All news on the topic: Russia

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Paranoid and ailing Putin is constantly attended by four doctors and protected by 111 security guards at his palace, according to leaked documents
Footage of Putin’s palace shows it having a giant 20ft wall around the perimeter
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Russia strikes hypermarket in Kharkiv
Russian forces bombed a hypermarket in Kharkiv in the middle of a day on Saturday, causing multiple casualties and igniting a fire, Ukrainian authorities said.
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Putin’s Estonia provocation raises alarm bells in the Baltics
EU demands Russia explain its unilateral demarcation of the Narva River on the Estonian-Russian border.
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Dangerous liaisons: New details emerge of Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka’s espionage for Russia
Accused of working with the Russian security services, Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka mockingly donned sunglasses at a press conference — as if in a spy movie.
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The assistant: Was Tatjana Ždanoka’s European Parliamentary aide selected by her FSB handler?
In January, The Insider and its investigative partners revealed that long-time Member of the European Parliament Tatjana Ždanoka had been reporting to her FSB handlers in Moscow over a period from at least 2004 to 2017.
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Putin sparks new WW3 fears by angering NATO with plans to change Russia’s borders
Vladimir Putin has sparked a potential flashpoint with NATO as the despot aims to change Russia’s borders by laying claim to waters owned by Finland and Lithuania
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How Putin hijacked Austria’s spy service — and is now gunning for its government
Intelligence officials suspect Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek of colluding with the far-right Freedom Party on Moscow’s behalf.
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A documentary reveals Belarusian companies involved in supplying the Russian military
Belarus’ exiled political opposition has welcomed revelations from former security officers who defected, and have now presented evidence of Belarusian firms supplying Russia with military components critical to its war against Ukraine.
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Russia mysteriously deletes threat to redraw Baltic Sea border
Defense ministry plan had sparked alarm among NATO allies.
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Avoiding sanctions: European trucks reach Russia via Belarus
Belarusian car suppliers are in uproar. Some cars from Europe are no longer allowed into Belarus by Poland, Latvia and Lithuania.
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In the ’False Transit’ loophole, Russia’s war machine is being supplied via Kazakh companies and Belarusian warehouses
On February 24, Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine will enter its third grueling year, with no sign of ending.
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Research and espionage: an institute staffed by Russian intelligence officers is recruiting students and scientists abroad
Following a series of high-profile failures and mass expulsions of uniformed “diplomats,” Russian intelligence has turned to more subtle methods, including leveraging scientific organizations with international ties.
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Nine people arrested in Poland for suspected sabotage ordered by Russia
Nine people have been arrested in Poland on suspicion of committing sabotage on the orders of the Russian special services, according to an announcement by Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk made during a broadcast by TVN24.
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"Nobody wants to go to a club that can be raided by the police": How queer clubs in Russia survive after the country’s "LGBT movement" ban
On November 23, 2022, Russia’s State Duma banned the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” among people of all ages.
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The robots are coming: How Ukraine became the testing ground for AI-powered combat
As autonomous drones soar toward the frontline, bigger countries like China and the U.S. are watching.
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Gazprom Neft CEO avoids sanctions, purchases mansion in French Riviera
Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom is suffering heavy losses after being hit hard by international sanctions.
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10 ways world could spiral into nuke war as summer of Putin victories would mark first steps to WW3, army bosses warn
Scroll down to see The Sun’s graphic on how Putin’s summer offensive could turn into WW3 in 10 steps
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"From pig farm to Bitcoin mine: How Dagestan became Russia’s crypto Klondike"
In 2024, Russia stands as one of the world’s leaders in cryptocurrency mining, rivaling the United States.
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France angers allies by inviting Russia to D-Day commemoration
Vladimir Putin is not on the guest list, but Russian representatives have been invited to take part in WWII anniversary ceremony.
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Russia gives British diplomat Adrian Coghill a week to leave Moscow
A British diplomat has been given a week to leave Russia in an escalation of a diplomatic spat over spying.
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ESET: Turla, Russian FSB-linked group, behind new European government network backdoors
Researchers at the Slovakia-based cybersecurity company ESET have uncovered two new backdoors, dubbed LunarWeb and LunarMail, which they believe were likely used by a Russian state-affiliated hacking group to infiltrate the foreign affairs ministry of an unnamed European country.
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Turkey has evolved into a crucial intermediary for Putin, serving as a transit point for the sale of disguised fuel to the EU
Moscow bagged €3 billion through a sanctions loophole that allows Turkey to relabel Russian oil and ship it to the EU.
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Preparing for reparations: Strategies for Russia to provide compensation to Ukraine for the economic damages incurred from the war
On April 16, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution calling for “frozen Russian state assets to be transferred to a new fund to reconstruct Ukraine.”
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China poses genuine and increasing cyber risk, UK spy agency head says
China poses a genuine and increasing cyber risk to the United Kingdom, the head of British spy agency GCHQ said on Tuesday, adding that while Russia and Iran represented an immediate threat, Beijing was an epoch-defining challenge.
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New twist in case of US soldier ‘arrested after girlfriend lured him to Russia’
The wife of a US soldier arrested in Russia said his girlfriend ‘stabbed’ him while on a surprise video call with his six-year-old daughter.