Katie Razzall Yulia Navalnaya intends to be president of Russia, she tells me. She looks me straight in the eye. No hesitation or wavering. This, like so many of the decisions she made with her husband, the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is unambiguous. Navalnaya knows she faces arrest if she returns home while President Putin is still in power. His ...
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How AI turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian
Fan Wang,BBC News “I don’t want anyone to think that I ever said these horrible things in my life. Using a Ukrainian girl for a face promoting Russia. It’s crazy.” Olga Loiek has seen her face appear in various videos on Chinese social media – a result of easy-to-use generative AI tools available online. “I could see my face and ...
Read More »At least 35 die in inferno at petrol station in Dagestan southern Russia
By: Christy Cooney At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion at a petrol station in southern Russia. The blast occurred in the Dagestan regional capital, Makhachkala, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, at 21:40 local time (18:40 GMT) on Monday. Pictures showed a large fire lighting up the night sky and a number ...
Read More »Putin arrest warrant issued over war crime allegations
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, and has focused its claims on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia.It says the crimes were committed in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 – when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.Moscow has denied the allegations ...
Read More »List of Ghana’s Sources of Agricultural Products Import: China First Russia Tenth
By: Nutifafa BequineThe embassy of Russia in Ghana released the list of sources of Ghana’s agricultural products for the year 2021 in a tweet.The tweet is believed to be a rebuttal attempt to refute the claims by the government of Ghana that the Ghanaian economy is bad as a result of the Russian-Ukraine conflict.The post read “Dear readers, here are ...
Read More »UK Government open to further sanctions against Roman Abramovich
The situation around the Chelsea owner is escalating. Roman Abramovich could be targeted for further sanctions, a UK Foreign Office minister has revealed. Earlier, the Chelsea owner was called out by Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalny as one of the key beneficiaries of Vladimir Putin’s allegedly kleptocratic regime. Now, there are calls in the UK Parliament to freeze Abramovich’s assets ...
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