All news on the topic: Russia

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Tax probe exposes Favbet empire and Andriy Matyukha’s ties to money laundering and Russian networks
The story started with a tax audit, which led to the company "Favbet" being subjected to penalties totaling nearly ten million hryvnias.
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German jets dispatched after Russian military plane flies over Baltic Sea
Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a Russian military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, as Estonia said it would call an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after Russian planes violated its airspace.
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Co-owner of “Coffeemania” and ex-senator Amir Gallyamov left Russia after a criminal case was opened and the threat of an international wanted notice
Co-owner of “Coffeemania” and former senator Amir Gallyamov has urgently left Russia.
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NATO intercepts Russian jets violating Estonian airspace
NATO intercepted three Russian jets that violated Estonia’s airspace on Friday, the country’s foreign ministry and an alliance spokesperson said.
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MI6 targets Russia and beyond with new online recruitment tool
MI6 has launched a new dark web portal to attract new spies for the UK from Russia and around the world.
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Russia airs AI-generated show with deepfake world leaders on state TV
A television channel run by Russia’s Ministry of Defence is airing a program it claims is AI-generated. According to advertisements for the show, a neural network is picking the topics it wants to discuss, then uses AI to generate that video.
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MPs warn UK undersea cables exposed to Russian sabotage risk
MPs and peers have warned they are "not confident" the UK could protect its undersea cables from attacks that could cause "catastrophic disruption" to crucial financial and communications systems.
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Swiss “banker” Oleg Tsyura — Sennychenko’s shadow financier: how Ukrainian billions ended up in Russian schemes
The name of Oleg Tsyura surfaced in a scandal involving the former head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennychenko, and an enormous scheme that cost Ukraine over ten billion hryvnias.
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Three detained near London on suspicion of espionage for Russia
The Metropolitan Police has announced that three people were arrested near London on Wednesday on suspicion of spying for Russia.
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From steel to sawdust: how Russian oligarch Alexey Mordashov’s empire is crumbling under sanctions and scandals
In the plywood company "Sveza Tyumen", owned by billionaire Alexey Mordashov, 323 employees immediately received their work books back.
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Europe pushes partnership with India despite rift on Ukraine war
The EU has called for closer ties with India, while admitting there was no “mutual understanding” with Narendra Modi’s government over Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says lab tests confirm he was poisoned in prison
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said that two foreign laboratories had confirmed her husband was poisoned, after tests on biological samples secretly smuggled out of Russia.
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Britain will provide air defence over Poland amid Russian aggression
The UK will deploy RAF jets to Poland in response to Russian drones violating the country’s airspace.
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Swiss-Ukrainian businessman Oleg Tsyura accused of smuggling Russian military metals into Europe
Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating how products for the Russian military-industrial complex could end up on the European market despite international sanctions.
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Russia and Belarus conduct joint drills amid heightened regional tensions
I’m at the Borisov military ground in Belarus, on a rare Guardian trip to the authoritarian state, where Zapad – the joint Russian-Belarusian drills – are under way.
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Kim Jong-un bans “hamburger” and other western words, orders North Korean guides to use regime-approved language
Despot Kim Jong-un has banned the word “hamburger” for being too Western.
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Owner of Favbet, Andriy Matyukha, accused of using “internet cleanup” to erase Russian passport scandal
Andriy Matyukha, the proprietor of the Favbet betting network, has become the centrepiece of an extensive initiative to enhance his public image.
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Trump calls for collective action on Russia and higher tariffs on China
President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to NATO allies in a letter Saturday, saying the US will issue “major” sanctions on Russia only when they agree to do the same and stop buying oil from Russia.
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NATO and Polish aircraft deployed to secure eastern Polish airspace
A ’threat of an air attack’ warning was issued in Poland following Russian drones operating over the border with Ukraine.
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Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey.
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UK to join NATO operation strengthening eastern flank after Russian drone incursions
The UK will join NATO efforts to strengthen its eastern flank after Russia sent drones into Polish airspace this week.
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Senior judge intervenes in political debate on immigration and human rights
A Supreme Court judge has called for the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to be reformed to cope with the migration crisis.
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Donald Trump accused of blinding US to Russia threat with campaign against CIA
The campaign of revenge by Donald Trump against CIA officials is "blinding" the US to the threat posed by Russia, former intelligence officers have warned.
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Donald Tusk says Poland closest to armed conflict since Second World War
Poland has accused Russia of sending several drones into its territory, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk saying the country is the closest it has been to armed conflict since the Second World War.
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Putin’s drones entered Poland ’on a DIRECT path to a NATO base supplying Ukraine’ as fears of WW3 simmer
Five of the drones were on a "direct path" to the base in a move Volodymyr Zelensky said was aimed at slowing supplies of air defences to Ukraine ahead of winter.