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The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Two Russian oligarchs ‘close to Roman Abramovich’ hit with sanctions up to 10bn, says Foreign Office

Eugene Tenenbaum, who is a director of Chelsea Football Club, and David Davidovich were hit with sanctions

Evening Standard

Russian Olympic champion admits his career is over after turning back on Vladimir Putin

Aleksander Lesun represented Russia in elite sport and won an Olympic gold medal in 2016 on the country's behalf, but his career appears to be over after he criticised Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Fears of Russia’s renewed eastern offensive simmer in Kharkiv

Some in Ukraine’s second-largest city 40km from Russia are living underground, while others carry on as normal.

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Russian finance minister to attend G20 meeting virtually, Indonesia says

G20 host Indonesia said on Thursday Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov had confirmed he plans to attend virtually next week's meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies.

Reuters

Pressure on US to give Ukraine more intelligence on Russia

President Joe Biden has called Russia’s war on Ukraine a genocide and he's accused Vladimir Putin of committing war crimes

The Independent UK

Calling for PM to quit would have been ‘easiest’ course of action, says Ross

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said removing the Prime Minister could destabilise the UK Government.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: Sweden and Finland eye the Nato option, but it's a security dilemma for the west

The Kremlin has issued an ominous warning to Nato about the consequences for the Baltic if it allows Sweden and Finland to join the alliance, as has been widely reported. Dmitry Medvedev, a former president and a close ally of Vladimir Putin, said:

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Russian warship Moskva on fire but afloat, Pentagon says

US defence officials say it is unclear what caused blast which Ukraine claims to be result of missile strikes

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin's coup paranoia spirals as he arrests close ally who ‘made him President’

As part of a criminal probe which has also arrested around 150 Russian security agents, former deputy prime minister Vladislav Surkov was detained and is now being held under house arrest

Daily Mirror

Roman Abramovich has staggering £5.4bn assets frozen in Jersey in latest crackdown

The sanctioned Chelsea owner has been dealt another blow as Abramovich has had billions worth of his assets based in Jersey frozen due to his close ties with Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror

Russian flagship suffers ‘significant damage’ as Ukraine claims missile attack

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea has suffered “significant damage,” the Russian defense ministry acknowledged Thursday, as Ukraine said it attacked the vessel with a shore-to-ship missile.

Los Angeles Times

Trump, Putin and their kind: Going down

Old-guard autocrats like Trump, Putin and Erdogan can't control information — in the end, that will destroy them

Salon

Climate case for seizing superyachts

Oligarchs' superyachts emit more carbon than some Pacific Island nations

Salon

Russia warns of nuclear weapons in Baltic if Sweden and Finland join Nato

Lithuania plays down threat, claiming Russians already have such weapons in Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad

The Guardian - UK

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Radio France Internationale

French presidential hopeful Le Pen outlines major shift in foreign policy

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she will back closer ties between NATO and Russia and pull Paris out of the alliance's military command if she wins the presidential race against incumbent Emmanuel Macron.

Reuters

Ukraine's past and present intertwine as a war historian seeks refuge

In late February, on a cold night in Kharkiv, Viktoria Naumenko caught a bus to a bar where two of her closest friends were waiting to tell her about their engagement. Outside, she lit a cigarette to calm her nerves before stepping into the noisy cafe. She texted a friend…

The Independent UK

How France's presidential election could impact Ukraine war

France may be thousands of kilometers away from the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, but what happens in French voting stations this month could have repercussions there

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's missing defence minister 'suffers heart attack not from natural causes'

Leonid Nevzlin, 62, an exiled prominent Russian businessman alleges Sergei Shoigu, could be left 'disabled if he survives' and is currently in intensive care

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The Independent UK

Germany seizes world’s largest superyacht ‘Dilbar’ belonging to Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov

Usmanov has been sanctioned by European Union, US and UK in wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Evening Standard

Russia warns Nato over Sweden and Finland membership

Russia will deploy nuclear weapons in the Baltic region if Finland and Sweden join Nato, one of Vladimir Putin’s most senior allies has warned.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Ukraine can find inspiration from its resilient Jewish community

There weren’t supposed to be any Jews left in Dnipro.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: French election has global stakes

At his victory celebration in 2017, newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron strode to a podium at the Louvre to the sounds of "Ode to Joy." He had every reason to be joyful, having trounced his opponent, Marine Le Pen, in a 66% to 34% landslide.

Radio France Internationale

Macron declines to join Biden in calling Ukraine atrocities 'genocide'

French President Emmanuel Macron has declined to endorse accusations by his US counterpart Joe Biden, that Russia is committing "genocide" in Ukraine – warning that verbal escalations would not help end the war. Ukraine's Volodymr Zelensky decribed France's reaction as "painful".

The Independent UK

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

Reuters

Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO

One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned NATO on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led military alliance then Russia would deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles in a European exclave.

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