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Putin Lands In Abu Dhabi On Middle East Visit

President Vladimir Putin is in the United Arab Emirates for a rare visit outside the former Soviet Union Wednesday, as Russia seeks to reassert itself on the global stage.

International Business Times

The West has sanctioned Russia's rich. But is that really punishing Putin and helping Ukraine?

Western officials say sanctions against Russia’s billionaires are meant to isolate President Vladimir Putin, choke off support for his war and turn powerful business allies against him

The Independent UK

Putin to visit Saudi Arabia, UAE with Israel-Hamas war on agenda

Talks expected to focus on Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and oil market cooperation, says Kremlin spokesperson.

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Putin to make rare trip abroad to discuss Israel-Hamas war with UAE and Saudi Arabia

Russian president will travel to Middle East on Wednesday as he tries to reclaim role in global politics

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin Says Putin To Visit Saudi Arabia, UAE On Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, the Kremlin has announced, as Moscow courts allies abroad despite being isolated by the West over the Ukraine conflict.

International Business Times

Ukraine war: Russia's hard line at European security meeting ratchets up tensions another notch

After many months of diplomatic wrangling, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was granted another lease of life at the annual ministerial council meeting last week in a messy compromise between Russia and the west. But rather than ushering in a period of renewed efforts to mend…

The Conversation

IDF says it regrets killing of Lebanese soldier – as it happened

This blog has now closed. Read our full report on the latest developments in Gaza here and our report on a UN meeting to hear accounts of sexual violence committed by Hamas on 7 October here.

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Russia-Ukraine war: more Ukrainian children to be returned from Russia – as it happened

Reuters news agency says children are en route to Ukraine via Moscow, under deal brokered by Qatar

The Guardian - AU

Germany is Ukraine’s new best friend. What a difference a war makes

Berlin steps up assistance as Kyiv faces relentless Russian attacks, low morale at home, and splits in the EU and Nato

The Guardian - UK

Russia brings new charges against jailed Kremlin foe Navalny

Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed new charges by Russian prosecutors

The Independent UK

Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement 'extremist'

Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization

The Independent UK

Putin orders Russian military to increase troop numbers by 170,000

Russia maximises forces in response to ‘aggressive activities of the Nato bloc’

The Independent UK

Putin orders the Russian military to add 170,000 troops for a total of 1.32 million

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million

The Independent UK

Russia's Supreme Court bans 'international LGBTQ+ public movement' as extremist

Activists warn this will lead to arrests and prosecutions of the already repressed LGBTQ+ community

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International Business Times

Pro-Kremlin Maestro Gergiev Named Head Of Bolshoi Theatre

Russia on Friday appointed notoriously pro-Kremlin maestro Valery Gergiev, a personal friend of President Vladimir Putin for decades, to lead Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre.

The Independent UK

The director of Russia's Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, is also put in charge of the Bolshoi

The Russian government has named the renowned director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg to also lead Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre

The Guardian - UK

Putin loyalist Valery Gergiev installed as director of Bolshoi theatre

Star conductor becomes latest Kremlin supporter to lead a major Russian cultural institution

Chicago Sun-Times

Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism

In its landmark ruling, issued in response to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry, the court labeled what the suit called the LGBTQ+ “movement” operating in Russia as an extremist organization and banned it.

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The Independent UK

Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling

Russia’s Supreme Court has effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country

Al Jazeera

Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ as ‘extremist’

Russia’s Supreme Court has issued a ban on the activities of the ‘international LGBT movement’ in the latest crackdown.

International Business Times

Russia Bans 'International LGBT Movement' For 'Extremism'

Russia on Thursday banned the "international LGBT movement," claiming it was an extremist group in a move that cements a long crackdown on the community as the Kremlin pushes ultra-conservative social values.

The Guardian - UK

Russia outlaws ‘international LGBT public movement’ as extremist

Human rights activists say supreme court’s vague wording provides wide scope for persecution

France 24

Russia’s Supreme Court bans 'international LGBT movement', effectively outlawing activism

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country.

The Independent UK

Russia’s top court bans LGBT+ activism as ‘extremist’ in latest crackdown

The Supreme Court backs request fom Vladimir Putin’s government – despite the LGBT+ ‘movement’ being not one defined entity. Activists fear ruling will bring broad swathe of arrests and prosecutions

France 24

Finland closes last border crossing with Russia amid rising tensions

NATO member Finland on Wednesday closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia after the government decided to seal the entire border with its eastern neighbor amid rising political tensions.

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