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Debunking Russia's 'dirty bomb' allegations

Russia recently accused Ukraine of fabricating a "dirty bomb". These allegations were made on official Kremlin Telegram and Twitter accounts, accompanied by explanatory slides that seemed to implicitly support their claims. However, we found that many of the images are unrelated to the accusations. For example, some of the images…

France 24

Putin opponent loses complaint about prison confinement

Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, lost another court battle in his effort to push back against the Kremlin’s widening crackdown on him and other dissenters

The Independent UK

Ksenia Sobchak: Russian TV star ‘flees country’ as investigators raid her home

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Putin Monitors Practice Launches by Russia’s Nuclear Forces

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday monitored drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles, in a show of force amid the heightened tensions with the West over the conflict in Ukraine. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin that the exercise…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Investigators raid home of Russian celeb Ksenia Sobchak

Russian investigators have raided the home of Ksenia Sobchak, the glamourous daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s one-time boss, in a move that has sent shockwaves through the country’s political scene

The Independent UK

Kremlin: Any talks about Brittney Griner swap must be confidential

The Kremlin has reiterated that any discussions about a possible swap involving U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner who is serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia for drug possession must be strictly confidential

The Independent UK

Putin oversees regular nuclear drills amid escalation fears

Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw regular military drills simulating a nuclear retaliatory strike Wednesday, amid growing concerns of a further escalation by the Kremlin as its war in Ukraine drags into a ninth month.

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Are Putin’s views fascist?

The Russian leader often evokes a philosopher who praised Mussolini, but analysts are divided on Putin’s own ideology.

Al Jazeera

Putin to use U.N. grain deal as leverage at G20, European diplomat says

Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to use the possible extension of the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal as a way to gain leverage and dominate next month's G20 summit in Indonesia, a European diplomat briefed on the grain talks told Reuters.

Reuters

Kremlin: any talks about Griner swap must be confidential

The Independent UK

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

The Kremlin has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin monitored drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles

The Independent UK

Kremlin: Putin monitors drills of Russia's nuclear forces

Russian President Vladimir Putin has monitored drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles

The Independent UK

Ukraine refugees told not to return yet as energy crisis looms

Government tells citizens to wait until spring, amid fears damaged networks ‘will not cope’ as fighting continues

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin watches Russian nuclear test after preparing for 'enemy attack'

The defence ministry in Moscow claimed the exercises were being undertaken to prepare for a possible enemy attack on Russia as the country's military tested their nuclear weapons

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Kremlin says Griner prisoner swap must be negotiated behind closed doors

The Kremlin on Wednesday said that a potential prisoner exchange with the United States to free U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who is serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia on drug smuggling charges, can only be negotiated quietly.

Reuters

Kremlin says it will keep making 'vigorous' case on alleged Ukraine dirty bomb threat

Russia said on Wednesday it would continue to make the case to the international community that it believed Ukraine intended to detonate a "dirty bomb" with radioactive contaminants.

The Independent UK

Nuclear strike would be an ‘incredibly serious mistake’, Biden warns Russia

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of attempting to use ‘dirty bomb’

Reuters

Russian emigres in Armenia settle in for the long haul

((This Oct. 26 story has been refiled to correct name to Mary Khachikyan from Mari Khachikyan in paragraph 8))

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The Independent UK

Nuclear strike will be ‘incredibly serious mistake’, Biden warns Russia

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of attempting to use ‘dirty bomb’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Digging in for ‘Heaviest of Battles’ in Kherson, Says Ukrainian Official

Russian forces are digging in for the "heaviest of battles" in the strategic southern region of Kherson, a senior Ukrainian official said, as the Kremlin prepares to defend the largest city under its control from Ukraine's counter-offensive. Russian forces in the region have been driven back in recent weeks and…

The Independent UK

Russia's chaotic draft leaves some out in cold, without gear

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his army mobilization for the war in Ukraine, independent media outlets, human rights activists and draftees themselves have painted a bleak picture

The Guardian - AU

Putin watches Russian nuclear drills; 1,000 bodies exhumed in Kharkiv oblast, reports say – as it happened

Russian president monitored practice launches of missiles; bodies in Kharkiv oblast include 447 found in Izium, local media say

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'in trouble' as terrifying nuclear missile appears 'untrustworthy'

One theory is that Russian officials are hyping dirty bombs precisely because they realise their nuclear arsenal is untrustworthy and not ready for use

Tribune News Service

White House blasts Brittney Griner’s appeal hearing as a ‘sham’

President Joe Biden said U.S. efforts to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner are ongoing but have not swayed the Kremlin, hours after a Russian court rejected her appeal of a nine-year drug smuggling sentence.

ABC News

International Mobile Justice Team building war crimes cases in Ukraine targeting the Kremlin

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to bring death and destruction, small teams of dedicated lawyers are investigating war crimes they say could lead all the way to the Kremlin.

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