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Russia Accuses British Diplomats Of Spying, Orders Expulsion

Russia accuses British diplomats of spying, leading to their expulsion amid tensions over Ukraine. Expulsions follow increased diplomatic tensions between ...

Keir Starmer meets with Joe Biden at White House as Putin warns Nato against letting Ukraine send long-range missiles – as it happened

Antony Blinken says new US sanctions against Russia are in response to Kremlin’s attempt to ‘subvert and polarize free and open societies’. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2024

Russia expels six British diplomats it accuses of spying and sabotage

‘Baseless’ expulsions come as Putin threatens West over Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles inside Russia

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024

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Britain slams Russian claims of six UK diplomats spying in Moscow as 'completely baseless'

The row comes as Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Washington for talks with Joe Biden

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2024

Freed Putin Critic Recounts 'Miracle' Release In Historic Swap

It has been around six weeks since Vladimir Kara-Murza swapped his prison long-johns and rubber flip flops for sharp suits, but the major opponent of the Kremlin says he is still adjusting to reality.

International Business Times · Sep 12, 2024

Why Russia is accusing its own scientists of treason

A prominent Russian scientist specialising in hypersonic technology has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of treason. His conviction is the latest in a series of arrests targeting researchers since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, in what experts are calling a politically motivated crackdown on…

France 24 · Sep 5, 2024

Ulez: Small businesses call on mayor for more support as London marks one year of expanded clean air zone

Almost £115million has been given to small businesses through the Ulez scrappage scheme - but firms say more help is needed

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2024

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Drug dealers to Putin critics: Behind Pavel Durov’s rare Telegram audience

Arrested in France, the Telegram boss has found widespread support that mirrors his app’s popularity across groups.

Al Jazeera · Aug 28, 2024

Durov: Mysterious And Controversial Telegram Founder

Still a few months shy of his 40th birthday, the man once dubbed the "Russian Zuckerberg" after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg now finds himself under arrest in France after being sensationally detained at a Paris airport this weekend.

Latin Times · Aug 26, 2024

Who is Pavel Durov? Billionaire founder of Telegram remains a mysterious figure

Once nicknamed the ‘Russian Zuckerberg’, Durov has boasted of being the biological father of more than 100 children

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2024

Durov: Mysterious And Controversial Telegram Founder

Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks as well as a cryptocurrency, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked horns with authorities not just in Russia but around the world.

International Business Times · Aug 25, 2024

On Ukraine’s third independence day at war, what does the future hold for its people? Our panel’s verdict

The Kursk offensive and Putin’s hubris give the country hope. But Ukrainians are under no illusion that peace will come soon, say Nataliya Gumenyuk and others

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024

Russia faces manpower woes after failing to stop Ukraine’s Kursk incursion

Ukraine has seized more Russian territory in two weeks than Russia has seized in Ukraine all year.

Al Jazeera · Aug 22, 2024

Ukraine puts ‘pressure on the aggressor’, catches Russia off-guard in Kursk

President Putin and his officials appeared unprepared for Ukraine’s daring invasion.

Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2024

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The Conversation · Aug 15, 2024

Was Ukraine’s incursion of Russia a tactical stroke of genius? It sent a strong message to Putin – and the West

Ukrainians have long become used to grim news reports from their besieged lands. But that’s suddenly changed. Following its remarkably successful incursion of Russia’s Kursk region, cheerful Ukrainian journalists are now covering the war from captured Russian territory.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2024

Russian authorities scramble to quell Ukraine’s week-long Kursk incursion

Confused messaging from leaders as Kremlin attempts to play down significance of events

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2024

Ukraine 'drones' blitz second Putin airbase to destroy Russian bomber and fighter planes

Russian governor of Lipetsk region said ‘massive attack’ by Ukrainian drones caused explosions at airfield

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024

Freed prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza: I told the Russians ‘I’ll be back sooner than you think’

Dissident says his removal from Russia was illegal and that he will return to his motherland soon

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024

Russian prisoner swap deal was to have included Alexei Navalny

Negotiations, which began months earlier, originally included release of late opposition leader

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap

While there is only one known assassin among them, all of the Russians exchanged in Thursday’s trade have unique, and in most cases, quite surreal, backstories, reports Justin Rohrlich

International Business Times · Aug 2, 2024

How Putin Might Gain Or Lose From The Prisoner Swap

When eight Russian citizens including a convicted hitman touched down in Moscow on Thursday in a historic prisoner swap with the West, President Vladimir Putin greeted them like heroes.

France 24 · Aug 2, 2024

FSB and sleeper agents among the Russians freed in prisoner swap

Members of Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, and sleeper agents living abroad were among those freed in a multinational prisoner swap on Thursday. The children of deep-cover agents posing as Argentinian expats in Slovenia were not even aware of their Russian heritage until they were transported to Moscow along…

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024

Kremlin acknowledges intelligence operatives among the Russians who were freed in swap

New details have emerged on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West were from its security services

Russian Prisoner Swap Planes Land In Germany And Poland

Planes land in Germany and Poland for high-profile Russian prisoner swap involving former FSB colonel and release of German citizens.

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024

Inside the secret talks behind the biggest US-Russia prisoner swap since end of Cold War

The behind-the-scenes operation was documented meticulously by the Wall Street Journal, which has been unable to reveal its secrets until now

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