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Trump battle of wills over Ukraine should not mask the horrific impact of war Scotsman comment

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrive for their bilateral talks in Kyiv in January. Picture: Carl Court/PA Wire

David Lammy: Russians have no ‘appetite’ for peace in Ukraine

Russian president Vladimir Putin has revised his country’s nuclear doctrine. Picture: Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Is Putin's chilling nuclear warning a 'declaration of genuine intent'?

Altamura Vodka that has now launched in the UK

Italian vodka praised for 'no gimmicks' reminded me of Russian secret

Russian president Vladimir Putin listens to speaker of the State Duma at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Picture: Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

What is a 'counter space weapon' US officials believe Russia has launched?

Western nations shun Vladimir Putin's inauguration ceremony in Moscow

US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage next to his lawyers after a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pre-trial detention, at the first court of appeal in Moscow last month. A Moscow court rejected an appeal by jailed Gershkovich against the extension of his pre-trial detention until 30 June.

BBC reveals 300 World Service staff working in exile

Firefighters work on a building partially destroyed after a Russian bombardment in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Picture: AP Photo/Francisco Seco

'If Ukraine loses, there will be a Third World War', warns prime minister

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Ewan McGregor with his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Alexa Goodall in A Gentleman in Moscow.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said the UK should be concerned about threat of IS after the Moscow attack.

UK should be concerned about threat of IS after Moscow attack, Jeremy Hunt warns

Emergency services vehicles are seen outside the burning Crocus City Hall concert hall following the attack. (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian officials call for harsh punishment for perpetrators of concert attack

A woman casts her ballot as service members register to vote during Russia's presidential election in Moscow. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)

Russians vote in election that holds little suspense after Putin crushed dissent

Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group director General Dmitry Kiselev, in Moscow, Russia. Picture: Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Putin vows Russia ready to use nuclear weapons against threat to independence

Political scientist Ekaterina Schulmann. Image: Dmitry Nosachev.

Russian dissident to visit Scottish Parliament

How Putin has created a Hunger Games-style capital to stifle dissent Yuri Felshtinsky

The right to protest is an important part of a functioning democracy.

Alexei Navalny a reminder that right to protest must be protected

Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny out of the Mother of God Quench My Sorrows church after his funeral service. Picture: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images

Hundreds gather in Moscow for Alexei Navalny's funeral as service streamed live

Foreign secretary Lord David Cameron speaks to the media. Picture: Stoyan Nenov/PA Wire

Cameron says there should be 'consequences' for Putin over Navalny death

Vladimir Putin critic and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies

Two other paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky were offered as part of Sotheby’s Russian Pictures sale last year in London.

Ukrainian painting taken by Russia turns up at Moscow auction

Russia's president Vladimir Putin gives an interview to US talk show host Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin in Moscow. Picture: Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images

SNP MP urges UK Government to consider sanctioning Tucker Carlson

Broadcaster Tucker Carlson, who left Fox News last year, interviewed Vladimir Putin. Picture: Getty Images

Why Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin is essential viewing

In this photo released by Sputnik news agency, Russian president Vladimir Putin (right) and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson prepare for an interview at the Kremlin in Moscow. Picture: Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

What did Vladimir Putin say in Moscow interview with Tucker Carlson?

Russian president Vladimir Putin holding his year-end press conference at Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall in central Moscow. Picture: Alexander Kazakov/AFP via Getty Images

Putin says goals in Ukraine remain the same, no peace until achieved

People have a lunch in a "Vkusno i tochka" (tasty and that's it!) restaurant, former McDonald's Russia chain, in Moscow. Vkusno i tochka, owned by Russian businessman Alexander Govor, bought and re-branded 850 restaurants of former McDonald's Russia chain, as McDonald's left Russia.

Are economic sanctions against Russia having any real impact?

The UK's new ambassador for Ukraine Martin Harris (left) wearing a kilt for his first meeting with President Vlodymyr Zelensky. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine/PA Wire

New Ukraine ambassador wore a kilt for first meeting with Zelensky

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia.

