# Moscow

Ukraine urges Nato to speed up weapons deliveries following Russian strikes on energy grid

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg accused Vladimir Putin of targeting infrastructure in a bid to use winter as “a weapon of war” against Ukraine.

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Nov 29th 2022, 10:53 PM

World Health Organisation says millions of lives at risk in Ukraine this winter

It comes after Ukraine said it had discovered four Russian torture sites in the southern city of Kherson.

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Nov 21st 2022, 9:25 PM

Ukraine probes videos which Russia claims depict its prisoners being executed

The footage was circulating on Russian social media this week.

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Nov 19th 2022, 4:36 PM

Moscow's delegates miss UN review of human rights in Russia

The meeting had already been postponed twice from its planned date in March

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Oct 20th 2022, 10:50 PM

# russian protests

Russian police disperse protests against army mobilisation in Russia

More than 300 people demonstrating against the mobilisation of reservists to fight in Ukraine were arrested in Moscow.

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Sep 25th 2022, 11:53 AM

# russian invasion

EU calls for war crimes tribunal over mass graves found in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities have found around 450 graves outside the formerly Russian-occupied city of Izyum, with most of the exhumed bodies showing signs of torture.

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Sep 17th 2022, 5:34 PM

Russians bid farewell to Gorbachev, but without Putin

Hundreds of mourners, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, lined up to file past Gorbachev’s open casket.

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Sep 3rd 2022, 2:40 PM

# lukoil

Chief of Russia's largest private oil company dies ‘in fall from hospital window’

News reports said Ravil Maganov’s body was found in the grounds of the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow.

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Sep 1st 2022, 3:58 PM

# Putin

Putin signs decree making it easier for Ukrainians to live and work in Russia

The decree allows Ukrainian passport holders who have entered Russia since Moscow’s invasion to live and work there indefinitely.

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Aug 27th 2022, 4:30 PM

# United Nations

Fresh shelling at Ukraine power plant as operator warns of radiation risk

The Zaporizhzhia facility was seized by Russian troops in the opening weeks of the February invasion and has remained on the front line ever since.

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# looking ahead

Dennis Rodman planning Russia trip - reports

The former player is seeking the release of imprisoned WNBA player Brittney Griner.

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Aug 22nd 2022, 6:51 PM

US basketball star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug possession in Russia

Griner was detained in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

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Jul 7th 2022, 4:40 PM

Russia sanctions dozens of UK journalists and media figures

The list names BBC director-general Tim Davie and The Times’ editor John Witherow.

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Jun 14th 2022, 6:29 PM

Two British soldiers and Moroccan national ‘sentenced to death' by pro-Moscow rebels in Donetsk

The men were accused of being “mercenaries” after fighting with Ukrainian troops.

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Jun 9th 2022, 4:26 PM

Fighting rages on 100th day of Russian invasion as Zelenskyy says 'victory' will be Ukraine's

The sombre milestone came as Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of a fifth of Ukrainian territory.

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Jun 3rd 2022, 3:47 PM

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny loses appeal against nine-year prison sentence

The new sentence will replace the one he was handed in February 2021, meaning he will remain behind bars for another eight years.

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May 24th 2022, 11:47 AM

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny set to appeal nine-year prison sentence

The opposition leader had his two-and-a-half year sentence extended after he was found guilty of fraud and contempt of court in March.

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May 17th 2022, 8:00 AM

Russia urged to annex Ukraine's Kherson, Moscow claims Kyiv bombed Russian city

The Moscow-installed administration said there would be a “request to make Kherson region a full subject of the Russian Federation.”

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May 11th 2022, 10:55 PM

# Oil embargo

Recession brought on by energy crisis would 'hit Ireland early and hardest', MEP warns

EU ministers today discussed plans for a possible oil embargo to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine.

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May 2nd 2022, 6:50 PM

Russian gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria suspended as UN chief visits Moscow

Much of eastern Europe heavily depends on gas from Russia.

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Apr 26th 2022, 8:36 PM

# UN

Zelenskyy calls for meeting with Putin 'to end the war' as Mariupol evacuation 'thwarted'

Ukraine has made a plea to the UN to help evacuate citizens from the city, after previous attempts failed.

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Apr 23rd 2022, 8:30 PM

# donbas

West vows more Russian sanctions as Ukraine war enters new phase

Russia’s defence ministry said that “high-precision air-based missiles” had hit 13 Ukrainian positions in parts of Donbas.

