Russia sanctions dozens of UK journalists and media figures
The list names BBC director-general Tim Davie and The Times’ editor John Witherow.
The list names BBC director-general Tim Davie and The Times’ editor John Witherow.
The men were accused of being “mercenaries” after fighting with Ukrainian troops.
The sombre milestone came as Kyiv announced Moscow was now in control of a fifth of Ukrainian territory.
The new sentence will replace the one he was handed in February 2021, meaning he will remain behind bars for another eight years.
The opposition leader had his two-and-a-half year sentence extended after he was found guilty of fraud and contempt of court in March.
The Moscow-installed administration said there would be a “request to make Kherson region a full subject of the Russian Federation.”
EU ministers today discussed plans for a possible oil embargo to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine.
Much of eastern Europe heavily depends on gas from Russia.
Ukraine has made a plea to the UN to help evacuate citizens from the city, after previous attempts failed.
Russia’s defence ministry said that “high-precision air-based missiles” had hit 13 Ukrainian positions in parts of Donbas.
The guided missile cruiser Moskva had been leading Russia’s naval effort against Ukraine in the seven-week conflict.
There is confusion over who is responsible for a helicopter attack on a fuel depot in the Russian town of Belgorod.
Russia’s deputy defence minister Alexander Fomin said the country would “radically, by several times reduce the military activity” around Kyiv and Chernigiv.
He praised his country’s forces at the rally to mark the eighth anniversary of Russia annexing the Crimea from Ukraine.
Marina Ovsyannikova walked into the Channel One studio with a poster saying ‘no war’ and ‘Russians against the war’.
Earlier Ukraine’s foreign ministry said a mosque sheltering 80 civilians was shelled in Mariupol.
Dawn Sturgess died in 2018 after being inadvertently exposed to the nerve agent on a discarded perfume bottle.
President Vladimir Putin’s long-time foe is charged with fraud and contempt of court.
US officials claim Russia is on track to amass a large enough force, 150,000 soldiers, for a full-scale invasion by mid-February.
Liz Truss has accused Vladimir Putin of plotting to install a pro-Moscow leader as head of the government in Russia’s neighbouring country.
There are fears that Russia will invade Ukraine after Moscow massed tens of thousands of troops at the border.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has insisted that talks will yield no progress so long as Russia has a “gun to Ukraine’s head”.
High-ranking officials from the United States and Russia are set to hold talks in Geneva on Monday.
Russian authorities have in recent months mounted pressure on rights groups, media outlets and journalists, naming dozens as foreign agents.
The Russian president has said NATO should not expand to include Ukraine.
The highly infectious Delta variant first identified in India represents nearly 90% of new cases.
Many were arrested before the protests even began.
The Russian president may stay in power until 2036.
Britain, France, Germany, the United States and the European Union denounced the ruling and called for his immediate release.
Navalny’s team said there was ‘overwhelming nationwide support’ for the Kremlin’s fiercest critic.
Protesters defied government warnings to rally from Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg in a second weekend of mass demonstrations.
Tens of thousands rallied in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Russia this weekend.
Thousands of protesters joined in cities today to support the jailed Kremlin critic.
Navalny was detained on arrival in Russia after recovering from nerve agent poisoning in Germany.
Moscow quickly hit back that the accusations were “unacceptable” and amounted to “blackmail”.
Alexei Navalny fell ill on a flight to Moscow and is now in an induced coma in a Berlin hospital.