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Russian Court Finds Kremlin Critic Navalny Guilty of Fraud

A Russian court found jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty of large-scale fraud on Tuesday, a move likely to see the time that President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic spends in jail extended by years. Navalny is already serving a two-and-a-half sentence at a prison camp east of Moscow for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan summons Russian envoy after halt to peace treaty talks

Japan's vice foreign minister summoned Russia's ambassador on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, a day after Moscow's decision to halt peace treaty talks with Tokyo following sanctions imposed by Japan over Ukraine.

Reuters

Has Russia’s offensive really ‘stalled on all fronts’ in Ukraine?

Analysts agree with the UK’s suggestion that Putin’s original plan is failing, but warn of darker times ahead.

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Explainer-Talks on Ukraine: peace deal or more Russian war?

Russia and Ukraine are talking about a peace deal while their soldiers kill each other after the Feb. 24 Russian invasion but the question of territory could sink any chance of an agreement to end the war.

Reuters

Biden says Putin could use chemical, biological weapons in Ukraine

Ukraine's military warned the public on Tuesday of more indiscriminate Russian shelling from bogged-down Russian troops, and U.S. President Joe Biden issued his strongest warning yet that Russia is considering using chemical weapons.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 27 of the invasion

Russian forces inside besieged Mariupol as 300,000 people in Kherson said to be running out of food

The Guardian - AU

Is Russia going to expel the US ambassador and what would it mean?

Throughout long decades of Cold War both sides kept up a formal engagement Vladimir Putin is now threatening to end, writes Andrew Buncombe

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Ukrainian cities being ‘wiped off’ map by Russia, says Kyiv

‘Moscow is afraid of our army so they are fighting civilians. This is state terrorism’

The Independent UK

Ukraine latest updates: Thousands seek evacuation from Mariupol

Ukraine news from March 22: Deputy prime minister says at least 100,000 civilians are trying to escape from Mariupol.

Al Jazeera

Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Navalny guilty of fraud

A Russian court found jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty of large-scale fraud and contempt of court on Tuesday, a move likely to extend by years the time that President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic spends in jail.

Reuters

Ukraine refuses to surrender besieged city of Mariupol

Mariupol continues to be bombarded by Russian forces, who also reportedly attacked Odesa for the first time.

Al Jazeera

A Ukraine peace plan that needs a U Thant

The elements of viable peace exist, and all that is required is for someone to step forward and pursue it with urgency

The Hindu

U.S. ambassador demanded Moscow follow international law in meeting with Russian government

The U.S. State Department on Monday confirmed a meeting between U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan and the Russian government, during which Sullivan demanded that Moscow follow international law and allow consular access to all U.S. citizens detained in Russia.

Reuters

Russia Finds Meta Guilty of ‘Extremist Activity’, Says WhatsApp Can Stay

A Moscow court on Monday found Meta Platforms Inc guilty of "extremist activity", but said its decision would not affect the WhatsApp messenger service, focusing its ire on the company's already banned Facebook and Instagram social networks. Moscow's Tverskoi District Court upheld a lawsuit filed by Russian state prosecutors on…

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U.N. General Assembly likely to vote again this week on Ukraine

The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote this week to call out Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine for creating a "dire" humanitarian situation, urge aid access and again demand Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its troops.

Al Jazeera

Russia summons US ambassador over Biden’s ‘war criminal’ comment

Moscow says Joe Biden’s labelling of Vladimir Putin as a ‘war criminal’ has pushed US-Russia ties to brink of collapse.

The Independent UK

Russia court bans Facebook, Instagram on 'extremism' charges

A Moscow court has banned Facebook and Instagram for what it deemed extremist activity in a case their parent company, Meta

Asharq Al-Awsat

Besieged Ukrainian Port Defies Russian Order to Drop Weapons

Ukraine defied Moscow's demand for its soldiers to lay down arms before dawn on Monday in besieged Mariupol where hundreds of thousands of civilians are cowering from Russian bombardments laying waste to their city. Russia's military had ordered residents of the southeastern port to surrender by 5 a.m., saying those…

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The Guardian - UK

Russia bans Facebook and Instagram under ‘extremism’ law

Court in Moscow labels parent company Meta as ‘extremist’ amid crackdown on western media

Chicago Sun-Times

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

Ukrainian officials rejected the proposal even before Russia’s deadline of 5 a.m. Moscow time for a response came and went.

Tribune News Service

Russia bans Facebook and Instagram under ‘extremism’ law

A Moscow court banned Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook and Instagram in Russia Monday, in what was the first use of the country’s sweeping law on “extremism” against a foreign technology company.

Benzinga

Telegram Displaces WhatsApp As Russia's Popular Messaging Tool

Telegram surpassed Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) owned WhatsApp to become Russia's most popular messaging tool, Reuters reports based on PJSC MegaFon (OTC:MFOYY). The service started actively growing on February 24 as Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Telegram's share jumped to 63% in the first two weeks of March from 48% in the…

Reuters

Swiss seize holiday home in hurried clampdown on Russian oligarchs

Swiss authorities have seized a luxury mountain home believed to be owned by a Russian oligarch as bankers and officials work overtime to track assets of people linked to Moscow in retribution for the invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia tells its academics to avoid international conferences this year

Russia has told its academics to avoid scientific conferences abroad this year, the science and higher education ministry said on Monday, as Moscow finds itself increasingly isolated over its military campaign in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Petition launched for maker of Vladimir Putin’s $13,000 jacket to denounce him

Russian president ‘lashed out at Western-oriented Russians only to appear two days later dressed in expensive Italian clothes’

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