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☆ The widow of Putin's political mentor and mother of his rumored goddaughter is increasingly voicing concerns about Russia's war in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A prominent Russian senator with close ties to Putin is increasingly criticizing the war in Ukraine. Sen. Lyudmila Narusova, whose late husband was a mentor to Putin, has been a skeptic of the war since the start. "Nobody has explained how victory is supposed to look," Narusova told an interviewer with Forbes Russia in an April video, according to a translation in The Washington Post. "I think they themselves do not know what they are doing," Narusova told the independent Dozhd channel in February 2022, per The Times. His widow's public defiance is a sign of the worry growing among top Russian officials ahead of Ukraine's much-anticipated counteroffensive.
☆ Soviet and Russian fashion icon Zaitsev dies - agencies
  + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Lidia Kelly | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
May 1 (Reuters) - Vyacheslav "Slava" Zaitsev, the couturier behind world-famous Soviet fashion that was often adorned with colourful Russian folkloric motifs, died on Sunday at age 85, Russian news agencies reported. After the show, Zaitsev received offers to open stores in the West, which the Soviet authorities rejected. In 1979, Zaitsev left the All-Union House of Models for a small atelier, which by 1982 he turned into the Slava Zaitsev Moscow Fashion House, becoming the first Soviet designer allowed to label his clothing. Among Zaitsev's Russian clients were music stars, actors, socialites and politicians. The patronage of Raisa Gorbacheva, the wife of the last Soviet Union leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, elevated his international fame in the 1980s.
☆ Pope, meeting Ukrainian refugees, says better future possible
  + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
REUTERS/Bernadett SzaboBUDAPEST, April 29 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday met Ukrainians who fled the war on Hungary's eastern border, telling the refugees that a different future is possible. "We were welcomed here and we have found a new home (but) many have suffered and suffer still because of the war," Yakovlev told the pope. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, millions of refugees have fled through Central Europe, including Hungary, and moved to other countries. Later the pontiff met with Metropolitan (bishop) Hilarion, representative of the Russian Orthodox Church(ROC)in Budapest. The Russian Orthodox Church is by far the biggest of the churches in the Eastern Orthodox communion, which split with Western Christianity in the Great Schism of 1054.
☆ See inside the marble-lined, $15 million luxury apartment Putin reportedly bought for his suspected lover
  + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Although Russian President Vladimir Putin is famously secretive about his personal life, he's been rumored to be in a relationship with Alina Kabaeva for years. Russian President Vladimir Putin carries a bouquet of red roses during a ceremony at the Red Square, in Moscow, on November 4, 2022. Contributor/Getty ImagesIt's unclear when the couple got together but rumors have been circulating since at least 2008, The Project reported. Putin was previously married to Lyudmila Shkrebneva from 1983 to 2014. Despite the couple having two daughters, a biographer speculated the marriage may have been problematic and loveless.
☆ Putin has a secret brood of children being raised in luxury comparable to Russian tsars, report claims
  + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Putin has several young children with his rumored girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva, Proekt reported. He built a 13,000-square-foot mansion for them close to his main residence in Valdai, Proekt said. It is unclear how many children the couple share exactly, though Proekt reported they are all under the age of 18. In the summers of 2021, and 2022, a small karting track was set also up for the children, the outlet said. Putin's other childrenOver the years, Putin has fought hard to keep his children, and rumored girlfriends, from the spotlight.
☆ Ukraine’s Postal Workers Lead the Way in Reintegrating Reclaimed Lands
  + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Thomas Grove | Photographs Justyna Mielnikiewicz Maps For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
DARYIVKA, Ukraine—Standing behind her post office counter with bricks of cash, a calculator and a flashlight, Lyudmila Gulovskaya distributes Ukrainian state pensions to a line of eager onlookers in this front-line village near Kherson. For these pensioners, it is the first money they have received from Kyiv in six months, after their villages in surrounding areas were occupied by Russian soldiers. For Ms. Gulovskaya, it is the most tangible proof yet that their government has returned.
