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The Guardian
A Life in Fragments by Marina Litvinenko review – intimate testimony of Putin’s poisonous regime
The wife of murdered Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko rages against Putin’s state, in a moving memoir of life in exile, love and loss Among the many images of violence that m
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The Guardian
UK apologises to Ukrainian child refugees who were told to study Russian
Exclusive: Schools minister launches new Ukrainian GCSE and says she is sorry students were pushed to study Russian in its absence The UK has apologised to Ukrainian child refugees
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The Guardian
‘We are a threat to Putin’: the small Norwegian news outlet with half its staff on Russia’s wanted list
Exiled journalists at the Barents Observer face growing intimidation as Moscow seeks to control media beyond its borders The official newspaper of the Russian government is an unli
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Ukraine war: Merz doubts Russia is serious about a truce
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin. Both leaders said the EU needs to be included in peace talks with Russia. Merz also expressed doubts that R
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The Guardian
Canada joins coalition refusing to play ice hockey against Russia over Ukraine war
Growing number of countries are resisting Russia’s reintegration into international hockey after a sports court lifted a ban on competition Canada has joined a coalition of countri
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BBC
G20 'family photo' cancelled after protests over presence of Russian minister
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confronted his Russian counterpart at the meeting and accused his government of killing innocent civilians in Ukraine.
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Sky News
G20 photocall axed after Miliband and other ministers refuse to be pictured with top Russian diplomat
A photocall of foreign ministers was cancelled by the US after the UK's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and other European counterparts refused to be pictured with Russia's envoy Ser
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Cyprus: From ties with Russia to a strategic alignment with the US
The Republic of Cyprus long balanced ties between Russia and the West. Now, it is phasing out Russian weapons, expanding defense cooperation with the United States and redefining i
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Western Sahara: UN Confirms Start of Process to Wind Up Western Sahara Mission
[RFI] The United Nations confirmed it had begun the process to end its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara after Russia and the United States vetoed each other's draft resolutio
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New York Times
Poland Beefs Up Security at Border With Russia
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there had been “disturbing movement” in Kaliningrad, a Russian region just north of Poland.
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BBC
Why a US-Russia showdown left Morocco celebrating
An impasse between the US and Russia at the UN means its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara has ended after 35 years.
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Sky News
British troops will be allowed to fire at Russian forces if attacked during multinational mission
British troops will be allowed to fire back at Russian forces if attacked as part of a multinational mission to secure any future peace in Ukraine, Western officials have said.
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New York Times
Russian Strike on Ukraine Humanitarian Hub Kills Dozens
The strike in the Zaporizhzhia region came a day after a brief humanitarian truce ended in neighboring Kherson.
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BBC
What we know about the alert app hack in Ukraine and Russia
Both Ukraine and Russia say their air raid alert apps were cyber-attacked - Joe Tidy explains what we know so far.
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