Unluckiest American finally coming home from Russia
Ex-Marine Paul Whelan spent years in Russian prisons as Washington and Moscow stumbled into a new era of hostage diplomacy.
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Putin wanted his hit man back. A mother wanted her journalist son home
The effort to bring home WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich and others unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires, political power players and his fiercest advocate – his mother.
Putin’s navy flexes over West’s ‘growing threats’
Russia’s northern fleet in the Arctic, the Pacific and Baltic fleets, as well as the Caspian flotilla, will take part in the exercises.
UK considers long-range missiles to counter Putin’s nuclear threat
Sources expect collaboration with Germany on weapon that could reach Moscow if Russia pushes nuclear button
Russia’s sinister totalitarianism
A Russian court’s sentencing of journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial shows Vladimir Putin’s regime is becoming more dangerous to the West.
Sentence shows evil of Putin rule
Evan Gershkovich’s Kafka-esque nightmare has sent a chill through the corps of foreign reporters covering Russia.
Jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich a valued friend
Falsely accused Wall Street Journal reporter was sentenced to 16 years after a trial denounced as a sham.
Ukraine war sparked exodus of Russians
Those who have left range from Russians who feared arrest under draconian new censorship laws to entire families who no longer wished to be associated with the regime.
MH17: A warning shot from Putin that the West ignored
A decade after a Malaysia Airlines flight was downed over Ukraine, military figures rue missed chances to stem Russian aggression and victims’ families still wait for justice.
ABC’s pile-on against Modi’s Putin visit
Radio National Breakfast hosts took their turn slamming the Indian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese’s ‘sucking-up’ to the Asian leader and his warm and fuzzy visit to Russia.
Enemy of Putin’s Russia a devoted friend to all others
Stefan Romaniw’s leadership of Australia’s Ukrainian community was an example of what multiculturalism can achieve.
Deadly serious game for those on the dark side of espionage
There is nothing remotely idealistic about Putin’s regime or its intelligence services. The regime is a kleptocracy and its secret services a mafia.
Biden gaffes dig deeper hole for panicked Dems
Democrat refers to ‘vice-president Trump’ and calls Zelensky ‘Putin’ at NATO press conference.
Biden accidentally introduces Zelensky as ‘President Putin’
Joe Biden has introduced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as President Putin at the final NATO ceremony in Washington | WATCH
Biden confuses Zelensky with his enemy Putin
Joe Biden has introduced Volodymyr Zelensky as ‘President Putin’, as the world readied for a rare press conference by the US President | WATCH
Free Palestine Melbourne loses momentum, dumps weekly rallies
Free Palestine Melbourne has told its followers the weekly marches, which have angered traders, will stop but the group will continue to advocate for Gazans.
Navalnaya deserves protection
Vladimir Putin’s jackboot barbarianism against enemies knows no bounds.
Asia’s new ‘Game of Thrones’
As US power recedes, Russia and China compete for regional advantage.
Kremlin seeks arrest of Navalny’s widow
A court in Moscow has issued an arrest warrant on extremism charges for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Major brawl in Alice Springs after curfew introduced
Police have made multiple arrests following a violent brawl in central Alice Springs on Wednesday afternoon, as officials consider extending the latest curfew.
Modi and Putin strengthen ties
A warm embrace in Moscow coincided with the latest atrocity committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Russian missiles kill 33 in Ukraine, gut Kyiv children’s hospital
Russia struck cities across Ukraine on Monday with a missile barrage that killed 33 people and heavily damaged a Kyiv children’s hospital in an assault condemned as a ruthless attack on civilians.
Putin not moved by US debate firestorm
Russian President said he did not take lightly Donald Trump’s claim he could quickly bring the war in Ukraine to a close.
Russian exiles call for armed resistance of Putin regime
More than 60 exiled politicians who once served in the Russian State Duma met in Warsaw this week to discuss a seven-point plan for overthrowing the Kremlin.
Killings, coups and chaos: Putin’s spies wage secret war on Europe
Moscow operations have escalated across the continent, from employing thugs for hits in sympathetic countries to massive covert campaigns to sow havoc.
Let’s not forget Assange’s big ‘Russia problem’
Assange is more Putin’s useful idiot than stooge, motivated not by lofty ideals of government accountability and transparency, but by evening up old scores and settling personal vendettas.
Germany: Time to talk peace with Putin, says Scholz rival
The frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor has suggested it is time to seek a peace deal with Russia over Ukraine.
‘What now?’ Start negotiating with Putin, Farage urges
Western leaders should hold peace talks with President Putin to break the ‘stalemate’ in Ukraine, the Reform UK leader has said.
Farage slammed for Putin ‘appeasement’
The Reform UK party leader doubles down on his claims that the West ‘provoked this war’.
West provoked Putin, insists Britain’s Reform leader
Nigel Farage’s comments made during a BBC interview have been condemned by British political and senior military figures.
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