiny.

Top News · Aug 15, 2024

Russian authorities refuse to open criminal investigation into Navalny's death, his widow says

Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia says Russian authorities have refused to open a criminal investigation into the death of her opposition leader husband

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024