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Leader says soldiers ‘could be present in Ukraine for as long as it isn’t part of Nato’

Brief letters: Another battle after Boris is beaten | A Marxist pledge from Robert Jenrick? | Working people | Starmer’s mixed metaphors | A dog’s body clock

Public reacts to news that Russia is to spend more than 40% of its budget on defence and security; Russian troops occupy most of Vuhledar and raise flags. What we know on day 952

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati take this production to a whole new level

Tim Etchells’ looping performance piece with Bert and Nasi replays a simple restaurant scene over and over with hilarious results

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who played a pair of extraordinary slackers in three “Bill & Ted” films, are reuniting on Broadway for a revival of the brainy, existential classic “Waiting for Godot.”

Sergei Shoigu, defence minister of 12 years, has been appointed secretary of Russia’s security council

Donald Trump's last remaining Republican rival for the US election in November bashed the ex-president Sunday for his continued silence over the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his recent outburst over NATO. "The fact that he won't acknowledge anything with Navalny -- either he sides with (Russian…

Actors to make ‘merry mischief’ in Samuel Beckett’s play at Theatre Royal Haymarket in September

"I’d fly far away, maybe to Russia, Russia, Russia, share a gold domed suite with Vladimir," he wrote

The half-Ukrainian, half-Russian Belim offers a personal perspective on the region’s recent history while circling around a family mystery