Russia detains suspects in an attack that left at least 133 dead in a Moscow concert hall
Several people in camouflage clothing opened fire on the outskirts of the capital. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility on its Telegram channel
EU slaps sanctions on Russian justice officials blamed for jailing Alexei Navalny
Josep Borrell, EU foreign policy chief, said the sanctions show ‘our determination to hold Russia’s political leadership and authorities to account for the continuing violation of the human rights’
Russia fires 31 missiles at Kyiv in the first attack in weeks as people scramble for cover in subway
Air defenses shot down all the missiles. An estimated 25,000 people, including about 3,000 children, took shelter in the city’s subway stations in a scene reminiscent of the first weeks of the war
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal: ‘We are not asking for troops from our European partners, but for military instructors’
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the leader discusses Russia’s attempts to undermine the EU’s unity on supporting Kyiv
US security company challenges Wagner group’s hegemony in its African stronghold
Bancroft Global Development, which has military training experience in Somalia, acknowledged discussions with the Central African Republic, which is seeking to ‘diversify’ its security relations
A Ukrainian town devastated by the invasion defends its Soviet legend
The municipality of Sviatohirsk is known for hosting the largest statue dedicated to the Bolshevik revolutionary Artyom, a symbol of Russian nationalism in Donbas
Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region targeted from the Ukrainian side
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Ukraine has increasingly used its long-range firepower to hit oil refineries and depots deep inside Russia and has sought to unsettle the Russian border regions, putting political pressure on Putin
Victoria Lomasko, exiled Russian artist: ‘In the 21st century, street protest has become a decorative act’
The author of ‘The Last Soviet Artist,’ a graphic journey of the many former republics that made up the giant that was the Soviet Union, talks about Alexei Navalny’s death and the role of a social artist
How Putin’s global network aids and abets his ambitions
The economic and political backing of China, the military support of Iran and North Korea, and the strategic depth granted by Belarus are some of the cornerstones of the Kremlin’s powers of endurance
Ukraine launches offensive against the Russian oil industry
Swarms of long-range drone bombs have damaged a dozen fuel refinery plants deep inside enemy territory, causing a disruption of up to 15% in Russia’s production of crude oil fuels
‘Foreign agent,’ the brush with which the Kremlin tars its most critical opponents
The label was initially applied in 2012 to identify NGOs that received foreign funding and has become a catch-all tool against Russian dissidents
NATO personnel already in Ukraine for arms control, intelligence operations and military training
The French proposal not to rule out sending soldiers to fight against Russia opened a debate that confirms there are soldiers from the Atlantic Alliance on the ground, but not in combat roles
Putin strengthens power after Russia’s farce election: ‘We have grandiose plans’
The partial count confirms the president’s resounding victory in a vote where he faced no real opposition. The leader also admitted for the first time that, before his death, there were plans to swap Alexei Navalny for a Russian prisoner held in Germany
Putin poised to extend his nearly quarter-century of rule for six more years
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Polling happened in a tightly controlled environment where the Russian president only faced competition from three token rivals
The Taurus, the German weapon that Ukraine wants to use to strike Russian targets away from the front lines
The shortage of air-to-surface cruise missiles in Ukrainian and European arsenals means that Germany is the only ally that can meet Kyiv’s demand in the short term
Putin, the leader courted by the West, perpetuates the dictatorship of an increasingly bellicose Russia
The president, who came to power 24 years ago, is poised to win the presidential election for a fifth time, while his main opponents are in jail, exiled or dead
Drones, tension and votes in plain sight in Russian elections without a rival for Putin
Residents of the Russian border city of Belgorod report an unprecedented intensity of attacks attributed to Ukraine. In Kursk, support for the president is resounding on the first election day
Faced with Putin, the answer is action or defeat
European leaders are taking steps to bolster military support for Ukraine. But more efforts must be carried out urgently. Without them, the result will not be peace, but a debacle
Using coercion, Russia has successfully imposed its citizenship in Ukraine’s occupied territories
A new Russian law stipulates that anyone in the occupied territories who does not have a Russian passport by July 1 is subject to imprisonment as a ‘foreign citizen’
Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity
After the meeting of the so-called ‘Weimar Triangle’ of the three countries, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that ‘the Russian president should know that we won’t let up in our support for Ukraine’
UN-backed human rights experts decry new evidence of torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia
Russian forces regularly showed little regard for possible harm to civilians in their military operations, the report said, adding that incidents of rape and sexual violence against women amounted to torture
Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine: ‘We want to get as many people as we can out of the front lines and put in machines’
Alexander Kamyshin says Kyiv has already tested unmanned ground devices on the front lines that ‘kept the Russians at bay for 40 days’
The threat to American hegemony is real: China and Russia see historic opportunity
The two powers, which have imposed autocratic rule on most of Eurasia, are likely to view the present moment as ripe to challenge the U.S. order
Russia goes to the polls in elections tailored to guarantee Putin power until 2030
The president’s three supposed rivals all support the Kremlin and the vote, which will be held from Friday to Sunday without international observers, uses an opaque electronic system
Macron again declines to rule out Western troops in Ukraine, but says they’re not needed now
Macron said that responsibility for prompting such a move would lie with Moscow — ‘It wouldn’t be us’ — and said France would not lead an offensive into Ukraine
The drama in Russia’s election is all about what Putin will do with another six years in power
The heft of that long tenure and the thorough suppression of effective domestic opposition voices gives Putin a very strong — and perhaps unrestrained — hand
Russian Orthodox priests persecuted for opposing war
Archpriest Andrei Kordochkin, suspended from service in Madrid for his pacifist positions, officiated at a ceremony for the deceased opponent Alexei Navalny in Germany, from where he urges Russians to ‘study all forms of non-violent resistance’
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