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The silent struggle of an anti-war woman in Russia

The silent struggle of an anti-war woman in Russia

When Vladimir Putin launched Russia's large-scale offensive against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Varvara felt "despair and anger" -- and joined an anti-war protest in central Moscow. Four years later and amid an unrelenting crackdown on dissent inside Russia, the 32-year-old said she

Russia to free two Hungarian-Ukrainian POWs, Putin says

Russia to free two Hungarian-Ukrainian POWs, Putin says

Russia will free two Ukrainian-Hungarian nationals captured while fighting for Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appealed for their release in a phone call. Ukraine accused the two countries of having "manipulated the sensitive issue of prisoners of war" and of

France arrests activists blocking ship over alleged Russia uranium links

France arrests activists blocking ship over alleged Russia uranium links

French police arrested four Greenpeace activists on Monday over blocking a cargo ship for five hours that they alleged was transporting uranium from Russia for the country's nuclear power plants. Around 20 protestors carrying signs reading "Stop toxic contracts" and "Solidarity with Ukrainians", blockaded

Russia loses key ally leader as Putin slams Khamenei 'cynical' killing

Russia loses key ally leader as Putin slams Khamenei 'cynical' killing

Bashar al-Assad, Nicolas Maduro and now Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In the last 18 months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost several key foreign allies -- and there is little that the Kremlin, bogged down in Ukraine, can do about it. Tehran has stood by as

Putin, Russia's eternal leader defined by war and power

Putin, Russia's eternal leader defined by war and power

Vladimir Putin's four-year-long invasion of Ukraine is the culmination of a quarter century spent tightening his grip on power, crushing opponents and trying to expand Russia's influence -- and borders. Whatever the outcome of the war that has killed hundreds of thousands, wrought massive destruction

Isolated Kremlin critics lament lost future at Nemtsov memorial

Isolated Kremlin critics lament lost future at Nemtsov memorial

On a bridge next to the Kremlin on a drizzly Friday morning, a lone Russian police officer stood looking at the half-dozen bunches of flowers laying in memory of slain opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. The symbolism was almost too much. Four years into Moscow's full-scale offensive

Belarus opposition leader fears her country could become Putin's 'consolation prize'

Belarus opposition leader fears her country could become Putin's 'consolation prize'

Exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told AFP in an interview that her country must not become a "consolation prize" for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid intense efforts to end the Ukraine war. Tikhanovskaya said it was crucial for Ukraine to win its battle but that Belarus, a