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Explained: How Moscow drone strikes bring the war home to the rich
Tuesday’s drone attack – in which at least eight entered Moscow’s airspace – is different and significant in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. The incident took place in Rublyovka, an area where oligarchs, politicians and top officials live in luxurious gated communities, bringing the war home
Explained: The fighting in Belgorod and what it means for the Ukraine war
Moscow claims to have driven out anti-Vladimir Putin insurgents from the border area of Belgorod through a combination of air strikes, artillery fire and military units. Experts say it is unlikely to have a wider impact on the war in Ukraine but it could change the narrative surrounding the conflict
How Ukraine could still use Bakhmut against war with Russia
While Moscow is trumpeting a ‘mission accomplished’ moment in its war, Ukraine — even as it insists Bakhmut has not completely fallen — sees an opening to seize the initiative from the city’s outskirts if Russian forces are no longer pressing forward inside the city’s centre
G7 tightens sanctions against Russia: Will they be effective?
The US and other G7 nations rolled out a new wave of global sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The allied nations are aiming at sectors like architecture, and transportation; and hundreds of people and firms who are helping Moscow to evade existing sanctions
Russia says it scrambled jet to stop French, German patrol flights entering Russian airspace
Moscow said the flights were being conducted by a German P-3C patrol aircraft and a French Atlantic-2 maritime patrol jet. After the Russian jet was scrambled and the French and German ones turned away from Russia, the Su-27 returned to base
Explained: Why is Victory Day so important for Russia?
Russia celebrates 9 May to mark the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II. Victory Day was first commemorated by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1965. While marked sporadically afterwards, Boris Yeltsin revived it and Vladimir Putin has reemphasised its patriotic importance
Moscow court rejects key Russian opposition leader’s appeal of prison term
Yashin, one of the few Kremlin critics to have stayed in Russia after Putin launched the military action in Ukraine, participated by video link in Wednesday’s Moscow City Court hearing on his ultimately unsuccessful appeal
New criminal case initiated against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow
It was the Kremlin critic's eleventh case, according to his spokesperson, and he was already facing a 35-year jail sentence
Explained: How life is inside Lefortovo prison where US reporter Evan Gershkovich is being held
Inside Lefortovo prison, inmates are not permitted to see or speak with anyone other than their assigned cellmate. The FSB security service designed the detention facility, which has housed a long list of high-profile figures, to keep detainees in near-total isolation
'His duty to report': Evan Gershkovich, the dedicated US journalist imprisoned in Russia
Evan Gershkovich is being held in Moscow's notorious Lefortovo Prison — the first foreign journalist arrested on spy charges since the Soviet era. He risks 20 years in jail with Russia accusing him of trying to obtain classified defence information for the US government
Ukraine foreign minister claims Moscow 'wants war', sceptical over efforts to end war with Russia
Offers to mediate in the Ukraine-Russia conflict have multiplied in recent weeks
Pentagon Leaks: How damaging is the intelligence leak for the US and the world?
Experts say the leaked documents are unlikely to change things on the ground when it comes to the Ukraine war. However, access to access to intercepted communications could be severed and human sources could be in danger
It's All Grey: Russia's most-active volcano Shiveluch continues to spew ash after massive eruption
The volcano spewed out ash for a second day Wednesday on Russia’s far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, throwing clouds of dust high into the sky and blanketing wide areas. Since the start of the eruption, the area has been closed to aircraft and residents have been advised to stay indoors
‘Beware of setting foot in Russia’: Blinken on WSJ reporter’s detention and lack of consular access
US consular officials have not been granted access to the journalist since his detention on March 29, in breach of its obligations under a consular convention Moscow signed with Washington earlier. Gershkovich has been charged with espionage and is awaiting a court hearing
Drowning in Misery: How swimming pools of the rich are leading to a water crisis in the world
Your taps could run dry soon and you have the rich to blame. A recent study highlighted that while the poor use the majority of their water for basic needs like drinking and washing, the rich use excessive water for personal pleasure – filling up swimming pools, watering gardens
United States urges Russia to free 'wrongfully detained' Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich
Gershkovich was detained in Yekaterinburg, some 1,800 kilometres (1,100 miles) east of Moscow
Moscow accused of ‘scorched-earth’ tactics in Bakhmut: What does this mean?
The ‘scorched-earth’ policy usually refers to an army on the retreat destroying anything an attacking enemy force could use – food, water, crops, even land – as a resource. The tactics, used to break the will of an enemy, date back to ancient times
Ukraine puts up brave front, calls leaked counteroffensive documents 'photoshopped', but US mum
Mykhailo Podolyak an advisor of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement on social media that the supposedly leaked data contained a "very large amount of fictitious information", adding that it was a desperate effort by Russia to regain the initiative in the war
Moscow court to hear appeal from jailed American reporter on April 18
Gershkovich, an American citizen, was arrested last week in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg and charged with espionage. The charges were decried as false and fabricated by the Wall Street Journal, Western leaders and the reporter’s colleagues
Messenger of Peace: Emmanuel Macron’s crucial China visit
French president Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing for a three-day state visit to dissuade China from supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He was greeted by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on a huge red carpet lined with Chinese and French flags as the countries' national anthems played