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Prominent pro-Putin ballet star Sergei Polunin says he's leaving Russia
Ukrainian-born ballet phenom Sergei Polunin was rewarded for backing Putin's attacks on his native country, but he appears to have fallen from Moscow's graces.CBS News - 10h -
Putin Stays Silent on Syria in Meeting With Russia’s Military
In an hourlong televised meeting with his top military brass, Vladimir Putin left Syria unmentioned and made it clear that winning in Ukraine was his top priority.The New York Times - 1d -
Prominent pro-Putin ballet star Sergei Polunin says he's leaving Russia
Ukrainian-born ballet phenom Sergei Polunin was rewarded for backing Putin's attacks on his native country, but he appears to have fallen from Moscow's graces.CBS News - 10h -
The Trocks, an All-Male Comic Ballet Troupe in Drag, Turn 50
The Trocks were never interested in making a political statement, their artistic director said. “We are men doing performances of ballet in drag for comedic purposes.”The New York Times - 2d -
Putin threatens to lift missile restraints in warning to west
Russian president says Moscow is being pushed to ‘a red line we can’t step back from’Financial Times - 2d -
Guillaume Diop, Paris Opera Ballet’s First Black Etoile, Is Lighting Up the Stage
Guillaume Diop has reached the highest level in the Paris Opera Ballet. He has also become a fashion-world darling and a symbol of a more diverse France.The New York Times - 2d -
Scholz hopes to lose confidence vote while Putin spins in annual phone-in
Plus, final statements in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry and sentencing due in the Pelicot rape trialFinancial Times - 3d -
Obscurity awaits Bashar al-Assad in Moscow after Putin offered personal escape route
Deposed Syrian president and his family are unlikely to live an extravagant lifestyle in Russia. Instead, they will probably be hidden away in a secluded estate, shielded from public view. He was ...The Guardian - 5d -
Humbled in Syria, Putin Seeks Vindication in Ukraine
An ally’s downfall has prompted calls in Russia for a definitive victory closer to home.The New York Times - 6d -
Ukraine war briefing: Nato warns that Putin wants to ‘wipe Ukraine off the map’
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte says people should gird themselves for the prospect that Russia might try to use ‘swarms of drones’ in Europe. What we know on day 1,024. Nato secretary general ...The Guardian - 6d -
Tracking Putin's Most Feared Secret Agency---From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond
The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.The Wall Street Journal - 6d -
NATO chief warns of 'huge risk' in Ukraine talks without Putin
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte expressed concern about the idea of conducting peace negotiations in the nearly three-year-long Russia-Ukraine war without Russian President Vladimir Putin "at the ...The Hill - 6d -
The US must push Putin out the Syrian door
The overthrow of Assad by rebels led by HTS in Syria represents a major opportunity for the U.S. and its allies to recognize the importance of what just happened and take the lead in the Syria ...The Hill - 6d -
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russians told not to travel to West as Putin could use new missile in ‘coming days’
Oreshnik missile is ‘just another attempt by Russia to terrorise Ukraine, which will fail’, says US officialYahoo Sports - 6d -
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Putin Just Suffered a Huge Defeat
This time, when Bashar al-Assad started to fall, Russia was not there to catch him.The New York Times - Dec. 10 -
Syria's Assad is in Russia, Putin's deputy foreign minister confirms to NBC News
Russia is providing sanctuary to Bashar al-Assad, after the swift collapse of the Syrian leader's regime, Russia’s deputy foreign minister told NBC News.NBC News - Dec. 10 -
Bashar al-Assad is ‘secured’ in Russia, Putin’s deputy foreign minister confirms
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov tells NBC News’ Keir Simmons that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “is secured and it shows that Russia acts as required in such an extraordinary ...NBC News - Dec. 10 -
Memo to the Assads: Putin may welcome you in Moscow, but I wouldn't drink his tea | Marina Hyde
The Russian leader may be a warm and attentive host: he may also be cross that Assad is now his problem. But then life’s full of uncertainty, isn’t it? . It’s fair to say the TV show Schitt’s Creek ...The Guardian - Dec. 10 -
Assad’s downfall is a humbling blow to Russia. How will it affect Putin's prestige?
The Kremlin’s failure to prevent Bashar Assad’s swift downfall in Syria has exposed the limits of Russia’s power and dented its international cloutABC News - Dec. 9 -
Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand destructiveness of nuclear weapons
Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the representative of an organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to ...ABC News - Dec. 9 -
The stars of Putin’s ‘elite’ management school: soldiers accused of war crimes
‘Time of Heroes’ scheme is training veterans of Russia’s war in Ukraine to governFinancial Times - Dec. 8 -
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Putin signs agreement offering Russia's security guarantees to ally Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Belarus to sign a treaty offering security guarantees, including the possible use of Russian nuclear weapons, to protect Moscow’s closest allyABC News - Dec. 6 -
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Trump has ‘narrow window’ to get Putin to the negotiating table: fmr. Ukraine president
Petro Poroshenko, the former president of Ukraine, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the current status of the war and the possibility for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.NBC News - Dec. 5 -
'NUTS!' Keith Kellogg is just the right man to deal with Putin
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed retired U.S. Army Lt. General Keith Kellogg as his special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, tasked with finding a comprehensive peace settlement between ...The Hill - Dec. 5 -
Putin's Ukraine drone barrages are increasingly backfiring on his closest ally
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko thus far appears to have kept his nation out of the worst of the spiraling war engulfing his neighbors to the east and south.ABC News - Dec. 5 -
Investigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at Putin
Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”The New York Times - Dec. 4 -
Putin's overseas empire is collapsing all at once — don't let up on him now
Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a difficult week as Syria's government collapses, Russian military bases are overrun by rebels, and protests in Abkhazia and Kazakhstan signal a decline in ...The Hill - Dec. 4 -
Russia sees 'no grounds for negotiations' with Ukraine, Putin spokesperson says
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Izvestia newspaper in an interview published Wednesday that Russia sees "no grounds for negotiations yet" to end Moscow's war.ABC News - Dec. 4 -
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The Romanian liberal battling pro-Putin candidate for presidency
Elena Lasconi would be country’s first female president but voters are tilting towards ultranationalist Călin GeorgescuFinancial Times - Dec. 4 -
The Guardian view on protests in Georgia: resisting a drift into Putin’s orbit | Editorial
The Georgian Dream government’s suspension of EU talks has sparked an existential struggle for democracy. In recent years, Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party has brazenly pursued a policy ...The Guardian - Dec. 3 -
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Cop29 gave us a Putin-friendly deal – and a glimpse of the dark future of climate talks | Fiona Harvey
The Baku Cop29 talks were marked by division and self-interest, with rancorous meddling right until the end. Fiona Harvey is an environment editor at the Guardian When I first visited Azerbaijan ...The Guardian - Dec. 3 -
Trump showed 'fascination with the sheer power' of Putin, Kim: Merkel
Germany’s former chancellor, Angela Merkel, said in a new interview that President-elect Trump displayed “fascination” with world leaders who have unchecked power such as Russian President Vladimir ...The Hill - Dec. 3 -
