Just watched Russia’s main political talk show with notorious propagandist Soloviev (Mar 9). Couldn’t believe my ears. Two hardcore pro-Putin guests – Shaknazarov and Bagdasarov – acknowledged the impact of sanctions, military failures, and called for an end to the invasion. 1/ Many Russian elites are dissatisfied with the war. …
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Confiscating the assets of companies that have fled Russia since the invasion of Ukraine would shatter investor confidence for decades and take Russia back to the calamitous days of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, metals magnate Vladimir Potanin has said. Potanin, president and biggest shareholder of Norilsk Nickel (GMKN.MM), the world’s …
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A former head of British spy agency, M16 Russian division, Christopher Steele has said President Vladimir Putin of Russia miscalculated with the war over Ukraine. Steele said the crippling sanctions on Russia by the international community would have an adverse effect on the country which may lead to the use …
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They are among the 12,000 Russian troops Ukraine now claims it has killed, as one Kremlin official has reportedly described the campaign to subdue its neighbour as a “clusterf***”. The latest senior commander to die is Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, who was killed in fighting outside Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv. Gerasimov was …
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Conditions for peace are ; 1. Ukraine ceasing military action 2. Changing its constitution to enshrine neutrality 3. Acknowledging Crimea as Russian territory 4. Recognising the separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as independent states. It comes as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to punish Russian troops for their …
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LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine, March 6 (Reuters) – Fighting stopped about 200,000 people from evacuating the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol for a second day in a row on Sunday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to press ahead with his invasion unless Kyiv surrendered. Most people trapped in the port city …
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ROID RAGE Vladimir Putin Accused Of Taking Muscle-boosting STEROIDS That Make Users Aggressive VLADIMIR Putin was yesterday accused of downing steroids that make users super-aggressive. Former foreign secretary and medical doctor Lord Owen said changes in the Russian President’s face made it appear he had been taking the muscle-boosting drugs. Former …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has been rebuked in various ways since he first directed his soldiers to invade Ukraine last week, including multiple sanctions that are intended to negatively impact his citizens and economy. Now, a pair of international martial arts groups are going after Putin’s status in the realms …
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Kremlin ‘sends more than 400 mercenaries from private militia into Kyiv to assassinate President Zelensky and his government’ – with group told peace talks are ‘smoke and mirrors’ *Private militia known as the Wagner Group ‘flown in from Africa five weeks ago’ *It is run by oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, a …
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President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would aim to double trade with Africa over the next five years, at the opening of a summit aimed at reviving Moscow’s ties with the continent. “We currently export to Africa $25 billion worth of food — which is more than we …
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