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Apr 19th 2022, 11:05 PM

# Black sea

Russian Black Sea flagship sinks after Kyiv claims missile hit

The guided missile cruiser Moskva had been leading Russia’s naval effort against Ukraine in the seven-week conflict.

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Apr 14th 2022, 11:01 PM

Russia blames Ukraine for fuel depot explosion as Kyiv denies role

There is confusion over who is responsible for a helicopter attack on a fuel depot in the Russian town of Belgorod.

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Apr 1st 2022, 10:05 PM

Scepticism over Russian pledge to de-escalate campaign around Kyiv after 'positive' peace talks

Russia’s deputy defence minister Alexander Fomin said the country would “radically, by several times reduce the military activity” around Kyiv and Chernigiv.

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Mar 30th 2022, 7:19 AM

Vladimir Putin addresses rally in Moscow as Russian troops continue assault

He praised his country’s forces at the rally to mark the eighth anniversary of Russia annexing the Crimea from Ukraine.

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Mar 18th 2022, 4:01 PM

# Marina Ovsyannikova

Russian state TV employee fined for anti-war protest on live news show

Marina Ovsyannikova walked into the Channel One studio with a poster saying ‘no war’ and ‘Russians against the war’.

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Mar 15th 2022, 6:51 PM

Russia says it could target Western arms supplies to Ukraine

Earlier Ukraine’s foreign ministry said a mosque sheltering 80 civilians was shelled in Mariupol.

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Mar 12th 2022, 11:20 AM

# dawn sturgess

Novichok poisoning public inquiry delayed amid heightened Russian tensions

Dawn Sturgess died in 2018 after being inadvertently exposed to the nerve agent on a discarded perfume bottle.

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Feb 25th 2022, 1:14 PM

Russia is 'on brink' of invading Ukraine, US warns despite ongoing talks

Emmanuel Macron talked with Vladimir Putin today, before calling Volodymyr Zelensky.

Emmanuel Macron talked with Vladimir Putin today, before calling Volodymyr Zelensky

Minister Simon Coveney said that the prospect of war in Ukraine is now the expectation

Joint Russian and Belarusian military drills are continuing today amid increased tension with Ukraine

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# ukraine crisis

Biden says Russian attack on Ukraine 'remains very much a possibility'

It comes after Ukraine said sites for the country’s defence ministry and state banks had been hit by a cyberattack.

Talks between new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin took place this afternoon.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, says that if a 'real withdrawal' follows the Russian statements, it will be the beginning of a real de-escalation.

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said that there should be 'cautious optimism', but there are no signs of de-escalation on the ground.

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Feb 15th 2022, 10:01 PM

# Alexei Navalny

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny stands new trial at penal colony

President Vladimir Putin’s long-time foe is charged with fraud and contempt of court.

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Feb 15th 2022, 3:17 PM

# ukraine crisis

Russia ready for more talks to end Ukraine standoff

It comes as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who is visiting Ukraine, urged Moscow “to take up the existing offers of dialogue”.

The US has warned that Moscow could invade Ukraine at any moment.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Kyiv for crisis talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Scholz plans to continue on to Russia to hold talks with Putin.

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Feb 14th 2022, 10:41 PM

Diplomatic flurry to avert Russia-NATO clash over Ukraine

US officials claim Russia is on track to amass a large enough force, 150,000 soldiers, for a full-scale invasion by mid-February.

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Feb 7th 2022, 7:35 AM

# Kremlin

Biden threatens Putin with personal sanctions over Ukraine

The White House has said the risk of a Russian invasion of Ukraine “remains imminent”.

The White House has said the risk of a Russian invasion of Ukraine "remains imminent"

US President Joe Biden said such a move would prompt "enormous consequences" and "change the world"

Irish people have been advised to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine

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Jan 26th 2022, 7:09 AM

‘Very significant’ risk of Russia invading Ukraine, UK warns

Liz Truss has accused Vladimir Putin of plotting to install a pro-Moscow leader as head of the government in Russia’s neighbouring country.

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Jan 23rd 2022, 2:01 PM

Russia agrees to talk to US and UK amid growing tensions over Ukraine

There are fears that Russia will invade Ukraine after Moscow massed tens of thousands of troops at the border.

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Jan 22nd 2022, 3:30 PM

US warns Russia of risk of 'confrontation,' ahead of Ukraine talks

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has insisted that talks will yield no progress so long as Russia has a “gun to Ukraine’s head”.

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