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Russia & Central Asia
Russian survives 2 months adrift on inflatable boat. His companions didn’t
The man, who reportedly lost 50kg during his ordeal, was found by a fishing boat 1,000km from his starting point.
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Russia could be able to attack Nato by 2030: German intelligence
15 Oct 2024 - 5:39PM
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Putin ordered Novichok attack, double agent Skripal tells UK Novichok inquiry
14 Oct 2024 - 11:03PM
Russia & Central Asia
Afghan Taliban vow to implement media ban on images of living things
The law, which will be gradually enforced, is aimed at persuading people that images of living things are against Islamic law.
14 Oct 2024 - 5:37PM
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Taliban security patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August. The group has enforced several new laws recently, including mandating that women must cover their bodies and faces in public and restrictions on women’s voices in public. Photo: EPA-EFE
Russia & Central Asia
Ukraine’s Zelensky says North Korea sending troops to Russian army
Ukrainian president says relationships with Kyiv’s partners would have to change as alliance between Russia and North Korea gets stronger.
14 Oct 2024 - 2:28PM
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Politics
India, Pakistan fuel Central Asian arms race with sales to Armenia, Azerbaijan
The influx of military hardware is shifting the military balance in the region, potentially undermining fragile peace efforts.
12 Oct 2024 - 4:00PM
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Russia & Central Asia
Putin critic Navalny knew he would die in prison, new memoir reveals
‘I will spend the rest of my life in prison and die here,’ he wrote in March 2022.
12 Oct 2024 - 3:48PM
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Russia & Central Asia
Ukraine opens ‘war crime’ probe over reporter’s death
Victoria Roshchyna, who would have turned 28 this month, disappeared in August last year in Russian-held east Ukraine.
11 Oct 2024 - 11:45PM
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky says there are many journalists, public figures, community leaders and others in Russian captivity. Photo: AP
Russia & Central Asia
Zelensky sees ‘opportunity’ to end war in Ukraine by 2025
Moscow’s troops continue to gain ground in Ukraine’s east, while Kyiv’s forces control a small chunk of Russian territory across the border.
10 Oct 2024 - 2:02AM
Europe
Russia seeking to cause ‘mayhem’ in UK, Europe, MI5 spy chief says
Director General Ken McCallum warned of a growing threat from Russia and Iran, as well as from al-Qaeda and Islamic State.
8 Oct 2024 - 8:22PM
Europe
Russian forces reach another key frontline city, Ukraine says
The advance of Moscow’s forces in Ukraine has underlined Russia’s vast superiority in men and materiel.
8 Oct 2024 - 12:31PM
Russia & Central Asia
Russia denies freed ‘Merchant of Death’ Viktor Bout is dealing arms in Yemen
Wall Street Journal reported that Bout, released from US in a 2022 prisoner exchange, appears to have brokered sale of small arms to Houthis.
8 Oct 2024 - 1:12PM
Armed Houthi fighters in Sanaa, Yemen. Photo: EPA-EFE
Russia & Central Asia
Moscow arrests doctor for ‘Satanism’ and ‘LGBTQ propaganda’
FSB security service said it had arrested the medical chief in the central Ulyanovsk region, accusing him of ‘devil worshipping’.
8 Oct 2024 - 1:37AM
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Russia & Central Asia
Ukrainian hackers disrupt Russian broadcasts on Putin’s 72nd birthday
Hackers reportedly disrupted 20 Russian state TV and radio channels. Russia calls the cyberattack part of a ‘hybrid war’.
7 Oct 2024 - 9:43PM
Russia & Central Asia
Russian court jails US citizen for nearly 7 years on Ukraine mercenary charge
72-year-old Stephen Hubbard’s sentence for his alleged mercenary role in Ukraine marks first conviction for a US national in the conflict.
8 Oct 2024 - 3:14AM
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Europe
Russian activity in Ireland ‘should come as no surprise’, PM says
Ireland’s Simon Harris responds to report that Russian intelligence allegedly used a ‘honeytrap’ to recruit an Irish politician as an agent.
7 Oct 2024 - 10:29AM
Government buildings in Dublin, Ireland. Photo: Shutterstock
Europe
Kremlin critic killed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region: reports
Ildar Dadin was hailed as a ‘fearless and determined fighter’ after he died on combat.
7 Oct 2024 - 10:13AM
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Asia
Kazakhstan votes on whether to build first nuclear plant
The country is looking to boost its power generation capacity with the construction of its first nuclear facility.
6 Oct 2024 - 3:24PM
Russia & Central Asia
Ukrainian official caught with US$6 million in cash during draft evasion raid
Investigators said the woman tried to hide some of the money by throwing US$500,000 out of the window in bags.
5 Oct 2024 - 12:50PM
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Russia & Central Asia
Russian troops reach centre of Ukraine bastion Vuhledar
The town has strategic significance because of its high ground and its location near the junction of the two main fronts.
2 Oct 2024 - 7:53AM
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A satellite view of Vuhledar, in the Donetsk region, is seen in September amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Image: Planet Labs via Reuters
Politics
North Korea scoffs at Zelensky’s ‘absurd’ Russia accomplice remarks
The US and the West are also accomplices for arming Ukraine ‘if we follow his logic’, Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister says.
1 Oct 2024 - 8:00AM
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Russia & Central Asia
Putin orders conscription of 133,000 servicemen in Russia’s autumn draft
Putin last month ordered army to be increased to 1.5 million servicemen, a move that would make it the world’s second largest, after China.
1 Oct 2024 - 9:42AM
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Europe
Ukraine ‘disappointed’ at Swiss support for China-Brazil peace plan
Switzerland took part in a meeting in New York last week, at which a six-point peace plan for Ukraine was proposed.
1 Oct 2024 - 11:12AM
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