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Kursk incursion: Why Ukraine launched an audacious cross-border attack on Putin’s forces in Russia

While this assault will not change the trajectory of the war, writes Chris Stevenson, its symbolic importance and boost to morale should not be underestimated

The Independent UK

What’s behind Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region?

A military expert says the raid is a ploy to distract Russian forces, but some Ukrainian soldiers are sceptical.

Al Jazeera

A global conflict is playing out at the Paris Olympics – just not in the way we think

From a row about an allegedly blasphemous biblical scene to a controversial boxing match, the Games have been hijacked by culture wars between Russia and the west, says Guardian columnist Nathalie Tocci

The Guardian - UK

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Nigerian protesters arrested for waving Russian flags

Hardship protests continue in Nigeria even though the size of rallies shrinks. Meanwhile, the Kremlin denies having anything to do with demonstrators being arrested in northern states for carrying Russian flags. Also, a mutated mpox strain that health officials warn is the most dangerous yet is behind the spread of…

France 24

Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies Khelif claims to undermine the Olympics

Russia is using online disinformation to spread false information about the 2024 Olympics and portraying Paris as a crime-ridden cesspool

The Independent UK

Goodbye to Russia by Sarah Rainsford review – falling foul of Putin

This compelling chronicle of post-Soviet Russia by the BBC’s former Moscow correspondent captures vividly the tyranny and dark comedy of the president’s rule

The Guardian - UK

‘Everything is a target’: Dnipro suffers consequences of Russia’s bloody war

Ukrainian city of 1m people hit by number of deadly aerial attacks seemingly aimed at terrorising population

The Guardian - UK

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Putin Vows Support To North Korea After Devastating Floods

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un over devastating floods that caused untold casualties and damaged thousands of homes, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

International Business Times

Putin's Strategic Swap: Spies, Dissidents, And Diplomacy

Putin welcomes spies in a significant exchange, highlighting Russia's commitment to protecting operatives.

Top News

'The war is not finished': Ukrainians urge more support

A delegation from the Ukrainian front line says Australia's support is vital to repel the Russian invasion and beat back the spread of totalitarianism.

AAP

After 16 months behind bars, my friend Evan Gershkovich is free

We exchanged letters on a weekly basis and throughout his time in a Russian prison the journalist in him never faded

The Guardian - UK

Released prisoner Yashin: I was expelled from Russia against my will, not exchanged

‘This is my expulsion from Russia against my will,’ Ilya Yashin told reporters on Friday

Evening Standard

Freed Russian Dissidents Bittersweet On Historic Swap

Russian dissidents freed as part of a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West this week shared their mixed feelings Friday about the deal at a news conference in Germany.

International Business Times

Russian prisoner swap deal was to have included Alexei Navalny

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

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The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

JD Vance desperately tries to find a way to credit Trump for Biden’s prisoner swap

Ohio senator claims historic Russia-West prison swap only occurred ‘because bad guys all over the world recognize Donald Trump’s about to be back in office’

International Business Times

Russia Prisoner Swap: Turkey's Diplomatic Coup

The historic East-West prisoner swap Thursday brokered by Ankara has marked the triumphant return of Turkish diplomacy onto the world stage, despite quarrels with its NATO allies.

Evening Standard

Who are the Russians freed in massive multinational prisoner swap?

US and Russia orchestrated their largest prisoner swap since fall of the Soviet Union

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The Conversation

China needs to pick a side, and it just might pick the west

For the Kremlin, its “partner of no limits”, China, isn’t doing enough to aid Russia’s war against Ukraine. So, Russia has signed a peace treaty with North Korea, hoping to pressure China into backing Moscow’s war effort further.

International Business Times

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.

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin admits Vadim Krasikov is a Russian state assassin

Spokesperson hints killer exchanged in prisoner swap was linked to Putin’s personal guard

France 24

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…

International Business Times

What Now For Russian Opposition After Prisoner Swap?

Eight Russian opposition activists, including some very influential ones, are among the people who were released by Moscow in a historic prisoner exchange with the West.

The Independent UK

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

International Business Times

Kremlin Admits At Least Three Russian Agents Freed In Deal

The Kremlin on Friday said that at least three Russians freed in a landmark prisoner exchange were undercover Russian agents, a rare public admission into the work of Moscow's top-secret security services.

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