Putin brands Soviet invasions a 'mistake' ahead of arms talks with North Korea

Sheet of paper with portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner’s operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, is placed at a makeshift memorial in front of the Private Military Company (PMC) Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on August 26.

Prigozhin: Wagner chief among 10 confirmed dead in Russian jet crash

A man lays flowers at a makeshift memorial in honour of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Bodies and flight recorder recovered from Prigozhin crash site

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin 'on board' crashed Russian plane

This picture taken on July 4, 2017 shows Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin prior to a meeting with business leaders held by Russian and Chinese presidents at the Kremlin in Moscow.

Yevgeny Prigozhin was ‘on passenger list’ as 10 killed in jet crash

Investigators examine an area next to a damaged building in the "Moscow City" business district after a reported drone attack in Moscow, early on Tuesday.

Warning of more drone attacks as building targeted twice in three days

Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg at the weekend.

Warning of 'careful balancing act' as Zelensky says war is ‘returning to Russia’

President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, has aligned her government with the EU.

Why has Moldova expelled 45 Russian diplomats?

UK democracy's outdated rules are a gift to hostile actors like Russia Stewart McDonald

Ukrainian T64 tanks move towards Bakhmut. Picture: Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images

Why it is 'way too early' to talk about the beginning of the end of Putin regime

Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) with Vladimir Putin

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Exiled Wagner Group leader breaks silence

Sunak to stay in touch with allies after deal to end Russia rebellion

Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Putin faces major leadership challenge as Wagner forces advance on Moscow

A member of Wagner group stands guard in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don

Russia uprising: ‘Soon we will have new President’ says Wagner Group

People walk past an armoured personnel carrier in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. Credit: Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images

Who is the Wagner Group? Why have they launched a coup?
Vladimir Putin has addressed the Russian people after conflict appeared to break out with the Wagner Group, a private military company headed by Yevgeny Prigozh...

Putin calls armed Wagner rebellion a 'betrayal' and vows 'punishment'

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

‘Betrayal’ - Vladimir Putin reacts to Wagner Group rebellion in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago

Russian mercenary group plot to remove Vladimir Putin

A photographer takes photo of dead fish in the dried-up Kakhovka Reservoir after recent catastrophic destruction of the Kakhovka dam near Kherson, Ukraine. Picture: AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov

Russia won’t led aid workers into areas affected by dam collapse: UN

Grain storage sits underwater after the collapsed of the Kakhovka Dam, in Kozatske, Ukraine (AP Photo)

Ukraine war: dam explosion set to spark higher food prices around the world

A specialist inspects the damaged facade of a multi-storey apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow on Tuesday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Why was Moscow attacked by drones and who was behind it?

Russia threatens military response after UK sends missiles to Ukraine

The solitary Soviet era T-34 tank parades through Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow at the weekend.

The biggest irony of Russia’s Victory Day event? Where its parade tank was made

Ukraine War: What is the Victory Day parade in Russia, what did Vladimir Putin say about the west?

What is Victory Day in Russia & what did Vladimir Putin say?

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow.

‘Civilisation is at a turning point’ says Putin at Victory Day celebrations

A broken window of a heavily damaged flat can be seen in the high-rise residential building hit by remains of a shot down Russian drone in Kyiv. Picture: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine shoots down 35 drones over Kyiv as Russian attacks kill four

Russian President Vladimir Putin was not in the Kremlin when a drone apparently exploded above the building (Picture: Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

There can be no pity for murderous Putin – Scotsman comment

Men carry the coffin of eight-year-old Uliana Troichuk, killed during the Russian attack on a residential building in the village of Apolyanka, outside Uman, Ukraine.

Russia's frontline defences 'most extensive' in world, MoD says

US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his arrest at the Moscow City Court earlier this week. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

‘He teased his mother, saying her breakfasts had prepared him for prison food’

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