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☆ Yevgeny Prigozhin: Where in the world is the Wagner warlord?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It was a stark contrast to the fate of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner. Back in June, Prigozhin led the abortive mutiny that presented the biggest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in over two decades of rule. Speaking after Wagner fighters relocated to Belarus, Prigozhin suggested he remained focused on this core African market. In a recent Telegram message, Prigozhin hinted that Wagner might be ready to offer its services there. “And this is the (the reason for the) love for PMC Wagner, this is the high efficiency of PMC Wagner.

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☆ Western supplies of weapons to Ukraine could escalate the war to a 'new dimension', Russia's ambassador to the UK says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia will scale up its war if the west keeps supplying Ukraine with weapons, its ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin said Saturday. "This escalation will get a new dimension which we do not need and do not want," Kelin told the BBC. His warning came as a top Ukrainian official said the country was ready to launch a counter-offensive. Andrei Kelin told the BBC that Western military aide would prolong the 15-month conflict – and warned that the longer that dragged on, the more likely Russia was to scale up its attacks. Russia is 16 times bigger than Ukraine," Kelin added.

There's been an international outcry after a Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for treason, and other charges including spreading "false" information about the Russian army. Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said "Russia's lack of commitment to protecting fundamental human rights, including freedom of expression, is alarming. We continue to urge Russia to adhere to its international obligations including Vladimir Kara-Murza's entitlement to proper healthcare." Elsewhere, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement that the 25-year prison sentence was "another blow to the rule of law and civic space in the Russian Federation." "No one should be deprived of their liberty for exercising their human rights, and I call on the Russian authorities to release him without delay," Turk said.

☆ Russian envoy says British royals told to keep away from Russian embassy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to Moscow said Britain's royal family had been recommended not to have any contacts with the Russian embassy in London, the Izvestia newspaper reported. Asked by Izvestia if there had been any contacts with King Charles III, Russian ambassador Andrei Kelin said: "No, and I know that members of the royal family are advised not to maintain or enter into contact with the Russian embassy." "This deprives them of understanding what will happen in a month and a year from now with Ukraine," Kelin said. He said that Russian businessmen, including the so called oligarchs who earned fabulous fortunes after the fall of the Soviet Union, no longer considered London to be a safe haven. "No one now would consider the United Kingdom to be a safe haven; it turned out to be a pirate haven," he said.

☆ Putin's top diplomat in the UK says Russia won't use nukes in Ukraine as Moscow spreads baseless 'dirty bomb' claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's top diplomat in the UK said his country will not use a nuke in Ukraine. Putin has made repeated nuclear threats since the war began. "Russia is not going to use nukes," Andrei Kelin, Russia's ambassador to the UK, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour. He added that were Russia to make such a play, "it would be a serious, serious mistake." Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov on Wednesday also threw cold water on the notion Russia would use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine.

☆ Aflat în pericol de moarte, Alexei Navalnîi a fost transferat la spital
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

„O comisie de medici a decis să-l transfere pe A. Navalnîi la spitalul regional pentru deținuți”, se spune într-un comunicat al Serviciul penitenciar din regiunea Vladimir, în subordinea căruia se află colonia penitenciară în care se află Navalnîi, potrivit The Moscow Times. „Starea de sănătate a lui Navalnîi este evaluată ca fiind satisfăcătoare și este examinat zilnic de către un medic generalist”, se mai spune în comunicat. Vineri, procurorii ruși au cerut unei instanțe să declare Fundația Anticorupție Navalnîi și birourile regionale organizații „extremiste”, într-o încercare de a le scoate în afara legii, iar membrii și susținătorii să fie închiși. Miniștrii de externe ai Uniunii Europene intenționează să discute situația lui Navalnîi luni. Între timp, ambasadorul Rusiei la Londra, Andrei Kelin, a declarat că Navalnîi „nu va fi lăsat să moară în închisoare”.

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