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EU ‘prepared to meet challenge’ if Russia fails to respect energy contracts

Comments come after Gazprom extends shutdown of gas supply through Nord Stream 1 to Germany

The Guardian - UK

Putin stays away as Russia says farewell to Soviet gravedigger Gorbachev

Thousands of Russians on Saturday paid their final respects to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in a ceremony held in Moscow with little fanfare. Russian President Vladimir Putin was notably absent.

Radio France Internationale

Gorbachev's funeral draws thousands despite Putin's absence

The ceremony was not deemed a state funeral, though it had all the makings of one.

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Russian influencer mocked for buying new Chanel bag after 'protest' saw her cut them up

The Putin-loving businesswoman who has happily posed in a Putin swimsuit and T-shirts and chooses to live in the West had “never seen any brand acting so disrespectful towards their clients

Daily Mirror

EU Commissioner says Europe well prepared if Russia keeps the gas turned off

EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said Saturday that the European Union was "well prepared" in the event of a total halt in Russian gas deliveries, thanks to storage capacity and energy-saving measures.

Radio France Internationale

Kristina Rihanoff looks stunning wearing all white in rare holiday snap

Kristina Rihanoff has been keeping her fans updated as she jetted off to Turkey for a holiday alongside daughter Mila

Daily Mirror

Gorbachev funeral: Russians say farewell to former Soviet leader as Putin ‘too busy’ to attend

Kremlin stops short of announcing full state funeral for former leader

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Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant cut from main power line, IAEA says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to mediate the standoff between Kyiv and Moscow over Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, which has been occupied by Russian troops since early in the invasion. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris…

France 24

Russian army 'rounding up homeless people' to fight as Vladimir Putin grows desperate

Officials at the city administration in St Petersburg confirmed that army recruiters had been trying to enlist from the local homeless population as the Ukraine war struggles on

Daily Mirror

Türkiye Can Be Facilitator on Ukraine Nuclear Plant, Erdogan Tells Putin

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that his country can play a facilitator role regarding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, his office said on Saturday. The two leaders also discussed developments regarding Ukrainian grain exports and expressed their determination to continue the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin ally: US dream of Russian breakup is road to doom

A top Russian official has accused the U.S. and its allies of trying to provoke the country’s breakup and warned that it could lead to doomsday

The Independent UK

Daughter of pro-Putin politician flees Russia after being branded 'traitor' by own dad

Diana Isakova, 25, said she was fearful of spending years behind bars for protesting against the invasion of Ukraine, prompting her own father to denounce her as a traitor

Daily Mirror

Turkey can be facilitator on Ukraine nuclear plant, Erdogan tells Putin

Reuters

Mikhail Gorbachev funeral sees mourners weep over open casket - but no Vladimir Putin

For many liberal Russians, he remains a hero and hundreds of Muscovites queued up to catch a glimpse of his open coffin inside the Hall of Pillars in Moscow’s House of the Unions

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The Independent UK

UK ‘could have to compete with Europe in a bid to avoid rationing’ after Russia escalates energy war

Putin accused of ‘psychological’ warfare

The Independent UK

‘A country of missing people’: How Russia is vanishing thousands of Ukrainians

The Missing: In her latest investigation, international correspondent Bel Trew reports from Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Poltava, speaking to Ukrainians and families of victims who were captured and taken to Russia in another possible war crime

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gorbachev to Be Buried in Modest Funeral Snubbed by Putin

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, is set to be buried Saturday in a relatively low-key ceremony snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin's refusal to declare a state funeral reflects its…

The Independent UK

Gorbachev to be buried in modest funeral snubbed by Putin

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched dramatic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, is set to be buried in a relatively low-key ceremony snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Reuters

Thousands of Russians bid farewell to last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev 'the peacemaker'

Thousands of Russians filed past the open casket of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, on Saturday with many saying they wanted to honour his memory as "a peacemaker" who dismantled totalitarianism and gave them their freedom.

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s hybrid war on Ukraine extends to new terrain as Gazprom cuts supply to Europe

Energy war with west has exploded after weeks of tension

Daily Mirror

More scenes of torture and murder of Ukrainians will emerge in months, experts fear

Sources are understood to be "particularly concerned" about filtration camps amid reports of torture and murder, with a report by Human Rights Watch highlighting sickening treatment of people in Donetsk

The Conversation

Mikhail Gorbachev's death brings many tributes – but his legacy in Africa remains ambiguous

Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He presided over the end of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States as well as the dissolution of the union of socialist republics. In the West, he is commonly seen as a…

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Ukraine launches long-awaited counteroffensive in south; UN team leads mission to nuclear power plant; Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

Newsroom.co.nz

Mikhail Gorbachev: The leader who ended rather than started a war

Gorbachev the peacemaker seems the exception in a long history where Russia's leaders have used force to achieve political, national, or ideological goals, writes Robert Greenberg

Reuters

Russia scraps gas pipeline reopening, stoking European fuel fears

Russia has scrapped a Saturday deadline to resume flows via a major gas supply route to Germany, deepening Europe's difficulties in securing winter fuel, after saying it had found faults in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline during maintenance.

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