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Cyprus to strip citizenship from another four sanctioned Russians

Cyprus is revoking citizenship from four sanctioned Russians, authorities said on Wednesday, bringing the number of passports pulled from people for links to the Kremlin to eight this month.

Reuters

UK PM Johnson urges Russia to treat captured Briton with compassion

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Russia to treat a Briton who was captured in Ukraine with compassion, adding that he had served in the Ukrainian army for some time and was not a mercenary.

Reuters

UK's Johnson to offer India alternatives to Russia ties on visit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will offer to help India cut reliance on Russian oil and defence equipment when he begins a two-day visit this week that will test his diplomatic skills and provide brief respite from a row raging at home.

Reuters

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Russia says it's not banning foreign journalists but tightening visa rules

Russia is not planning to stop foreign journalists from entering the country but it is tightening visa rules for those from "unfriendly countries", a deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukraine's prosecutor general: 'I expect to find evidence of genocide in Mariupol'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova discussed the alleged war crimes committed by the Russian military in Ukraine. Venediktova warned that she expects to find "evidence of genocide" in the besieged eastern city of Mariupol. She also warned that "huge numbers of people" are being…

France 24

Biden To Announce New Military Package For Ukraine

Within the coming days, U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to announce another military aid package for Ukraine about the same size as the $800 million one last week, Reuters reported citing familiar sources. One U.S. official said a new package was expected that would be roughly the size of the previous…

Benzinga

Vladimir Putin 'grounds daughter from romantic hol amid fear she won't return to Russia'

Maria Vorontsova planned a romantic getaway with Yevgeny Nagorny, her partner since the breakup of her marriage to the Dutch son of a NATO colonel, General SVR Telegram channel claims

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Credit Suisse Expects Loss In Q1 As Litigation Provisions, Russia-Ukraine Crisis Weigh

Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE:CS) said it is expecting a loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2022. The company listed an increase in legal provisions and slow business activity due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the reasons for seeing a loss in the quarter. The Swiss bank estimated total litigation provisions…

Benzinga

Russia's Remaining Independent Journalists Suffer for Their Work

Journalists often do their best work in places that offer the least welcoming environment.

Reason

Ukraine war refugees top 5 million as assault intensifies

The U.N. refugee agency says more than 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded the country

The Independent UK

Russian and Belarusian players to be banned from Wimbledon – reports

Daniil Medvedev and Aryna Sabalenka are among those affected

The Independent UK

Finnish MPs open debate on joining Nato

HELSINKI: Finland's parliament Wednesday will open a debate on whether to seek Nato membership, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge in political and public support for joining the military alliance.

Bangkok Post

EU preparing measures to prevent Russia from evading sanctions, Latvia says

The European Union is preparing new measures to prevent Russia from evading sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics told a news conference on Wednesday.

Reuters

More than 5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russian invasion began, UN refugee agency says

A further 7 million people are also thought to be displaced within Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

In Russia, the truth has been criminalised. Lies are a weapon of war

Before February 24, I don’t think I’d ever called Vladimir Putin a liar on air but when Russia’s president launched his invasion of Ukraine, claiming he had to “save” Russian-speakers from “genocide”, I was in Ukraine and I knew that was a lie. Journalists don’t often use the word, but…

Salon

Free speech: Casualty of Ukraine war?

Social media is now silencing anyone who challenges the dominant narrative, whether from the right or the left

Reuters

Number of refugees fleeing Ukraine war tops 5 million-UN agency

The number of people fleeing Ukraine to escape Russia's invasion has passed 5 million in Europe's worst refugee crisis since the end of World War Two, U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Wimbledon on collision course with tennis world after player ban

Russian and Belarusian players have been banned from Wimbledon and all other grass-court events in Britain this summer in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine

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Ukrainian commander in Mariupol says forces ‘facing last days, if not hours’

Marine commander appeals for help as another Russian ultimatum calling for remaining troops in city to surrender expires

Evening Standard

Wimbledon bans Russian and Belarusian players from Championships after Ukraine invasion

Wimbledon has banned all Russian and Belarusian players from this summer’s Championships, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Liberal Russian radio station loses appeal against being taken off air

A Moscow court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy, one of the leading current affairs channels in Russia, against the authorities' move to take it off air over its coverage of Russia's war in Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan Formally Revokes Russia's 'Most Favored Nation' Status

Japan formally revoked Russia's “most favored nation” trade status Wednesday over its invasion of Ukraine, as Tokyo steps up sanctions amid revelations of the Russian military's widespread atrocities against civilians. The stripping of Russia’s trade status is Japan's latest move against Moscow and was part of a list of sanctions…

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Ukraine repelling intense Russian offensive in east

Shelling and strikes in Donbas increasing but Russians hampered by logistical problems, UK claims. Plus, Biden’s $6bn effort to save nuclear plants

Reuters

Biden hosts military chiefs as Ukraine crisis intensifies

President Joe Biden convened U.S. military leaders on Wednesday in an annual White House gathering taking on special significance as the war in Ukraine enters a risky new phase and Washington plans more weapons assistance.

The Independent UK

Russian captain of Black Sea landing ship killed in Ukraine invasion in latest blow for Putin

The captain was the commander of Caesar Kunikov, part of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

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