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Sergei Lebedev is a Russian poet, essayist and journalist. This piece is adapted from an essay, translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis, in the summer 2024 issue of Liberties, a journal of culture and politics.Alexei Navalny was killed in the far north, above the Arctic Circle, in the Russian village of Kharp, where the Ural Mountains…

Ukraine said it downed 35 of 39 Russian drones overnight, whilst Russia said it shot down 26 Ukrainian drones over its southern Rostov region on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENTAt least five people were injured in Ukraine on Sunday by Russian strikes, local officials said, as the two countries exchanged drone, missile, and shelling attacks.…

Ukraine getting ‘closer and closer’ to becoming Nato member, says secretary generalFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsDonald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky have spoken on the phone, just hours after the Ukrainian president said it would be…

Ukraine getting ‘closer and closer’ to becoming Nato member, says secretary generalFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsVolodymyr Zelensky has said working with Donald Trump will be hard if the former US President is re-elected, “but we are…

The venue was an opulent 18th-century palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill. The guests included more than 45 of Europe’s leaders. And King Charles III was on hand to host a reception.Yet despite the serene grandeur of Blenheim Palace, near Oxford, the continent’s top politicians met in Britain on Thursday in a mood of heightened anxiety,…

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill by Gregory J. Wallance, opinion contributor 07/17/24 01:31 PM ET Russian theater director Yevgeniya Berkovich (R) and fellow playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, accused of "justifying terrorism" over their award-winning…

The Russian trial of American journalist Evan Gershkovich will resume on Thursday, after a hearing date was moved up from Aug. 13 at the request of his defense team, according to a Russian court.Gershkovich, a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal accredited with Russia’s Foreign Ministry, was arrested in March 2023 on a reporting trip to…

By Michael MartinaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan U.S. congressional committee urged the White House on Monday to disclose details on whether Russia was sharing insight with China on how to defeat U.S. weapons used on the battlefield in Ukraine.In a letter to White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan seen by Reuters, the House of…

Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight. Become a member Support us just once Ukraine has the right under international law to attack military targets located in Russian territory, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during an interview on the…

Image source, @PM_ViktorOrbanImage caption, Viktor Orban finished off his global tour with Donald Trump, dubbing his visit "Peace mission 5.0"Article informationAuthor, Nick ThorpeRole, BBC Budapest correspondent13 July 2024Hungary's Viktor Orban has no peace plan of his own, but he has spent the past two weeks on a whistle-stop tour of Kyiv,…