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India’s refusal to condemn Russia not an issue for Australia: Barry O’Farrell Putin

India’s refusal to condemn Russia not an issue for Australia: Barry O’Farrell

London: Barry O’Farrell, Australia’s High Commissioner to India, says the Modi government’s refusal to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not an issue for Australia. O’Farrell, a former premier of NSW, made the remarks at an event in New Delhi for the Australia India Institute, which is led by former…
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April 4, 2022
Putin Stoops to Shocking New Low in Humiliating Retreat From Kyiv Putin

Putin Stoops to Shocking New Low in Humiliating Retreat From Kyiv

Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Despite retreating away from Kyiv in a perfunctory display of de-escalating tensions, Russian forces are leaving landmines in their wake, and civilians have been found executed—some with their hands bound behind their backs, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. “Bucha, Kyiv region. The bodies of people with tied…
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April 2, 2022
Putin’s Game Ends Putin

Putin’s Game Ends

Thursday marked five weeks since the Russian army crossed the border into Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s dreams of a lightning conquest of the cradle of Russian civilization went up in smoke. When Ukrainian soldiers ambushed columns of Russian tanks, they torched not just the military hardware, but the dress uniforms…
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April 2, 2022
Ukrainian Parliament Member Says West Should Get Tough on Oligarchs’ Kids Too Putin

Ukrainian Parliament Member Says West Should Get Tough on Oligarchs’ Kids Too

Ukraine Parliament Member Calls for Tighter Oligarch Sanctions ... Their Children Should Suffer Too 3/31/2022 1:28 PM PT TMZ.com One of Ukraine's prominent politicians says western nations can do more than send military support ... they can financially stick it to the children of Russia's oligarchs in order to put…
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March 31, 2022
Russia-Ukraine latest news: Vladimir Putin’s troops withdrawing from Chernobyl, says US Putin

Russia-Ukraine latest news: Vladimir Putin’s troops withdrawing from Chernobyl, says US

Russia has begun withdrawing its soldiers from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant after seizing control of the facility on the opening day of its invasion of Ukraine.  A senior official at the Pentagon said the troops were being repositioned into Belarus whose border lies 10 miles away.  He said: "We think that they…
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March 31, 2022
Amid new Russian attacks near Kyiv, White House says Putin misled by aides Putin

Amid new Russian attacks near Kyiv, White House says Putin misled by aides

LVIV, Ukraine —  A day after Russia said it would “drastically” reduce attacks on strategic northern cities in its war against Ukraine, those regions came under fresh bombardment Wednesday, deepening Ukrainian and Western officials’ skepticism over any easing of the offensive. As Moscow offered mixed signals about its war aims and…
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March 30, 2022
Russia’s Last Major Independent Newspaper Shuts Down Amid Government Pressure Putin

Russia’s Last Major Independent Newspaper Shuts Down Amid Government Pressure

Russia’s leading independent newspaper suspended operations Monday after pressure from Russian authorities, a move that comes less than six months after its editor won the Nobel Peace Prize for his paper’s courageous reporting under difficult circumstances. The paper, Novaya Gazeta, said it will remain closed for the duration of what…
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March 29, 2022