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Russia’s Navalny ‘has mystery illness which may be slow poisoning’

Russia’s most prominent opposition leader is suffering ‘acute pain’, which supporters fear may be due to poison

The Independent UK

The long-simmering Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is boiling over while the West and Russia look elsewhere

While the world is watching the destruction in Ukraine, in another corner of the former Soviet Union hostilities smolder.

The Conversation

Factbox: Who is Alexei Navalny and what does he say of Russia, Putin and death?

Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost 8 kg in jail and is suffering an illness that could be some sort of slow acting poison, his spokeswoman said.

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Russian regions cancel Victory Day parades due to ‘security concerns’ at the Ukraine border

Russia’s high-profile Victory Day parades have been cancelled in some areas due to “security concerns” at the border, UK military chiefs have said.

Evening Standard

US attorney general confirms arrest of air national guardsman suspected of being behind intelligence leaks – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Pentagon Leak Reveals 14 U.S. Troops in Ukraine

While escalation is not inevitable, it’s still a risk having any U.S. boots on the ground.

Reason

Russia’s electronic draft: As soon as they hit 'send', you've been called up

When Russian authorities announced a “partial mobilisation” last year to reinforce their military objectives in Ukraine, thousands of reservists immediately knew what it meant – they would be sent to war. To avoid being deployed, thousands left Russia or tried to hide from recruitment agents at home. For many, their…

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US and UK announce new sanctions targeting Russian ultra-wealthy

The new restrictions seek to limit Russia’s ability to evade sanctions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia could become China’s ‘economic colony,’ CIA director says

Russia’s alliance with China is becoming an increasingly one-sided affair.

Fortune

Liz Truss hits out at Rishi Sunak and French President Macron in US speech

Liz Truss risked re-opening Conservative Party wounds over Brexit after criticising the government for not moving fast enough to remove EU laws from the statute books.

Evening Standard

Truss: Weakness for Macron to seek China’s help in ending Ukraine conflict

The former prime minister said: ‘We’ve seen accommodation and appeasement by the West of these authoritarian regimes.’

The Independent UK

Finding Ukraine's stolen children and bringing perpetrators to justice: lessons from Argentina

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s children commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova on March 17.

The Conversation

US imposes new sanctions on Russian oligarch, Hungary bank

The Treasury Department has announced new sanctions aimed at Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov

The Independent UK

Wimbledon accused of 'handing Putin win' after reversing ban on Russian players

Wimbledon's decision to allow players from Russia and Belarus to compete in July has been slammed by Ukraine's foreign minister who thinks the tournament is appeasing Vladimir Putin

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Reuters

Trump accuses France's Macron of pandering to China

Former U.S. President Donald Trump accused Emmanuel Macron of pandering to China leader Xi Jinping during the French president's recent closely watched visit to Beijing.

The Guardian - UK

‘We feed the world’: Ukrainian farmers warn of war’s global effects

Vital food exports fall as fields become battle zones and Ukraine accuses Russia of sabotaging Black Sea grain corridor

The Independent UK

Russia: Bill to allow electronic conscription notices passes

The upper house of the Russian parliament has swiftly approved a bill that would allow authorities to issue electronic summonses to draftees and reservists amid the fighting in Ukraine

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Twitter Users Are Unleashing ‘Forbidden’ Celeb Lookalikes Unto The World I Can’t Stop Screaming

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The Independent UK

UK hits ‘financial fixers’ of Russian oligarchs with sanctions

James Cleverly announced a raft of penalties for those who helped oligarchs avoid the full cost of sanctions prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

UK imposes sanctions on ‘enablers’ accused of helping Russian oligarchs

‘Financial fixers’ alleged to have helped Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov to hide assets are among those targeted

Reuters

Kremlin says electronic draft papers will fix 'mess' at military recruitment offices

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a move to bring in electronic draft papers for the first time in Russia's history was needed to sort out what it called "a mess" at military recruitment offices.

Tribune News Service

Anti-war Russians fleeing home are finding their way to Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — One wintry day, a new Russian immigrant named Artem came to the Minnesota State Capitol to protest the war in Ukraine. Then a police siren sounded afar, and he grew fearful.

France 24

UN 'appalled' by video of alleged Ukraine POW beheading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced Russian "beasts" after a video surfaced on social media purporting to show the decapitation of a Ukrainian prisoner of war. The grisly footage, which prompted outrage and condemnation from UN and EU officials, came as Washington reaffirmed its confidence in Ukraine's military "capability"…

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Once again, the US reels from classified data leaks. This time, Ukraine’s at stake

The gaping holes that Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden poked into what America assumed were secure, firewalled troves of classified data taught Washington a sobering lesson about the importance of keeping secrets leakproof.

Daily Mirror

Russian soldier cuts Ukrainian's head off with knife in sick video posted online

WARNING DISTURBING CONTENT: The hideous clip shows a small unit of Russian soldiers working each other up to "cut off" a defenceless Ukrainian prisoner of war's head by "breaking the spine"

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