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Arab states ‘coming to terms’ with Syrian war, says former Middle East minister
We spoke to Alistair Burt, who was the UK’s Middle East minister for much of the time the Syrian Civil War was raging. We began by asking him whether Assad’s appearance will give reassurance to President Putin.
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‘China not a threat’ to G7 group or its members, says Victor Gao
Leaders of some of the world’s most advanced economies who are meeting in Japan have no shortage of thorny problems to discuss.
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Kremlin drone attack was Russian operation, says Bill Browder
We spoke to American financier, Bill Browder, who was once one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia. He later became an anti-corruption campaigner and one of Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics; and we asked him who he thinks is behind the drone attack.
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Russia’s assassination claims ‘propaganda’, says former PM Kasyanov
We spoke to Mikhail Kasyanov, who was Russian Prime Minister from 2000-2004, about the Kremlin’s claims that Ukraine used a drone in an assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin.
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Inside the world of Ukraine’s private arms dealers
The number of military vehicles sold by private dealers in the UK to Ukraine have soared since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion last year.
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Russian propagandist killed in St Petersburg explosion
The Russian propagandist known as Vladlen Tatarsky was killed last night in an explosion in St Petersburg.
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FactCheck: why Russia is planning to store nuclear weapons in Belarus – explained
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin plans to store nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus. But should we be worried? FactCheck takes a look.
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Thousands take to the streets in Georgia to protest against ‘Russian-style’ law
Violent clashes have erupted in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi as protestors faced off against tear gas and water canons.
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Ukraine war one year on: what’s next for Russia
This week marks one year since Putin announced Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – one year since tanks rolled across the border, one year since missiles struck the capital and beyond, one year since the post Cold War world changed forever.
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A year of the Ukraine-Russia war, as it happened
When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 2022, the world we lived in changed. This is the story, month by month, of a past year of war in Ukraine.
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Could China be about to get involved in the war in Ukraine?
Fresh from a meeting with China’s top diplomat in Moscow, Russia’s President Putin today appeared at a patriotic rally attended by thousands and praised what he called “heroic” Russian troops involved in the fighting in Ukraine.
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British guard sentenced to 13 years for spying for Russia
A spy who sold secrets to Russia while working at the British embassy in Berlin has been jailed for more than thirteen years.
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Ukraine: how Western tanks will change the war
What tanks mean for Ukraine – and why some countries have been reluctant to send them.
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Will the Iran protests lead to regime change?
In this week’s episode, we speak to the head of middle eastern studies at the Royal United Services Institute, Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi. She discusses whether the regime is weak right now and how worrying it is that as Iran becomes more ostracised from the west, it draws closer to Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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Britain leading support for Ukraine, says Russian opposition politician
Earlier Matt Frei spoke to Mikhail Kasyanov- a Russian opposition politician who was Vladimir Putin’s first Prime Minister.