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Don't underestimate Russia's military strength, German defence chief warns

Germany's chief of defence has warned that the West must not underestimate Moscow's military strength, saying Russia has the scope to open up a second front should it choose to do so.

Reuters

EU foreign ministers agree to suspend visa deal with Russia - top diplomat

European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to fully suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it harder and more costly for Russian citizens to enter the EU, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borell said.

Reuters

Iran delivers European ‘peace initiative’ on Ukraine to Russia

Iran says it received the proposal from a European leader, but refuses to name the official.

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Pro-Kremlin commentators criticise Gorbachev’s legacy of ‘instability’

‘We are still correcting his mistakes,’ says one Russian parliamentarian

The Independent UK

Russia halts gas supplies to Germany as France warns of winter rationing and power cuts

Paris mulls rationing as Europe’s energy crisis deepens

The Independent UK

Slice of life: Gorbachev's Pizza Hut ad a time capsule.

Call it a slice of life

The Independent UK

World War 3: Seven times it has been wrongly declared or predicted

Moscow’s remark echo a string of previous sinister predictions

The Independent UK

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When Russia and Ukraine eventually restart peace talks, involving women – or not – could be a key factor in an agreement actually sticking

Ukraine and Russia launched peace talks just days after Russia invaded in early February, 2022 – but since then, peace negotiations have started and stopped multiple times.

The Conversation

Gorbachev’s successors: who led Russia after the last leader of the Soviet Union?

Three people have been president of Russia since the Soviet Union disintegrated

Evening Standard

IAEA mission to nuclear plant arrives in Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in southern Ukraine arrived in the Ukrainian-held city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, from where they will travel to the Russian-occupied power station.

Reuters

EU will suspend agreement with Russia that eases visa issuance - Hungary minister

The European Union will suspend an agreement with Russia that eases visa issuance, but there will not be a blanket visa ban imposed as there is no unanimity on that, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook on Wednesday.

Reuters

The Standard View: Mikhail Gorbachev’s passing marks the end of an extraordinary time in world history

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev last night marks the end of an extraordinary time in world history, when the apparently inexorable changes that followed the Second World War were undone. He was the man who, more than anyone, drew back the Iron Curtain.

Evening Standard

Voices: Mikhail Gorbachev was a hero of our time

Former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind pays tribute to a great statesman

The Independent UK

What is Nord Stream 1? Russia turns off natural gas pipeline

Everything we need to know about Nord Stream 1

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Mikhail Gorbachev — the towering figure of Russian politics who will never be forgotten

He was Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev – the man who made Glasnost (transparency) and Perestroika (economic reform) household words far beyond the Soviet Union he fought to reform. To the young people I watched greet him hungrily in East Germany in 1989 as a symbol that change was possible, he was…

Evening Standard

In age of Putin’s aggression, we should salute Gorbachev’s integrity, says Boris

World leaders offer their tributes to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Russian president who helped bring down the Iron Curtain

Reuters

Russia, US discussing possible New START Treaty commission talks - Interfax

Russia and the United States are discussing a possible meeting of their bilateral consultative commission on the New START Treaty, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Wednesday.

Reuters

Grain silos at Mykolaiv port hit by Russian attack - emergencies service

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The Guardian - UK

Kremlin fails to say whether Gorbachev will get state funeral

Putin acknowledges last Soviet leader’s ‘huge impact’ while grappling with his legacy of reform

Reuters

Russia welcomes idea of permanent IAEA presence at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Russia welcomes the idea that IAEA experts could stay at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on a permanent basis, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's representative to the international organisations in Vienna, said on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

Russia halts Nord Stream 1 gas flow to Europe again

Russia has denied halting gas flows in retaliation for Western sanctions on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

West mourns Gorbachev the peacemaker, Russia recalls his failures

Mikhail Gorbachev was mourned in the West on Wednesday as a towering statesman who helped to end the Cold War, but his death received a cool response in Russia, engaged in a war with Ukraine to regain some of the power it lost when he presided over the Soviet Union's…

Benzinga

From Gorbachev To Putin: How Russia's Economic Policies Have Evolved

The Soviet Union’s last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, passed away on Tuesday at 91 in Moscow after a prolonged illness.

The Times of India

Taiwan stocks up on US weapons helping Ukraine thwart Russia

TAIPEI: Taiwan is stockpiling US-made weaponry that Ukraine has used to hold off Russia’s military, a sign Taipei is applying lessons from the conflict to deter China from following through on threats to take the island by force if necessary.

Reuters

Russia says Ukraine's counter-offensive at Mykolaiv-Kriviy Rih has failed

Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that Ukraine's attempts to mount a counter-offensive in the south of the country had failed, with their forces suffering heavy losses in equipment and men.

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