☆ In Russian-held Donetsk, freed POWs return to tearful reunions
  + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
REUTERS/Alexander ErmochenkoAMVROSIIVKA, Ukraine, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Fighters affiliated with the Russian-installed administration of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region arrived in the town of Amvrosiivka on Sunday after being freed in a prisoner swap with the Ukrainian military. "I still can't believe I'm home," returning prisoner of war (POW) Maxim Chekanov told Reuters. The fighters were freed during a prisoner exchange on Nov. 3, with the two sides in the eight-month-old conflict releasing 107 captives each. Prisoner exchanges have been a regular occurrence during the conflict, with both military personnel and high-ranking politicians released in the swaps. One woman, Lyudmila, said her returning son, Yevgeny, had lost a lot of weight since she last saw him.
☆ Mystery around Putin's rumored god-daughter who fled Russia deepens as her mom tells state media she'll return soon
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ksenia Sobchak, Putin's rumored god-daughter and a media figure, fled Russia last week. Now, her mother told Russian state media that she is expected to return to Russia soon. "She will, very soon," Narusova told Ria Novosti when asked if her daughter is slated to return, according to Radio Sputnik. After fleeing Russia, Sobchak was named a suspect in the case, and her home was searched, according to TASS. Narusova told Ria Novosti that her daughter, Sobchak, was not involved in the alleged criminal activity, Radio Sputnik reported.
☆ So many mobilized Russian reservists had buy their own military gear that thermal underwear now costs up to $340 and a hiking backpack costs as much as $600
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Russian reservists forced to buy their own gear are finding sky-high prices in stores, reports say. Some items like body armor vests cost up to 10 times than normal, one Russian news site wrote. Putin last month announced a mobilization of 300,000 Russian reservists to fight in Ukraine. Russian reservists have to buy their own suppliesThe buying frenzy started after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in September that 300,000 reservists would be drafted to fight in the Ukraine war. The MOD added that the quality of the average Russian reservist's equipment now is far worse than what was provided to earlier Russian deployments.
☆ Ukraine exhumes dozens of bodies in two liberated eastern towns
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Zohra Bensemra Abdelaziz Boumzar | Zohra Bensemra | Abdelaziz Boumzar | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
REUTERS/Zohra BensemraLYMAN, Ukraine, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday they exhumed the bodies of dozens of people, including civilians and a one-year-old baby, to determine the cause of death following the retreat of Russian troops from two recently-liberated towns in the eastern Donetsk region. He said the bodies of 55 people had been exhumed in the town, including civilians. Both died on May 24, 2022, during the period when Russian forces were battling to seize Lyman. Kyrylenko said that preliminary results on the 55 exhumed bodies indicated deaths resulted from "explosive and projectile injuries, bullet injuries". Last month the bodies of 436 people were exhumed from a burial site in the northeastern town of Izium after it was liberated.
☆ Ukrainians flee from Russian annexation - while they still can
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
As Russia prepares to annex a swathe of Ukrainian territory the size of Portugal after staging what it calls referendums in four provinces, hundreds of Ukrainians escaped through the last Russian checkpoint. For now, Russian forces have been letting some people out of occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces through the one checkpoint. The biggest fear is that fighting-aged men will be press-ganged into Russian forces once Moscow declares the territory to be Russia. With public schools ordered to switch to the Russian curriculum and classes in Russian next month, she did not want her 13-year-old son Bogdan returning to the local school. Kyiv and Western countries call the exercise a complete sham, aimed at justifying the annexation of territory seized by force.
☆ Putin has 2 daughters he barely ever talks about, and is rumoured to have at least 2 more. His rumored mistress has just been slammed with sanctions.
  + stars: | 2022-08-30 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | Ellen Cranley | Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Russian President Vladimir Putin has at least two daughters he rarely talks about. He has two adult daughters with his ex-wife Lyudmila Shkrebneva: Maria, 36, and Katerina, 35. President Vladimir Putin is famously secretive of his personal life, and has fought hard to prevent the media and the world from knowing much about his family. Putin has never publicly acknowledged his children, though media outlets have for years speculated and reported about the two daughters Putin had with his ex-wife. And in August, ex-gymnast Alina Kabaeva — with whom Putin is rumoured to have had two children — was sanctioned by the US government.
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