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Ditching Russia, Boeing’s engineer search intensifies in India, Brazil

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Boeing in effect permanently shuttered its Moscow Design Center, formerly the company’s preeminent overseas engineering facility that at one time housed about 1,500 engineers.

Tribune News Service

Brittney Griner's return reignites debate about prisoner swaps

Thursday's release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in exchange for a convicted Russian arms dealer has resurfaced an old question: Do prisoner swaps do more harm than good?

Reuters

Putin Says Russia Could Adopt US Preemptive Strike Concept

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow could adopt what he described as a US concept of using preemptive military strikes, noting it has the weapons to do the job, in a blunt statement amid rising Russia-NATO tensions over Ukraine. "We are just thinking about it.

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Putin says Russia could adopt US preemptive strike concept

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Moscow might think about adopting what he described as a U.S. concept of a preemptive military strike, noting that it has the weapons to do the job

The Independent UK

Watch: Huge fire at shopping mall in Moscow region

A huge fire at a shopping centre in a Moscow suburb has resulted in the death of one person, officials have said. Social media footage showed the Mega Khimki shopping centre in Khimki, a northern suburb of Moscow, engulfed in flames in the early hours of Friday. Russia’s Investigative Committee…

Evening Standard

Trump turned down Paul Whelan and Viktor Bout prisoner swap years ago, John Bolton says

Mr Trump blasted the Biden administration’s deal on his Truth Social platform – despite refusing to take action to try to free Mr Whelan for two years of his own presidency

The Independent UK

One dead after huge fire engulfs Moscow shopping centre

A huge fire at a shopping centre in a Moscow suburb has resulted in the death of one person, officials have said.

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Russia bans 200 Canadians in tit-for-tat move

Russia is banning 200 prominent Canadians from entering the country in a direct response to personal sanctions announced by Ottawa, the foreign ministry in Moscow said on Friday.

Reuters

Griner-Bout prisoner swap: A sign of easing US-Russia tensions?

The high-profile exchange was a rare moment of agreement between two nations locked in conflict over Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

White House denies Saudi claim MBS negotiated Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout prisoner swap

Saudi Arabia and the UAE sought to take credit for the release of Ms Griner, issuing a joint statement claiming that MBS acted as a mediator between Russia and Moscow

The Independent UK

Griner back in U.S. in 'good spirits' as Russia's Bout lands in Moscow

Basketball star Brittney Griner landed in the United States on Friday after 10 months in Russian detention following a prisoner swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout who flew home hours earlier to embrace his family on the airport tarmac in Moscow.

Reuters

Fire ravages Moscow shopping mall, killing 1 man

One man is dead after a massive fire ravaged a shopping mall on Moscow's northwestern outskirts

The Independent UK

TotalEnergies exits Russian gas firm's board, takes $3.7bn hit

French energy group TotalEnergies said Friday it was withdrawing from the board of Russian gas giant Novatek and taking a $3.7 billion hit in the wake of sanctions against Moscow.

Radio France Internationale

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

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Al Jazeera

Brittney Griner lands in the US after Russia prisoner exchange

The prisoner swap deal was reached after months of negotiations between Washington and Moscow.

The Independent UK

What happened to WNBA star Brittney Griner and why was she detained in Russia?

The basketball star was finally released on 8 December after being detained in Moscow for 10 months

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'having surgery after fall at home as he moves family to bunker'

Vladimir Putin is allegedly due for imminent surgery in Russia following slipping coming down stairs at his Moscow home, meanwhile he is preparing for festive celebrations in a bunker

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin: Russia Has No Current Plans to Annex More Ukrainian Territories

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia doesn’t plan on annexing more territories in its war against Ukraine. "There is no question of that. But there is nevertheless a lot of work ahead to liberate the territories; in a number of new regions of the Russian Federation there are occupied…

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One dead after fire rages through shopping centre in suburban Moscow

A fire engulfs a large shopping centre near Moscow that had been home to Western retail chains before their departure due to the Ukraine conflict.

Reuters

Kremlin: Griner-Bout swap not sign of improving U.S.-Russia ties

The Kremlin said on Friday that a high-profile prisoner swap should not be seen as a step towards improving bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington, Russian state news agencies reported.

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

Huge fire engulfs shopping centre in Moscow suburb

At least one person dies in blaze raging through Mega Khimki shopping centre.

France 24

Putin says 'an agreement will have to be reached' for Ukraine conflict to end

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that ultimately an agreement would need to be struck to end fighting in Ukraine, nearly ten months after the Kremlin launched its "special military operation" there. French energy group TotalEnergies said earlier that it was withdrawing its representatives from the board of Russian gas…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin says ‘agreement will have to be reached’ to end conflict – as it happened

Russian president says negotiations to end war likely to be necessary but he is wary following Minsk agreements

Reuters

Fire rages through shopping mall in Moscow suburbs

Fire engulfed one of the largest shopping malls near Moscow early on Friday, emergency services said, leading to the collapse of part of the structure, which complicated firefighters' efforts to douse the flames.

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