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Russia-Ukraine war
Why I left comfortable Melbourne and went into a war zone
A Ukraine local staying put despite the bombing told me, “I want to live my life so as not to be ashamed of myself to my ancestors in heaven when I die.” His words sum up why I went to Ukraine and did what I did.
- by James Baillieu
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Russia-Ukraine war
How Putin handed America the keys to the world’s energy market
It did not take long for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to reshape the world’s energy markets, but the Russian president might be kicking himself.
- by Jonathan Leake
Tony Abbott, John Howard earn Putin’s ire, hit with sanctions by Kremlin
Russia’s relations with Australia has deteriorated to unprecedented lows since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.
- by Rob Harris
Reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on specious espionage charges
The American-born son of immigrants from the USSR is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia.
- by Jim Heintz and Kirill Zarubin
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Russia-Ukraine war
He’s ‘rooting’ for Putin’s war in Ukraine: How did Tucker Carlson get an Australian visa?
The issue with Carlson is not so much his political outlook or unstinting support for Donald Trump. Rather, it is his attitude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- by Jon Richardson
Nigel Farage claims the West provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
The comments in a BBC Panorama interview with Nick Robinson echo arguments made by Donald Trump, the former US president and friend of Farage.
- by Ben Riley-Smith
Madonna makes a surprise intervention for Ukrainian peace summit
The Queen of Pop has taken to Instagram to endorse the efforts of a global peace summit to protect young Ukrainians abducted by Russian occupiers.
- by Rob Harris
G7 leaders back ‘Olympic truce’ for wars in Ukraine, Middle East
Leader of the G7 urged “all countries to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively” in support of a French proposal to temporarily halt conflicts around the world during the Games.
- by Rob Harris
Russia demands Ukraine drop NATO bid, give up regions for ceasefire deal
Putin’s terms represent the most specific conditions he has set for a possible end to the war since he ordered the 2022 invasion.
- by Rob Harris
Putin warns that Russia could arm others to strike Western targets
Germany joined the United States recently in authorising Ukraine to hit some targets on Russian soil with the long-range weapons they are supplying to Kyiv.
- by James Jordan and Harriet Morris
$14b super fund misled investors by greenwashing, court finds
Active Super deceived investors when it claimed it had restricted members’ exposure to gambling, coal and Russian companies, the Federal Court ruled.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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