Putin's shadow fleet cruise through British waters: How tankers loaded with Russian oil are openly defying Western sanctions in English Channel ○
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Often described as a 'clandestine' network of hundreds of vessels, Russia's 'shadow fleet' are ferrying millions of barrels of oil through the world's busiest shipping route.
Nobody believed that Putin would invade Ukraine. Four years on, has Europe learned from the failures of 2022? ⊖⊖
I looked back to discover the untold story of how western intelligence was misread, even in Kyiv. The conclusion offers a stark warning for the future
Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of Vladimir…
Heavy Losses Make Russian Unlikely to Launch Major New Offensive – Bloomberg ⊖⊖
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a story from The Moscow Times ✅ › The Moscow Times
Russia’s battlefield losses have exceeded its monthly recruitment of 30,000 to 35,000 new contract soldiers for three consecutive months, officials said.
Russia may stage a nuclear false flag operation in Ukraine, report warns ⊖
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The US-based Institute for the Study of War said in a report that the Kremlin is looking for ways to divert attention away from “the Russian military’s inability” to achieve Moscow’s objectives, and …
German defense minister slams Trump for ‘rolling out the red carpet’ for Putin ⊕
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a story from Politico EU ✅ › Politico EU
Boris Pistorius says the U.S. president influenced the course of the war in Moscow's favor by treating the Russian leader like a buddy.
What happened after Elon Musk took the Russian army offline ○
From a Ukrainian listening post, our reporter heard it happen: Starlink terminals went dark, leaving Russian soldiers along the front unable to coordinate.
Bill Gates admits he had affairs with two Russian women but insists they were not 'Epstein victims' and he 'did nothing illicit' in apology to his employees ⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
A spokesperson for the philanthropic organisation confirmed that the Microsoft founder 'took responsibility for his actions', following a Wall Street Journal report detailing his remarks.
Russian Scholar of North Korea Says He Was Detained and Expelled From Latvia ⊖
Andrei Lankov, who holds dual Russian and Australian citizenship, was due to give a presentation on North Korean politics in Riga when police showed up at the lecture venue and detained him.
Russian firms have routed $8bn of trade through British island territories since invasion of Ukraine ⊖
Anti-corruption group Transparency International have catalogued ‘sanctions circumvention’ channelled through ‘unaccountable jurisdictions’
Russian companies have used Britain’s secretive island terri…
From Trump’s Maga to Farage’s Reform, they’re all following Putin’s nationalism playbook | Rafael Behr ⊕
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Reform is promising a ‘patriotic school curriculum’ – but what does that mean? In the end it comes down to submission to the leader
In September 2022, seven months into an all-out war in Ukraine that …