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Putin says more prisoner swaps with US ‘possible’

Russia swapped US basketball star Brittney Griner with the prolific arms dealer Bout at Abu Dhabi airport

The Independent UK

Russian state media lauds Putin's 'win' on Viktor Bout exchange

Russian state media on Friday lauded President Vladimir Putin for "winning" a prisoner exchange with the United States by swapping U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Reuters

Russia says U.S. withdrawal from INF treaty 'created vacuum'

Russia said on Thursday that the United States' withdrawal from a treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles was a destructive act that had created a vacuum and stoked additional security risks.

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‘Racist’ interview with Pope Francis causes fury in Russia

Francis says Chechen and Buryat minorities in Russia’s army more cruel in Ukraine than other soldiers

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine says 'dubious' Russians found in raid on Kyiv monastery

Ukraine's security service said on Wednesday it had found "dubious" Russian citizens, large sums of cash in various currencies and pro-Russian literature during a raid on a 1,000-year-old Kyiv monastery denounced by Moscow as "godless".

Reuters

Ukraine to investigate videos of alleged war crimes against Russian prisoners. Here's what we know about the footage

Ukraine says it will investigate footage that Moscow alleges shows Ukrainian forces executing Russian prisoners of war.

ABC News

Russia’s Lavrov denies report of heart condition hospitalisation

The Associated Press news agency had said Lavrov was taken to hospital after arriving for the G20 summit.

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Russian Foreign Ministry says Moscow in occasional contact with U.S

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that Moscow had contacts with U.S. officials from time to time.

Reuters

Russia to summon British ambassador over Black Sea Fleet drone strike

Russia will summon Britain's ambassador to Moscow over what it said was the involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russia says it will retaliate if EU confiscates state assets

Russia will retaliate if its state and citizens' assets are confiscated by the European Union, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia Says Outgoing PM Truss Was a ‘Catastrophically Illiterate’ Disgrace

Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed the departure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, saying she was a disgrace of a leader who would be remembered for her "catastrophic illiteracy". "Britain has never known such a disgrace of a prime minister," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a social…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moscow says U.S. sanctions charges against 5 Russians are 'cynical' bid to intimidate

Russia sees charges brought by the United States against five Russian nationals for alleged sanctions violations as an attempt to intimidate the business community in Russia and abroad, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia mocks 'catastrophic' Liz Truss as world reacts to Prime Minister's resignation

Russia's foreign ministry welcomed the departure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, calling her a disgrace of a leader who would be remembered for her "catastrophic illiteracy"

Daily Mirror

Russia dismisses claims by former diplomat who resigned over war

Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed claims by a former diplomat who resigned over the war in Ukraine, casting him as a low level turncoat who was far less significant figure that a famous Soviet traitor.

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Russia: U.S. 'encouragement' of Ukraine complicates diplomatic solution

Russia is open for diplomacy, but Washington's encouragement of Ukraine's "bellicose mood" complicates diplomatic efforts to solve the conflict, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday.

Reuters

Russian PM has asked for role in Nord Stream probe, Sweden says

Russia's prime minister has sent a letter to the Swedish government requesting a role for Russian authorities in the investigation into the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream pipelines, Sweden's foreign ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

Nord Stream investigation finds evidence of detonations, Swedish police say

A crime scene investigation of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Europe found evidence of detonations, strengthening suspicions of "gross sabotage", Sweden's Security Service said on Thursday.

Reuters

Kazakhstan snubs Russian demand to expel Ukrainian ambassador

Kazakh authorities on Wednesday rejected a demand from Russia that they expel Ukraine's ambassador over comments about killing Russians, chiding Moscow for what they called an inappropriate tone between "equal strategic partners".

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Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin calls 'sabotage' of Nord Stream pipes 'international terrorism'

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has called the leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines "unprecedented sabotage" and "an act of international terrorism" with Russia and the West making veiled accusations

Reuters

Russia open to in-person talks with U.S. on nuclear arms treaty

Russia said on Thursday it was studying the possibility of a face-to-face meeting between Russian and U.S. negotiators on a landmark nuclear arms control treaty.

The Guardian - UK

Sweden reports fourth Nord Stream pipeline leak

Reports say largest rupture is causing circle of bubbles at Baltic Sea surface of about 900 metres in diameter

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia: Nord Stream Leaks Occurred in Zone Controlled by US Intelligence

Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday said ruptures to the Nord Stream pipelines that have caused gas leaks off the coasts of Denmark and Sweden occurred in territory that is "fully under the control" of US intelligence agencies. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a pro-Kremlin broadcast that Washington had "full…

Radio France Internationale

Russia to request UN Security Council meeting over Nord Stream pipeline damage

Russia intends to call a United Nations Security Council meeting over damage to two undersea gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

Reuters

Russia says ready for U.S. prisoner swap talks but scolds embassy

Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday that it was ready for talks on a prisoner exchange to free U.S. citizens jailed in Russia, but that the American embassy in Moscow was "not fulfilling its official duties" to maintain dialogue.

Daily Mirror

The six countries banned from going to the Queen's funeral as Russia snubbed amid war

Representatives from Russia - as well as five other countries - have not been invited to attend Her Majesty's state funeral on Monday, September 19

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