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Putin accuses West of plotting to kill Russian journalists

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said his main spy agency had foiled what he cast as a Western plot to kill a prominent Russian journalist.

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‘All I could do was film’: the making of a shocking movie on Alexei Navalny

In the eye-opening documentary Navalny, film-maker Daniel Roher was given unprecedented access to a Russian politician surviving an assassination attempt and a prison sentence

The Guardian - US

Putin’s key supporters are now playing a desperate face-saving game in Ukraine

Russia’s humiliated military and intelligence blocs know they have let their leader down, and need the war to go on, says political science expert Olga Chyzh

The Guardian - UK

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Vladimir Putin's rumoured purge over his disastrous war in Ukraine could show he fell into the 'dictator trap'

Nearly two months since he launched his invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is facing heavy troop losses, ruinous sanctions and rumours of purges and even a possible coup.

ABC News

Russian teacher rejected Kremlin propaganda, then paid the price

Teachers who disagree with the war are now joining the ranks of opposition activists, non-governmental organisation campaigners, and independent journalists

The Independent UK

Russian teacher rejected Kremlin propaganda, then paid the price

Days after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Andrei Shestakov opened a set of files in a WhatsApp group chat for history teachers like himself in his town in east Russia.

Reuters

Why does Russia keep poisoning people? The wild history of Moscow's chemical assassination plots

Billionaire Roman Abramovich is just the latest in a long line of people who suspect they may be the target of a Kremlin poison plot. Russia is well-practised in the art of chemical assassinations, but carrying out a murder using poison is inherently risky.

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North Lanarkshire Council urged to buy local in order to support economy

The Federation of Small Businesses insist extra £9m would be raised for local economy

Daily Record

Russian soldier admits shelling own country so they can blame Ukraine

In a telephone call, recently released by Ukrainian security services, what they claimed was a Russian soldier confessed to firing on his own country and blaming Ukraine for the attack

Daily Mirror

Putin's defence minister 'suffers huge heart attack not from natural causes'

Sergei Shoigu is allegedly 'out of the game' following the health emergency and 'could be left disabled' if he survives, according to Leonid Nevzlin.

Daily Record

Vladimir Putin's missing defence minister 'suffers heart attack not from natural causes'

Leonid Nevzlin, 62, an exiled prominent Russian businessman alleges Sergei Shoigu, could be left 'disabled if he survives' and is currently in intensive care

Daily Mirror

Belarus leader Lukashenko makes baseless claim UK responsible for Bucha atrocities

Lukashenko made the absurd accusation after Putin said images and footage of dead bodies were ‘fake’

The Independent UK

Furious Putin 'orders purge of 150 secret agents' after botched Ukraine invasion

The officers are said to be from the FSB security service, which is the successor to the KGB, with some removed while others were reportedly arrested

Daily Mirror

Lanarkshire roofing company who went extra mile for customers during lockdown wins big at Business Awards

DMG Services Group won the 'Start-Up Business of the Year' and 'Community' awards at a ceremony in Edinburgh

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Top Russian intelligence official 'moved to notorious jail' over Ukraine war failings

Col-General Sergei Beseda's case is being investigated by the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, said Russian intelligence expert Andrei Soldatov

Birmingham Post

Welsh finalists announced for FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2022

Finalists have been shortlisted because they are some of the Wales’ most exciting small businesses and self-employed workers

The Conversation

Ukraine war: inside the complex web of Russia's warring intelligence agencies

Russian intelligence chief Sergey Beseda and his deputy, Anatoly Bolyukh, were placed under house arrest on March 9. Beseda and Bolyukh oversaw the foreign intelligence branch of the FSB, which is the Russian security service. They were allegedly the main proponents of the assumption that Ukraine would swiftly collapse, which…

Daily Mirror

'Vladimir Putin's ex son-in-law is hiding my baby in Moscow', London socialite claims

Zhanna Volkova, a Russian celebrity who is now living in London, has claimed that Russian billionaire Kirill Shamalov, 40, is stopping her from seeing their child

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Putin's inner circle revealed - and how they could oust him from power in TWO YEARS

Experts suggest it is "highly likely" Vladimir Putin's cronies will stage a coup with attempts by soldiers or spies unlikely to succeed thanks to the huge amount of security around the Russian President

The Guardian - UK

Who has Putin’s ear? Inside the president’s inner circle

Western intelligence claim Russia’s leader is out of touch. But who has the upper hand in the Kremlin’s jostling factions – and is there a chance of a palace coup?

Birmingham Post

Tourism tax should be “off the table” during post-Covid recovery, says FSB Wales

FSB Wales made the call in its local government manifesto outlining a list of proposals ahead of the local elections

Insider UK

FSB says councils should buy local to deliver £140 million 'business boost'

Small business campaign group launches latest manifesto ahead of May's local authority elections

The Independent UK

Ukraine spy agency posts names and addresses of more than 620 ‘Russian agents working for the FSB’

Names, dates of birth, phone numbers and car number plates also posted in alleged breach of FSB security

Evening Standard

600 Russian ‘spies unmasked’ by Ukraine in embarrassing move for Putin

Ukraine has claimed to expose the identities of more than 600 alleged Russian spies in a move to embarrass Vladimir Putin, according to reports.

The Guardian - UK

A familiar plot but truth may never be known about latest ‘Russian poisoning’

Analysis: There is a murky history behind the apparent targeting of Roman Abramovich and two Ukrainian negotiators

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