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Who are the Russian oligarchs in the UK and what are their ties to Putin?

Russian oligarchs have put down deep roots in the UK since acquiring vast fortunes after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Some are reported to own luxury penthouses only steps away from Parliament

Daily Mirror

Putin is on a quest for historical significance by invading Ukraine and gambling on his own and Russia's glory

When the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, most Russian officials in St. Petersburg’s mayor’s office were quick to replace the portraits of the Communist revolutionary heroes Vladimir Lenin and Sergei Kirov with the portrait of Boris Yeltsin, the new Russian president.

The Conversation

Russia scholar: Putin's neo-Eurasianism keys invasion

What is behind Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Prominent Russian literature scholar Ikuo Kameyama, the president of Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, who once interviewed former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 2014, believes Russian President Vladimir Putin might still be smarting from events of that year. The following is excerpted from…

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GOP calls Putin "Soviet dictator"

Former football coach Tommy Tuberville isn't the only Republican who needs a refresher on Russian history

Salon

No military bases in ex-Soviet countries, Russia tells West

The West must not build military facilities in any countries of the former Soviet Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

Reuters

Editorial: The world stands with Ukraine

Not since 9/11 has an unprovoked hostility been so clearly defined as good versus evil. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has, if nothing else, sidestepped the usual vagaries of who started what or who is the victim and who is the aggressor. On the one side is Ukraine, a sovereign…

Tribune News Service

Russia’s Syria intervention provided hints for Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin's first military campaign outside former Soviet Union areas was in Syria, where in 2015 he threw his country's firepower behind President Bashar Assad

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The list of foreign companies pulling out of Russia keeps growing

The invasion of Ukraine is causing a mass exodus of companies from Russia, reversing three decades of investment by Western and other foreign businesses there following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.The list of those cutting ties or reviewing their operations is growing by the hour as foreign…

Tribune News Service

50 years on - the nuclear 'triangle' resurrected with Russia on high alert

Fifty years ago, the US and China signed the "Shanghai Communiqué" leading to the normalisation of ties between Washington and Beijing. Its main purpose was to counter the Soviet Union which had threatened to "take out" China's nuclear arsenal. RFI looks at how this historical 'triangle' is being reformed against…

Radio France Internationale

Think Big, the sequel

A critique of the economist who wants government to return to a Think Big model of expansion

Newsroom.co.nz

When did Putin come to power? How Putin rose from KGB spy to political dominance

Putin has been the dominant figure in Russia for more than 20 years, and previously served in the KGB - the Soviet Union's intelligence and security service

Wales Online

Doyle McManus: Welcome to Cold War 2.0. It won't be easy

No matter how Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine ends, it already marks a turning point in history: the end of a 30-year period of relative peace in Europe and a return to hostility between Russia and its neighbors — a kind of Cold War 2.0.

Los Angeles Times

John M. Crisp: Ukrainian patriots are fighting for what we believe in

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine last week happened to coincide with my reading of David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, our 33rd president. Clearly, Russia has been a problem for a long time.

Tribune News Service

Russia scholar: Putin's neo-Eurasianism keys invasion

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The Conversation

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? FAQs about the conflict that has shocked the world

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has put the world on edge. The military move by Russian President Vladimir Putin has left many people looking for information on how and why the conflict started. Here are answers to some key questions.

Tribune News Service

Jay Ambrose: We can win this Cold War, too

Some years ago, when I was editor of a now-defunct newspaper in El Paso, Texas, my wife and I bought a house with a deteriorated, spider-filled, filthy, underground fallout shelter in the backyard. It made me shudder, not because of its appearance, but because it represented past fears of the…

Daily Mirror

Ashton Kutcher voices support for wife Mila Kunis' native Ukraine after invasion

Mila Kunis was born and raised in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, which was part of the Soviet Union until 1991. The actress and her parents, along with her brother, moved to America when she was seven years old

Tribune News Service

Russian threat is forcing a rewrite of US defense plans

WASHINGTON — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will trigger a revision of U.S. defense strategy and budgets, experts say.

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Roll Call

Russian threat is forcing a rewrite of US defense plans - Roll Call

U.S. defense planners and lawmakers are readjusting their plans and budgets after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Seeks ‘Delicate Balance’ in Ukraine Crisis

With Russian forces in neighboring Syria, Washington its unswerving ally and about a million citizens with ties to the former Soviet Union, Israel is seeking a delicate balance in the Ukraine crisis. For residents of Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv and home to many Jews with roots in…

Los Angeles Times

Nixon library marks 50 years of US-China relations amid low point for diplomacy

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Fifty years ago, President Nixon landed in Beijing in a historic visit to China that opened the door to diplomatic relations between the two countries, shifting the power dynamics of the Cold War and undermining the Soviet Union's global influence.

Evening Standard

Emily Sheffield: If Putin has miscalculated on Ukraine, this invasion will be his downfall

In 1999, as a journalist working for this newspaper, I flew into Ukraine for a short trip to report on the situation there. In the throes of a financial crisis, soaring inflation had rendered their currency worthless, eight years after they had voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Waves Nuclear Sword in Confrontation with the West

It has been a long time since the threat of using nuclear weapons has been brandished so openly by a world leader, but Vladimir Putin has just done it, warning in a speech that he has the weapons available if anyone dares to use military means to try to stop…

Wales Online

When the Soviet Union ended and the countries that were in it

Vladimir Putin and Russia's invasion of Ukraine may well spring in part from his desire to re-establish the Soviet Union

The Guardian - US

Effort under way to challenge Russia’s right to seat on UN security council

In wake of Ukraine invasion, diplomats consider if Russia can be removed as one of five permanent security council members

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