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Russian prisoner swap deal was to have included Alexei Navalny

Negotiations, which began months earlier, originally included release of late opposition leader

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap

While there is only one known assassin among them, all of the Russians exchanged in Thursday’s trade have unique, and in most cases, quite surreal, backstories, reports Justin Rohrlich

The Independent UK

How Putin Might Gain Or Lose From The Prisoner Swap

When eight Russian citizens including a convicted hitman touched down in Moscow on Thursday in a historic prisoner swap with the West, President Vladimir Putin greeted them like heroes.

International Business Times

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FSB and sleeper agents among the Russians freed in prisoner swap

Members of Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, and sleeper agents living abroad were among those freed in a multinational prisoner swap on Thursday. The children of deep-cover agents posing as Argentinian expats in Slovenia were not even aware of their Russian heritage until they were transported to Moscow along…

France 24

Kremlin acknowledges intelligence operatives among the Russians who were freed in swap

New details have emerged on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West were from its security services

The Independent UK

Russian Prisoner Swap Planes Land In Germany And Poland

Planes land in Germany and Poland for high-profile Russian prisoner swap involving former FSB colonel and release of German citizens.

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What to know about the growing number of treason and espionage cases in today's Russia under Putin

Treason cases were once rare in Russia, a handful each year

The Independent UK

Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began

Treason cases were once rare in Russia, a handful each year

The Independent UK

Kyiv children’s hospital evacuated after power and oxygen supplies lost in missile strike; Italy accuses Russia of war crime – as it happened

Ukraine’s president vows to retaliate over strike that hit Ohmatdyt children’s hospital as Italy says attack must be condemned by international community

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French researcher admits military secrets charges, claims Russia

Laurent Vinatier is the latest Western citizen arrested by Moscow amid accusations of ‘hostage diplomacy’.

The Conversation

Is Putin drawing inspiration from Stalin’s military purge? Despite parallels, probably not

May 2024 was a noteworthy month for Russia’s military. Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu with economist Andrey Belousov. Several military leaders were also arrested by the FSB, the Russian successor to the Soviet KGB.

International Business Times

From Beijing To Paris -- Russia's Fractious Relations With Sports

Doping, sanctions, Ukraine, an escalating war of words: Sporting powerhouse Russia's behaviour since breaking the Olympic truce in 2008 with the invasion of Georgia has taxed the patience of sporting bodies.

The Guardian - UK

The Kremlin’s Noose by Amy Knight review – vital primer on Putin’s Russia and Boris Berezovsky’s death

The American historian and expert on Russia has written a definitive study of the flamboyant life and mysterious death of the oligarch, a confidant of Yeltsin and a man to whom Putin was once indebted

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The Guardian - UK

Jailed journalist Evan Gershkovich to soon stand trial, Russian prosecutor indicates

Wall Street Journal reporter faces ‘false and baseless charge’ and ‘sham trial’, say paper’s publisher and editor in chief

The Independent UK

Future PM must focus on EU trading relationship to fix Brexit damage, says business group

Federation of Small Businesses calls for future government to put ‘more emphasis’ on improved EU relationship

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Russian legal foundation linked to Kremlin activities in Europe

Exclusive: Leaked internal documents show Pravfond has spent millions of euros to finance propaganda and legal campaigns

The Guardian - UK

Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU

Israeli-made Pegasus cyberweapon used in hacking attempts on at least seven journalists and activists in EU

The Guardian - UK

‘Putin’s patience snapped’: Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge

Under new defence minister Andrei Belousov, FSB is tackling corruption aggressively with serious implications for Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Russian spy chief says more than 20 arrested over deadly concert attack

Russia says for first time that ISIL coordinated the concert hall assault in Moscow, in which more than 140 people died.

The Independent UK

Putin is playing a game of thrones with his inner circle. And one man is rising in the shadows

Sergei Borisovich Korolev, the first deputy director of the FSB, is said by European officials to have emerged a winner behind the scenes in the Russian president’s recent Kremlin reshuffle. Kim Sengupta reports

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