US will sanction Russian and Iranian intelligence officials for hostage-taking, White House says The new sanctions target officials responsible for the arrest and wrongful detention of US nationals The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023
China and Russia sign deal on maritime law enforcement as military build-up intensifies in Arctic China and Russia have signed an agreement to work together in maritime law enforcement following a meeting that took place in a Russian city inside the Arctic Circle, not far from the border with new Nato member Finland. Bangkok Post · Apr 27, 2023
The enemy within? Ukraine’s Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church faces scrutiny Church alleged to be arm of the Kremlin – disguising Russian propaganda as religious teachings The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2023
Moscow court rejects appeal from cafe bombing suspect A Russian court has rejected an appeal from a suspect in a bombing that killed a well-known Russian military blogger The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
St Petersburg bomber seen languishing in jail after blast killed Russian blogger The husband of Daria Trepova, 26, says she's been framed and that he is "completely sure" she would never have been able to do something like that in Russia on her own Daily Mirror · Apr 24, 2023
Journalists who have worked in Moscow call for release of Evan Gershkovich More than 300 journalists write to Russia that arrest sends ‘dangerous signal’ about attitude to journalism The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023
Putin struggling to ‘maintain narrative used to justify the war’, says UK Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has questioned if they are any Nazi’s in Ukraine, the MoD said The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2023
Five people sanctioned over imprisonment of British-Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for 25 years on Monday in a process the UK says breached his human rights. The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023
Vladimir Putin suffers breakdown after changing cancer medicine, Kremlin source claims Rumours of Vladimir Putin suffering a temporary "nervous breakdown" came amid speculation he used a body double to represent him while visiting high-ranking Russian generals in Ukraine Daily Mirror · Apr 20, 2023
Kremlin’s foreign minister to meet UN secretary general; US considering ban on exports to Russia – as it happened Sergei Lavrov to meet António Guterres on Monday; US to discuss export ban at G7 leaders’ summit The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2023
St. Louis Black empowerment activists charged with role in Russian propaganda scheme ST. LOUIS — A federal indictment claims three activists behind a St. Louis Black empowerment group took part in a yearslong Russian "agitation and propaganda" campaign to sow dissent in the United States. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 20, 2023
Russia's legal interpretation of 'espionage' has broadened since the Soviet era – as the case of Evan Gershkovich shows The case of Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, who on April 18, 2023, saw his appeal against investigative detention on spying charges turned down by a Russian court, has echoes of an earlier era. Not since the Cold War, the Kremlin noted, has an American journalist been charged with… The Conversation · Apr 19, 2023
Russian hackers want to ‘disrupt or destroy’ UK infrastructure, minister warns Cabinet Office secretary, Oliver Dowden, to issue national alert and urge companies to boost cybersecurity The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023
US charges Russians, Americans for ‘malign’ influence campaign Washington accuses Russian agents of trying to exert influence through small US groups and interfering in local vote. Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2023
Reuters · Apr 18, 2023 U.S. issues fresh charges over alleged Moscow influence campaign The U.S. Justice Department announced new charges on Tuesday against four Americans in Florida and three Russians for allegedly working on behalf of Moscow "to conduct a multi-year foreign malign influence campaign in the United States."
Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2023 Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter accused by Russia of espionage appears in court Evan Gershkovic, who is being held in a former KGB prison in Moscow accused of collecting state secrets, had an appeal against his detention refused on Tuesday
Reuters · Apr 17, 2023 Russian court rejects US reporter Gershkovich's detention appeal A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to be freed from pre-trial detention, meaning he will stay in a former KGB prison until at least May 29 while a spying case against him is investigated.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 More than 1m UK small businesses ‘trapped in high-cost energy tariffs’ Trade groups say many firms had to renew contracts at market peak in ‘biggest mis-selling scandal since PPI’
The Guardian - US · Apr 13, 2023 Pentagon leaks: US air national guardsman, 21, identified as suspect Jack Teixeira led Thug Shaker Central online group and is facing arrest in Massachusetts, say reports
The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023 Russia identifies Ukrainian suspect in war blogger's killing Russia’s top security agency has accused a Ukrainian man of involvement in a bombing that killed a well-known Russian military blogger at a St. Petersburg cafe
Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023 Anti-war Russians fleeing home are finding their way to Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS — One wintry day, a new Russian immigrant named Artem came to the Minnesota State Capitol to protest the war in Ukraine. Then a police siren sounded afar, and he grew fearful.
The Conversation · Apr 11, 2023 Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter latest in long line of journalists punished for doing their job For the first time since the cold war, Moscow has accused a US journalist of espionage. Evan Gershkovich, a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg on March 29 by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The reporter, a Russia specialist, insists he was there to report on…
The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023 Pentagon military documents leak may have started in gamer chatroom Documents first circulated in January before being shared with wider group in March
Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 11, 2023 U.S. finds Wall Street Journal reporter in Russia is being wrongfully detained A dedicated State Department agency will now take the lead in securing the release of the reporter, who was arrested March 29 on espionage charges.
The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2023 Leaked documents may have origin in chatroom for gamers A major leak of classified U.S. documents that’s shaken Washington and exposed new details of its intelligence gathering may have started in a chatroom on a social media platform popular with gamers