REVEALED: 10 | Vintage Vibes

Yevgeny Prigozhin and the other Kremlin contenders who could replace Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin’s disastrous military defeats, his nuclear sabre-rattling and his endless raising of the stakes in Ukraine have forced even staunch pro-Kremlin commentators to question his decisions. 

The Week · Jun 27, 2023

Repressive Belarus an awkward landing place for rebellious Russian mercenary boss

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was notorious for unbridled and profane challenges to authority even before the attempted rebellion that he mounted Saturday

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2023

World on brink of catastrophe if Wagner gets nuclear weapons, Vladimir Putin ally says

Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would never allow Wagner's 'crazy criminals' to succeed, prior to the mercenary group's dramatic U-turn on Sunday

Daily Mirror · Jun 25, 2023

How Dmitry Medvedev went from being Russia’s president to Vladimir Putin’s attack dog

Outlandish threats to bomb the German parliament, kill British politicians and bring about ‘nuclear apocalypse’ seem to be keeping Putin happy – but is anyone outside Russia actually listening? Arpan Rai reports

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023

Bakhmut falls silent as Russia and Ukraine trade air raids

Silence proves worse than the noise of battle for Russian morale as Ukraine appears to attack Russia.

Al Jazeera · May 31, 2023

Russia not planning to declare martial law after Moscow drone attacks, says Kremlin

Putin appears to play down incident despite calls to declare state of war and ‘mobilise the whole of society’

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2023

Key Putin ally says assassinating Brits is 'legitimate' in 'undeclared war'

Dmitry Medvedev - now deputy chairman of Vladimir Putin's security council - branded Britain an "eternal enemy" of the Russian state and said officials are a "legitimate military target"

Daily Mirror · May 31, 2023

Russia’s Medvedev says UK officials are ‘legitimate military targets’

The former Russian president said the UK was his county’s ‘eternal enemy’ and was behind an ‘undeclared war’ against Moscow.

Evening Standard · May 31, 2023

UK officials 'legitimate targets' in war on Ukraine, top Putin ally claims

UK officials are a “legitimate military target” because of the UK’s support for Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has claimed…

The National (Scotland) · May 31, 2023

Russia’s former president says UK officials are ‘legitimate military targets’

The former Russian president said the UK was his county’s ‘eternal enemy’ and was behind an ‘undeclared war’ against Moscow.

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023