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Vladimir Putin's goddaughter faces jail for 'spreading lies about Russian government'

Journalist and former presidential election candidate Ksenia Sobchak is accused of “spreading falsehoods about government agencies”, which could land her in jail for up to three years

Daily Mirror

Analysis-Truth or bluff? Why Putin's nuclear warnings have the West worried

President Vladimir Putin's latest warning that he is ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia amid the war in Ukraine has made a troubling question much more urgent: Is the former KGB spy bluffing?

Reuters

City has a secret second underground network built by its paranoid leader

Unofficial reports and intelligence from the US has suggested that there is a secret second underground network, titled Metro-2, beneath the streets of Russian capital Moscow

Daily Mirror

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Trudy Rubin: After Gorbachev’s death, Putin wants the world to know he is the ‘anti-Gorbi’

In early 1990, when Mikhail Gorbachev’s efforts to liberalize Soviet life were in full flower, I was on a journalistic exchange with a Russian newspaper — Moscow News — at the apex of the glasnost (“openness”) campaign.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Vladimir Putin 'limps' across room for Russian war games amid deepening health concerns

Vladimir Putin's health is once again being brought under the spotlight after his latest public appearance showed him walking with a limp during a military exercise

Daily Mirror

Martin Schram: A give-and-take with Gorbachev

When Mikhail Gorbachev walked into the room for our interview in Moscow, he brought with him the impressive aura of a man who was still a sitting president, a confident leader who was prepared to devote just a bit of his busy schedule to yet another ho-hum exercise of message…

Tribune News Service

The 1991 coup attempt Mikhail Gorbachev barely survived

After a three-day-long attempt to overthrow his presidency, Gorbachev returns to power as the collapse of Soviet communism continues at rapid pace, writes Michael Dobbs

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History's bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms

Mikhail Gorbachev stood for freedom, openness, peace and closer ties with the outside world

The Independent UK

Gorbachev’s successors: who led Russia after the last leader of the Soviet Union?

Three people have been president of Russia since the Soviet Union disintegrated

Evening Standard

Gorbachev: the man who let the Soviet empire go

MOSCOW (AFP) - Mikhail Gorbachev changed the course of modern history by triggering the demise of the USSR and allowing Eastern Europe to free itself from Soviet rule, earning him accolades in the West but the scorn of many Russians.

AFP

Vladimir Putin may use the murder of Darya Dugina to his advantage. But the path ahead is risky for the Russian leader

Since Vladimir Putin first came to power, many of his critics and supporters have died in strange and violent circumstances. But the fiery death of Darya Dugina is different.

ABC News

Olympic medal machine Victor Kovalenko: ‘They said I can make a choice to sail for Russia or Ukraine’

It has been 30 years since the now coach made a decision that set him on a path to Australia – and unprecedented prosperity

The Guardian - AU

‘I can’t believe this is happening’: Ukraine marks 31 years of independence

As Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes Ukraine will soon be able to celebrate victory day, public gatherings are banned amid fears Russia plans to step up attacks

The Guardian - UK

Stolen identities and KGB uniforms: Hawaiian ‘spy’ lovers face court – but is it all that it seems?

Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, both 66, were indicted for conspiracy and identity theft, federal court documents show. Johanna Chisholm unravels the complicated case

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Stolen identities, KGB uniforms and invisible ink: Busted Hawaiian ‘spy’ lovers face court – but is it all that it seems?

Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison, both 66, were indicted for conspiracy and identity theft, federal court documents show. Johanna Chisholm unravels the complicated case

The Independent UK

Hawaii couple remain jailed amid mystery about stolen IDs

A U.S. judge is upholding a previous ruling to detain a Hawaii couple accused of stealing identities of dead babies

Foreign Policy

Kremlin Claims Monkeypox Could Be a Secret U.S. Bioweapon

Washington needs to stop being a pushover in the global info war.

The Independent UK

Wife of defense contractor claims stolen ID is her real name

The wife of a U.S. defense contractor, who together are charged in Hawaii federal court with stealing the identities of two deceased Texas infants and living under their names for three decades, says she's not the person prosecutors say she is

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Reuters

Vadim Bakatin, last head of Soviet KGB, dies at 84

Vadim Bakatin, a liberal politician who briefly headed the Soviet KGB in the months leading up to the collapse of the USSR, has died at the age of 84, Russian state media said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

‘I hate them’: Dmitry Medvedev’s journey from liberal to anti-western hawk

Critics say former Russian leader’s furious tirades are a desperate attempt to retain political relevance

The Independent UK

The inside story of the Cold War double agent who says he was abandoned after decades of service

‘M’ tells Eleni Braat and Ben de Jong about his life and how, in the end, he was deserted by the paymasters he had served

Benzinga

Biden, Putin, A Notorious Russian Terrorist And A Medical Marijuana-Possessing Female Basketball Player: A Drama Update

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that he is open to a call with U.S.

The Guardian - UK

Evgeny Lebedev wanted private Russia trip for Johnson when mayor of London

Weekend trip was discussed in 2013 at Moscow dinner with London mayor’s chief of staff and Lebedev’s ex-KGB agent father

The Independent UK

Invisible ink, coded papers add mystery to ID theft case

Bobby Edward Fort enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1994 and retired 22 years later with a secret security clearance that allowed him to land a job in Honolulu as a defense contractor

AFP

US couple arrested decades after assuming false identities

Washington (AFP) - A couple living in the United States for decades under false names stolen from dead babies have been charged with identity theft and conspiring against the government, in a case tinged with suspicion of espionage.

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