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Wealthy Russian undertook $90 million hack-and-trade scheme, U.S. says at trial

A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin made tens of millions of dollars trading on secret financial information obtained by hackers about multiple companies before it was public, a U.S. prosecutor said Monday at the start of his trial.

Reuters

To defeat Putin, we must support the brave Russian journalists telling the truth

Despite a Soviet-style clampdown, we can help the exiles who are preserving independent journalism for Russians back home, says former Moscow correspondent Mark Rice-Oxley

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin pardons 'war hero' monster who ordered contract killing of family-of-4

Alexander Tyutin, who took a "hit" out on a family-of-four, is now relaxing on a Turkish beach after serving just 18 months of a 23-year sentence - because he fought for Russian warlord Vladimir Putin in Ukraine

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Russian court shuts down country's oldest rights group

A court in Moscow has ruled to shut down Russia’s oldest human rights organization

The Independent UK

Navalny supporters put replica cell outside Russian embassy

Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have placed a replica of the tiny "punishment cell" he has repeatedly been held in outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin, in an effort to raise awareness of his fate

The Independent UK

Jailed Navalny vows to keep resisting the Kremlin, Russia dismisses health concerns

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday used the second anniversary of his incarceration to reinforce his promise to keep up his opposition, as his family and allies started a campaign to free him.

Reuters

Russia says Britain's foreign minister yet to answer for supporting Kyiv

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said late on Monday that British Foreign Minister James Cleverly, who has been sanctioned by Moscow over Ukraine, is yet to answer for his support of Kyiv.

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Belarus opposition leader denounces her trial as 'farce'

DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) - Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya called her trial in absentia, set to start on Tuesday, a "farce" and "revenge" from President Alexander Lukashenko, saying she had not been given access to court documents.

Bangkok Post

Russia's worst rapist who killed 83 women volunteers to fight for Putin in Ukraine

Sex attacker Mikhail Popkov is serving two life sentences for the murder of 83 women but now the serial killer wants to be released to fight for Russian forces in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Russia and Ukraine agree to swap 40 prisoners of war each after talks

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a significant prisoner of war swap deal as both sides reportedly gear up for a major spring offensive.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin awards armed robber with 'courage' honour for fighting in Ukraine

Hayk Gasparyan, 31, was freed from his maximum security jail under a scheme allowing hardened prisoners to serve in pro-Kremlin forces illegally invading Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Zelenskyy revokes Ukrainian citizenship of Putin ally Medvedchuk

Ukraine’s president has stripped four people of citizenship, including a Kremlin ally transferred in a prisoner swap.

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Zelenskiy strips Putin ally Medvedchuk, three others of Ukrainian citizenship

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stripped four political figures of their Ukrainian citizenship on Tuesday, including pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk who was transferred to Russia last year in a prisoner swap deal.

Reuters

Moscow threatens Russian actor with criminal charges after Ukraine war criticism

Moscow accuses Arthur Smolyaninov of making ‘a series of statements directed against Russia’

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Russia launches criminal probes on prominent Kremlin critics

Russian authorities have announced criminal probes against a famous actor critical of the war in Ukraine and a philanthropist who supports the Russian opposition

Reuters

Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners to meet in Turkey this week

The Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners will meet in Turkey this week, news agencies from both countries reported on Monday, for talks likely to include the possibility of further exchanges of prisoners of war.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian and Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioners to Meet in Türkiye This Week

The Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners will meet in Türkiye this week, news agencies from both countries reported on Monday, for talks likely to include the possibility of further exchanges of prisoners of war. Interfax quoted the Russian commissioner, Tatiana Moskalkova, as saying the meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart…

Reuters

Russian actor faces criminal charges over 'anti-Russian' interview

Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov faces criminal charges in his home country after allegedly making "anti-Russian" comments in a newspaper interview, investigators said on Monday.

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Putin pardons brutal granny murderer - because he served on Ukraine frontline

Killer Dmitry Karyagin, 36, was jailed for fourteen-and-a-half years for battering his 87-year-old grandmother to death but is now a free man thanks to Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin’s regime crumbling as spies defect and Russia keeps relatives 'hostage'

The unprecedented swapping of sides has left furious Vladimir Putin reeling with a warning fired that anyone else who abandons Russia could see family members jailed - or worse

Reuters

Putin ally Prigozhin grants freedom to first Russian convicts who fought in Ukraine

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's most powerful mercenary group, bade farewell on Thursday to former convicts who had served out their contracts in Ukraine and urged them to avoid the temptation to kill when back in civilian life.

Daily Mirror

Coughing Vladimir Putin delivers New Year rant against West 'flanked by actors'

The exhausted-looking Russian President - who is rumoured to be suffering from cancer - gave a nine-minute New Year's address - but eagle-eyed viewers recognised one of the faces alongside him

Daily Mirror

Ukraine is 'world's biggest crime scene' with Russian troops in 58,000 war atrocities

Investigators have accused Russia of committing more than 58,000 war crimes in Ukraine, including murders, sex attacks, kidnappings and bombings since beginning of invasion

The Independent UK

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US marks four year anniversary of Paul Whelan detention in Russia

The former US marine is serving a 16-year sentence for alleged espionage, though his family maintains his innocence.

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