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Explainer-Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Russia?

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens imprisoned by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

Reuters

Arms dealer ‘100% sure’ Russian agents behind blast at Bulgarian depot

Emilian Gebrev says explosion on Sunday is latest of repeated attacks against him by GRU operatives

The Guardian - UK

Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Moscow?

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens detained by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

Reuters

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Vladimir Putin's Russian troops 'booby-trapped' beaten dog with bomb in terror bid

Russian special forces attached the explosive to a wounded dog in a heartless bid to strike terror in a Ukrainian town they left months ago

Daily Mirror

Terror expert claims Scotland at risk of chemical attacks by Vladimir Putin

Graham Yuill, a writer from Glasgow, says he understands from a "reliable source" that bases in Fife, Scotstoun and Govan could be targeted.

Daily Record

Up to 40 Russian spies are working undercover in Ireland and hiding in general population

One senior source told the Mirror that Russia had spent years building up its intelligence assets in Ireland

Irish Mirror

Unmasked Russian military spy who targeted the International Criminal Court claims to have studied at Trinity college

Dutch intelligence services yesterday took the unusual step of naming and shaming the man they said was a Russian who was claiming to be a Brazilian

Irish Mirror

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Russia’s ‘illegals’: the deep-cover spies who can be both clumsy and dangerous

An attempt to infiltrate the ICC draws attention to a scheme launched in the cold war era, active from New York to Salisbury

The Guardian - UK

Russian spy tried to infiltrate war crimes court, claims Dutch intelligence

Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov tried to enter the Netherlands as a Brazilian national

The Independent UK

Netherlands says Russian spy caught seeking war crimes court internship

The Dutch intelligence service said on Thursday it had uncovered a Russian military agent attempting to use a false identity to infiltrate the International Criminal Court (ICC) which is investigating accusations of war crimes in Ukraine.

Reuters

Coup against Vladimir Putin 'possible' as senior officials believe 'war is lost'

Moscow expert and investigative journalist Christo Grozev says a coup against the Russian leader is now a realistic possibility.

Daily Record

Coup to remove Vladimir Putin a 'realistic possibility' as top security officials rebel

A Russian expert believes the possibility of Vladimir Putin launching a nuclear strike are receding because it is likely his order would not be carried out by officials

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin loses ANOTHER colonel in huge blow to war effort in Ukraine

Lt Col Albert Karimov, 39, has become the 41st Russian colonel to die in the war in Ukraine, meaning the Kremlin's invasion force has lost roughly one colonel every two days

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian drones obliterate Russian war boats near Snake Island in fresh blow to Putin

Russian vessels were destroyed at dawn in an early morning attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces as the conflict continues into a third month with neither side showing any signs of stopping

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Daily Mirror

Putin suffers fresh blow as three majors killed and 30,000 Russian troops rumoured dead

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, there are reports Vladimir Putin has lost over 30,000 troops in fighting including almost 7,000 mercenaries

The Guardian - UK

Spy games: expulsion of diplomats shines light on Russian espionage

The war in Ukraine has prompted an exodus of Russian ‘diplomats’. Does it mark the end of an era?

Evening Standard

Captain of sunk Russian warship Moskva ‘killed in explosion’, says Ukraine

The captain of the Moskva warship was killed during an explosion and subsequent fire on board, according to Ukrainian reports.

Daily Mirror

'Full-scale' World War Three has now BEGUN, Russian state TV declares

Russians have been told that full-scale World War 3 has already started as declared by state controlled TV as one presenter insists "that's entirely for sure"

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The Independent UK

Ukraine says potent Russian hack against power grid thwarted

Ukrainian officials say Russian military hackers tried to knock out power to millions of Ukrainians last week in a long-planned attack but were foiled

Al Jazeera

US reveals fresh Russia sanctions after atrocities in Ukraine

Citing abuses in Ukraine, US announces new penalties that target Putin’s adult children and Russia’s largest bank.

Daily Mirror

Roman Abramovich may have been poisoned with World War One chemical agent or Novichok

The Chelsea owner was reportedly poisoned at recent peace talks as the war between his native Russia and Ukraine wages on - with experts now claiming what warfare agents were likely used

The Independent UK

Mexican leader brushes off US allegations of Russia spies

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has brushed off comments by a senior U.S. military official who said there are more Russian spies in Mexico than anywhere else in the world

Daily Mirror

More than 2,000 kids 'kidnapped and deported to Russia' in ‘violation’ of foreign law

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that by “destroying homes and killing parents”, Russia deprives children of parental care and puts their lives in further danger

Daily Mirror

Russian special forces fighter dubbed Agent Stalin is killed in new blow to Putin

Documents found by Ukrainian forces in a captured armoured vehicle revealed the killed forces were Captain Konstantin Druzhkov, Islam Abduragimov and Shamil Aselderov

Evening Standard

Ukraine war: Russia loses its first GRU military intelligence spy as toll worsens for Putin’s troops

Two elite paratrooper intelligence officers were also revealed to have been killed as the toll worsens for Vladimir Putin’s forces

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