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Russia warns of nuclear weapons in Baltic if Sweden and Finland join Nato

Lithuania plays down threat, claiming Russians already have such weapons in Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad

The Guardian - UK

Russia warns Nato over Sweden and Finland membership

Russia will deploy nuclear weapons in the Baltic region if Finland and Sweden join Nato, one of Vladimir Putin’s most senior allies has warned.

Evening Standard

Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO

One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned NATO on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led military alliance then Russia would deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles in a European exclave.

Reuters

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Russia warns that Sweden and Finland joining Nato would end ‘nuclear-free Baltics’

Helsinki promises decision about whether to apply to join alliance within weeks, while Stockholm is also reviewing its security policy

The Independent UK

Ukraine's detention of oligarch close to Putin angers Moscow

The detention of fugitive Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, the former leader of a pro-Russian opposition party and a close associate of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has been met with enthusiasm in Kyiv and irritation in Moscow

The Independent UK

Russia tells Ukraine to 'watch out' after it captures pro-Kremlin politician

Russia on Wednesday told Ukraine to "watch out" after its former Soviet neighbour captured pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk, turning down Kyiv's offer of a swap with a warning that those holding him might soon be detained themselves.

Reuters

Poland-Ukraine ties seen as target of Russian disinformation

Polish and Ukrainian authorities have for years accused Russia of trying to provoke hostility between their neighboring nations as part of a broader effort to divide and destabilize the West

The Independent UK

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Understanding Vladimir Putin, the man who fooled the world

The Russian president has always shown us exactly who he is. So why did it take the invasion of Ukraine for us to believe him?

The Guardian - UK

Putin attends funeral as guard holds suspected nuclear briefcase amid assassination fears

Mourners at the Cathedral in Moscow were cleared out as Vladimir Putin paid his respects - while a man close to him was seen in a suit carrying what appeared to be the Russian nuclear briefcase

Daily Mirror

Fears genocidal language in Russian media may prompt more war crimes

State news agency publishes article decrying ‘Ukrainianism’ as an ‘artificial anti-Russian construct with no civilisational substance’

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin 'wants to build pro-Russia empire from Vladivostok to Portugal', warns security expert

Dmitry Medvedev also said Putin's "special military operation" in Ukraine was undertaken in a bid to "demilitarise" and "de-Nazify" the country

Irish Mirror

Putin adviser promises legal action against attempts to seize Russian assets

Ex-president Dmitry Medvedev says businesses subject to sanctions will take action in international courts

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin 'wants to build pro-Russia empire from Vladivostok to Portugal'

World leaders are calling for President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes but experts are concerned these horrors could continue as the despot pushes forward with a grander plan to build a sprawling empire

Daily Mirror

Putin ally Medvedev vows international legal battle over property seizures

(Corrects Medvedev's title in paragraph 2 to deputy chairman ..not.. deputy secretary)

Reuters

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Al Jazeera

Putin’s Russia: From a ‘great power’ to a ‘pariah state’

Will the invasion of Ukraine prove to be the Russian president’s undoing?

France 24

Zelensky tells UN that Russia must be expelled from Security Council

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the UN Security Council to expel Russia “so it cannot block decisions about its own war” during a video address to a meeting of the council on Tuesday. Zelensky also said that Russian forces have committed “the most terrible war crimes” since World War II…

Reuters

Moscow warns of' symmetrical' response to Western countries' expulsion of Russian diplomats

Russia will respond proportionately to the expulsion of its diplomats from a number of Western countries, Russian ex-president and deputy head of security council Dmitry Medvedev said late on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

All Russia’s Big Exports Could Soon Be in Roubles, Kremlin Signals

The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday that all of Russia's energy and commodity exports could be priced in roubles, toughening President Vladimir Putin's attempt to make the West feel the pain of the sanctions it imposed for the invasion of Ukraine. With Russia's economy facing its gravest crisis since the 1991…

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All Russia's big exports could soon be in roubles, Kremlin signals

Axios

Kremlin official says Russia will only use nuclear arms if its existence is threatened

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said this week that Russia reserved the right to use nuclear weapons.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin Says Biden's Remark on the End of Putin Is 'Alarming'

The Kremlin said on Monday that US President Joe Biden's remark that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" was a cause for alarm, a guarded response to the first public call from the United States for an end to Putin's 22-year rule. "For God's sake, this man cannot remain in…

Reuters

Kremlin says Biden's remark on the end of Putin is 'alarming'

The Kremlin said on Monday that U.S. President Joe Biden's remark that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" was a cause for alarm, a guarded response to the first public call from the United States for an end to Putin's 22-year rule.

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy promises to work for new sanctions against Russia – as it happened

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says new round of negotiations ahead but that deal would have to be subject to referendum; Joe Biden rejects suggestion he was calling for regime change in Moscow

The Guardian - UK

Biden: ‘butcher’ Putin cannot be allowed to stay in power

West must prepare for a long fight ahead, president says, as Russian missiles hit Lviv in act of defiance

The Guardian - UK

Russia reasserts right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Senior politician Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow’s nuclear doctrine does not require enemy state to use such weapons first

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