Paranoid Putin's life in the crosshairs: As one despot after another is assassinated, how the Russian tyrant is taking desperate steps to stay alive, writes MARK GALEOTTI ⊖
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2026 › May › 08
Russia
56 days ago
After more than four years of war with Ukraine, the Kremlin has been forced to scale back Russia's Victory Day parade in Moscow radically, reducing the show of force to a mere token display.
Russia and Ukraine Agree to U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire This Weekend ⊕
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The deal, which Trump first announced on Truth Social, will pause fighting from May 9 through May 11 to coincide with Victory Day celebrations in Russia.
Trump announces Russia-Ukraine three-day ceasefire from 9 May ⊖
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US president posts on Truth Social ceasefire will include suspension of all ‘kinetic activity’ and prisoner swaps
Donald Trump has announced on social media that there will be a three-day ceasefire in…
Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree 3-day ceasefire and prisoner swap ○
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US president says Putin and Zelenskyy agreed to request for cessation beginning May 9
Trump stuns world by brokering shock THREE-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire and 2,000-prisoner swap on eve of Putin's Victory Day ⊖
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Donald Trump has announced a shocking three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
What does a woman swimming in urine tell us about the state of the world? Lots! – Venice Biennale review ⊖
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The theme of earth’s biggest art extravaganza – spiritual rest – felt wildly wrong for our crisis-hit planet. Thank goodness for the pavilions, from fake babies to hi-tech sperm banks to a chocolate …
Russia’s Victory Day is Putin’s biggest liability ⊖⊖
Ukrainian battlefield struggles are exposing the Kremlin’s rigid commitment to war.
Kallas proposes doubling EU defense funding for Moldova ○
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Chișinău faces mounting pressure from Russia’s ongoing invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
The disaster unfolding on Russia’s Black Sea coast is of its own making ⊖⊖
The pollution spreading across southern Russia exposes environmental collapse under Putin's system.
Who is coming to Putin’s Victory Day parade — and who is not? ○
For the Russian president, Victory Day is arguably the most important public holiday of the year. But this time, even Russia’s former allies are staying away, leaving the Kremlin alone in its much sc…