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The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

A new ‘iron curtain’ is descending between Russia and the west, Russia’s foreign minister says – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Russia abandons Black Sea outpost of Snake Island in victory for Ukraine

Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia's blockade on Ukrainian ports.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Moscow using Soviet-era missiles

Ukraine news from June 30: Russia using old Soviet stocks for more than half of all strikes in Ukraine, says General.

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Ukraine announces largest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded

144 Ukrainian soldiers have been released, including 95 who defended the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol

The Guardian - UK

Russia will respond to Bulgaria's 'hostile' expulsion of diplomats

The Russian Embassy to Sofia said on Wednesday that Bulgaria's decision to expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff was a hostile action to which Moscow would respond accordingly.

Reuters

Russians Fight to Encircle Ukraine’s Last Eastern Stronghold

Russian forces battled Wednesday to surround the Ukrainian military’s last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province, as shock reverberated from a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall that killed at least 18 in the center of the country two days earlier. Moscow’s battle to wrest the entire Donbas region from…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Evidence contradicts Russian claims about Kremenchuk mall attack

Witness accounts and expert analysis discredit Moscow’s claim fire spread from factory to empty mall

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Exclusive-Kaliningrad row: EU nears compromise deal to defuse standoff with Russia

Trade through Lithuania to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad could return to normal within days, two sources familiar with the matter said, as European officials edge towards a compromise deal with the Baltic state to defuse a row with Moscow.

Reuters

Naked multi-millionaire and his wife found stabbed to death in mystery killing

Russian multi-millionaire Yevgeny Palant was found stabbed to death in his home near Moscow - initial reports claim it was a murder-suicide triggered by jealousy but friends think he was murdered

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian villages ‘wiped from face of earth’ by Russian missile strikes

G7 leaders condemn invasion and pledge support for Kyiv amid reports of 130 missile strikes in four days

The Guardian - UK

Russia warns West: Don't take your assets in our country for granted

Russia hinted on Wednesday that it had not dropped the idea of seizing Western-owned assets and businesses in the country, as a top official sharply criticised governments that have hit Moscow with sanctions.

Reuters

Russian court lets opposition figure's jail term stand

A court in Moscow has rejected a prominent Russian opposition figure’s appeal of the 15-day jail sentence he received on charges of failing to obey police

The Independent UK

Ukraine tells NATO: Russia wants to dictate future world order

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told NATO leaders on Wednesday his country needed more weapons and money to defend itself against Russia, warning that Moscow's ambitions did not stop at Ukraine.

Reuters

NATO backs military aid for 'heroic' Ukraine, Russia steps up attacks

NATO on Wednesday branded Russia the biggest "direct threat" to Western security after its invasion of Ukraine and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv's beleaguered armed forces, saying it stood fully behind Ukrainians' "heroic defence of their country".

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Battle for Lysychansk city grinds on

Ukraine news from June 29: Lysychansk is last eastern stronghold following retreat of Ukraine forces from Severodonetsk.

Reuters

Russia security forces detain mayor of Ukrainian city of Kherson -officials

Russia-installed officials in Ukraine's Kherson region said their security forces had detained Kherson city mayor Ihor Kolykhayev on Tuesday after he refused to follow Moscow's orders, while a Kherson local official said the mayor was abducted.

Al Jazeera

G7 leaders wrap up summit, pledge tougher action against Russia

Leaders of world’s richest democracies say they will impose ‘severe and immediate economic costs’ on Moscow.

Reuters

Tycoon Deripaska casts doubt on Russia quest for "victory" in Ukraine

Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska suggested on Tuesday that no winner would emerge from Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and highlighted the economic price that Russia was paying for its actions.

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France 24

Black Sea’s Snake Island emerges as crucial in Russia-Ukraine war

Snake Island, a tiny piece of land in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, has taken on symbolic importance for both sides in the conflict. Ukraine said last week that it had won a major military victory on the island, an account Moscow disputes.

Benzinga

Whirlpool Divests Russian Business: What's On The Cards?

Whirlpool Corp (NYSE:WHR), through its subsidiary Whirlpool EMEA SpA, agreed to sell its Russian business to Arçelik A.Ş. for deferred payments. The deferred payments are expected to be made over ten years and are subject to a cap based on the net asset value of the business as of closing, which is currently…

Benzinga

Russia Fined These US Companies Over Data Privacy Breach

A Moscow court penalized Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) owned video streaming service Twitch, social network Pinterest, Inc (NYSE:PINS), holiday rental company Airbnb, Inc (NASDAQ:ABNB), and United Parcel Service, Inc (NYSE:UPS) for refusing to store Russian citizens' data in Russia, Reuters reports. Russia penalized Twitch by 2 million roubles ($37,700), Pinterest and Airbnb by 2 million roubles, and UPS by 1 million…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Fines Foreign Firms Twitch, Pinterest, UPS over Data Storage

A Moscow court said it had fined video streaming service Twitch, social network Pinterest and United Parcel Service in three of several cases expected on Tuesday over alleged refusal by foreign companies to store Russian citizens' personal data in Russia. Moscow has clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Putin to Meet Iran’s Raisi in Ashgabat on Wednesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a visit to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. Putin is making his first known trip abroad since the start of what Moscow calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine. He is…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Applies to Join China and Russia in BRICS Club

Iran, which holds the world's second largest gas reserves, has applied to join the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa that Beijing and Moscow cast as a powerful emerging market alternative to the West. The term BRIC was coined by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill in…

Evening Standard

Ilya Yashin: Russian opposition politician detained in Moscow, friend and lawyer say

Prominent Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin was arrested in Moscow on Monday, according to reports.

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