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The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

France’s military spy chief ‘forced out after failing to predict Ukraine war’

France had been an outlier among western allies in not forecasting Kremlin’s full-scale military offensive

The Independent UK

France, Germany prepare for potential halt of Russian gas imports

Germany and France are preparing for Russian gas supplies to dry up after President Vladimir Putin announced that EU purchases must be made in rubles starting from 1 April. Berlin has already warned that Europe would not be "blackmailed" by Moscow.

Radio France Internationale

Vladimir Putin is ‘a man in a cage he built himself’, says UK defence secretary Ben Wallace

Russia is a lesser country rather than a greater country as a result of Putin breaking law, he says

The Independent UK

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Dictators like Putin surround themselves with liars and propaganda. That leads to very bad decisions

Trump, Putin, Xi – these men aren’t stupid. But they have no way of eliciting, recognizing, or assessing useful criticism

The Guardian - US

Why Trump is suing Hillary

Facts have nothing to do with it, of course: Trump is playing by the rules Roy Cohn taught him decades ago

Salon

Russia open to India mediating in Ukraine crisis, says foreign minister Sergei Lavrov

Lavrov arrived in India on a two-day visit on Thursday

The Independent UK

Kremlin ready to explain Ukraine situation to French actor Depardieu after criticism

The Kremlin on Friday said it was ready to explain the situation in Ukraine to French actor Gerard Depardieu, who on Thursday criticised what he described as President Vladimir Putin's "crazy, unacceptable excesses" there.

Reuters

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Kremlin says no conscripts being sent to Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Friday that Moscow was not sending conscripts to Ukraine, a day after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia's annual spring draft.

Reuters

Nicholas Goldberg: In Europe, the war in Ukraine raises the question — is the past really past?

AURINGEN, Germany — I was visiting family in a village not too far from the city of Wiesbaden, Germany, when I learned that an unexploded World War II bomb had been found just a few kilometers away, near the gas station we passed on the road into town.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: The products Americans buy can help fund seditionists and war criminals

In the nearly 15 months since the Capitol insurrection, some major corporations have backtracked significantly on their pledge to deny campaign funding to the 147 members of Congress who voted against certification of the 2020 presidential election result. Just to be clear: 147 members of Congress deliberately sought to undermine…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Martin Schram: Quit winging it and fly home, Putin

In 2012, Vladimir Putin took his media corps out to an Arctic peninsula in Siberia to showcase his leadership prowess for all the world to see.

Tribune News Service

Putin threatens to cut off Europe's gas supply if not paid in roubles

Russian gas continues to flow into Europe after President Vladimir Putin threatened to cut off supplies unless they are paid in roubles, a demand rejected by European leaders as a breach of contract. However, Putin's decree does include a mechanism under which foreign buyers would set up special accounts at…

France 24

How celebs are rallying for Ukraine — from Ed Sheeran’s £13.4m charity gig to David Beckham’s Insta take-over

JK Rowling has pledged £1 million and Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and Sean Penn have been thanked by president Zelensky himself — but which star has donated the most? Katie Strick on how the A-listers are rallying for Ukraine

Evening Standard

Russia rallies its powerful friends

The West has isolated Russia, but the rest of the world hasn't.

Axios

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Al Jazeera

What is behind Putin’s demand for Russian gas be paid in roubles?

Moscow threatens to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency.

The Independent UK

Hungary's alliances on the ballot ahead of tight election

As Hungary's nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, seeks a fourth straight term in office, a coalition of opposition parties are framing the Sunday election as a referendum on Hungary's future in the West

Irish Mirror

Vladimir Putin's hiding place as Russia's war in Ukraine not going to plan

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stood resolute and is determined to not surrender Ukraine's cities

Reuters

French actor Depardieu blasts Putin's 'crazy excesses' in Ukraine

French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past, has criticised his "crazy, unacceptable excesses" in Ukraine.

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Irish Mirror

What Vladimir Putin's threats mean for Irish pockets as further increases expected

Putin made the announcement on Thursday demanding that Russia be paid in roubles for its gas, or he would cut off supplies

Evening Standard

Russian soldiers fled Chernobyl with radiation sickness, says Ukraine

Russian forces occupying the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have left the site after receiving high doses of radiation from digging into contaminated soil, Ukrainian officials have claimed.

The Independent UK

War in Ukraine fuels fears among draft-age Russian youths

As the Russian army bogs down in Ukraine, many youths back home feel increasingly jittery about the prospect of being drafted and sent into combat

Al Jazeera

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: List of key events, day 37

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 37th day, we take a look at the main developments.

The Guardian - UK

Russian reporters in Ukraine: ‘Every day I see dead and injured’

A group of independent Russian reporters are in Ukraine and attempting to break the Kremlin’s stranglehold on information

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Regrouping for 'Powerful Strikes', Zelensky Warns

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia is consolidating and preparing "powerful strikes" in the country's east and south, including besieged Mariupol, where a new attempt will be made Friday to evacuate civilians from the devastated city. Russia meanwhile threatened to turn off its gas taps to Europe if payments are…

The Guardian - AU

Friday briefing: Fresh bid to save Mariupol residents

Aid convoy ready in hope Russia will keep promise … Johnson appears to backtrack on conversion practices … the forgotten coup

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