Defence experts say Moscow is rapidly improving its intelligence operations after Ukraine invasionIt was a crude and violent assault, but as a bloody message, it was chillingly effective. An attacker ambushed Leonid Volkov, a close adviser to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Nalvany, outside his home on the outskirts of Vilnius, Lithuania. The time was 10.06pm on Tuesday night as he arrived, after having filmed an anti-Putin video in time for this weekend’s election.The assailant...
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Journalist has already been held for a year by Russia with no date set for
Around 9,000 children will be evacuated from the Russian region of Belgorod, the local governor said, as Russian volunteers fighting for Ukraine carry out cross-border raids in the region.]]>
US describe Russian’s allegation that Ukraine was involved in attack as ‘nonsense’ and says it passed warning to Russian security servicesThe Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has restricted access to 11 channels in the Telegram messaging app “with terrorist content” over the past two days, reports Reuters citing an article by the state-owned news agency RIA Novosti on Thursday.Poland’s prime minister on Thursday hosted his Ukrainian counterpart for long-awaited talks designed to ease...
Vladimir Putin has made at least 11 threats of nuclear war against the West since he launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
This live blog is now closed. For more on Putin’s re-election, you can read our latest reporting:West condemns ‘undemocratic’ Russian election as results show Putin landslideThe EU has said the Russian election took place in a highly restricted environment “exacerbated by Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine”.The EU said it regretted the decision of Russian authorities not to invite international observers to its elections. Continue reading
Following almost a year of digging with makeshift tools, 76 RAF officers succeeded in escaping along a tunnel more than 100 yards long. But the aftermath was one of exceptional cruelty.
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (WETM) -- Last night's hard freeze didn't hurt local crops. That's because the recent cold weather is keeping trees and vines from blossoming. The late frost from last year did affect the growth of crops but cold weather is something that crops need before they start blossoming. "This is actually kind of []
When the presumptive Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency Donald Trump threatened that he would withdraw NATO protection from delinquent allies (i.e. those who do not invest enough in their own defense), his words drew widespread condemnation. Yet some of America’s European allies are not doing their cause any favors.On March 15, Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkēvičs expressed his “full support” for French President Emmanuel Macron’s hawkish stance toward Moscow, saying “we should not draw...
Concerning the Israeli war in Gaza, former President Donald J. Trump is making headlines again, telling Fox News that “you have to finish it up and do it quickly and get back to the world of peace. We need peace in the world we need peace in the Middle East.” Trump also continues to expose his long-standing grievances with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying, “He has been hurt very badly because of what’s happened here. He was not prepared. He was not prepared, and Israel was not...