Glass Wings Blog: Russia

‘A bigger victory for Putin than any military battle’: Russia gleeful after Trump-Zelenskyy clash
A new special tribunal will investigate Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Will it be effective?
At least 23 dead in overnight Kyiv attack as UK and EU summon Russian envoys
Australia’s knowledge of Russia is dwindling. We need to start training our future experts now
Automated ‘Pravda’ Propaganda Network Retooled To Embed Pro-Russian Narratives Surreptitiously In Popular Chatbots
Banned from home for 40 years: deportations are Russia’s latest move to ‘cleanse’ Ukraine
Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says
By delaying a decision on using Russia’s frozen assets for Ukraine, Europe is quietly hedging its bets
Children among six killed in Kyiv after Russian missile and drone attack
China and Russia increasingly working ‘in tandem’ to undermine faith in governance, top Finnish official claims
Civilian deaths in Sumy attack may force Washington to get tough with Putin
Cracks in the Wall: The Early Warnings Before the Russian Dam Bursts
Czech official's socks depicting burning Kremlin spark outrage in Russia
Deadly Russian rocket is transformed into musical instrument of hope
‘Does he know anything?’: Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev on Trump’s plans to legitimise Russian annexation
Enslaved people are being sold to the Russian army for up to 100,000 rubles ($1,240) each, according to anti-slavery campaigners
Estonia seeks Nato consultation after Russian jets violate airspace
Estonia’s language and culture are becoming battlegrounds for independence from Putin’s Russia
Europe needs to ‘get serious’ about threat posed to it by Russia, Ukraine minister says
European court finds Russia committed violations in Ukraine and was behind downing Flight MH17
First year of Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law shows how autocracies are replicating Russian model − and speeding up the time frame
Forcing Zelensky to hand Putin Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ in Donetsk will lose it the war
Forged papers and a fake company: How Russian businessman cheats Danish authorities
“Freedom from blackmail:” Baltic states cut their link to Russia grid in dramatic switch to EU network
Friday essay: ‘nothing quite like it in the history of espionage’ – the Russian spies who pretended to be American
Frontline report: Russia’s empire starts to crack as separatist fires quietly begin flickering from Siberia to the Caucasus
The Global Hunt for Putin’s ‘Sleeper Agents’
Global investigation exposes alleged billion-dollar Russian money-laundering network
The Great Russian Digital Firewall: How Russia Is Isolating Its Internet
Growing Trump-Putin detente could spell trouble for the Arctic
Hitler wanted to kill me because I'm Jewish. Putin wants to kill me because I'm Ukrainian
Hot mic catches Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality
How One Country’s Russian Gas Crisis Became a Green Energy Boom
How Restored Wetlands Can Protect Europe from Russian Invasion
How the West is helping Russia to fund its war on Ukraine
How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia
‘I haven’t slept for two days’: Kharkiv residents reel from Russian attacks
Imprisoned Ukrainian marine biologist charged with ‘treason’ for opposing Russia’s plans in Antarctic area
In siding with Russia over Ukraine, Trump is not putting America first. He is hastening its decline
Is Russian misogyny enabling sexual violence in Ukraine? Yes, argues a bestselling author
‘It brings back a sense of belonging’: Bakhmut was destroyed by Russia – but the town lives on through its newspaper
Keep calm and carry on buying: how Ukrainian consumers are hitting back at Russia
Kremlin promotes ‘traditional values’ – but leaves some battles to the governors
The Kremlin’s Payoff? Russia Prepares ‘Hooks’ to Buy Off Trump
Kyiv opens war crime inquiry into head of notorious Russian prison
Largest Russian air attack of war sets fire to Ukrainian cabinet building
Macron says Russia’s permission not needed to deploy troops in Ukraine
Miniature Resistance: Russia's Anti-War Figurines
Moldova’s election is a choice between two paths: pro-Europe or pro-Russia
Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
‘My parents got me out of Soviet Russia at the right time. Should my family now leave the US?’
No, organ transplants won’t make you live forever, whatever Putin says
Norway Just Sneak-Checkmated Putin in the Arctic-and Moscow Missed It
Nuclear-powered missiles: An aerospace engineer explains how they work – and what Russia’s claimed test means for global strategic stability
Oligarchy is not just a Russian phenomenon. It exists right here in the USA.
Oscar-nominated documentary produced in Sydney kept secret for a year due to fears of Russian interference
Plot to kidnap London restaurant owner raises alarm about growing Russian sabotage
Poland closes last Russian consulate after ‘act of state terrorism’ on railway
Power cuts in Ukraine after Russia’s biggest drone attack yet
Putin forced to send wounded back to fight and offer huge military salaries as Russia suffers a million casualties
Putin is invading more than Ukraine
Putin says Russia will use experimental missile again after Ukraine strike
Putin’s repressive machinery turns inward to target pro-war figures
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
Ruble Makes Putin Tremble
Run Putin Run. Ukraine is not the enemy you think they are.
Russia ‘aggressive’ and ‘reckless’ in cyber realm and threat to Nato, UK minister to warn
Russia and China both want influence over Central Asia. Could it rupture their friendship?
Russia and the west are entering the ‘grey zone’ of warfare – and the oceans are a key battleground
Russia bombards Ukraine’s gas sites as Zelenskyy flies to US for Trump meeting
Russia Carves Out Commercial Surveillance Success Globally
Russia could be ready to attack Nato within five years, says secretary general
Russia disrupts internet access in multiple regions to test ‘sovereign internet’
Russia gives Navalny lawyers multi-year sentences for relaying his messages
Russia increasingly targeting trains as attacks on Ukraine’s rail network intensify
Russia is labelling Oscar Jenkins a ‘mercenary’, not a prisoner of war. What’s the difference – and why does this matter?
Russia is paying schoolgirls to have babies. Why is pronatalism on the rise around the world?
Russia Is Stepping Up Its Covert War Beyond Ukraine
‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth-rate crisis in Ukraine
Russia launches huge missile attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Russia launches major Christmas Day attack on Ukraine’s energy system
Russia now has a strategy for a permanent state of hybrid war
Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in biggest missile strike in months
Russia turns a Ukrainian nuclear city into a stronghold of fear
Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds
Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol
Russia-linked cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland ‘was loaded with spying equipment’
Russian army chiefs torturing and executing soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine, report says
Russian drone strikes UN warehouse in Dnipro, destroying 10,000 food packages for frontline civilians (PHOTOS)
Russian missile strike kills dozens in Ukrainian city of Sumy
Russian spies surveilled Ukrainian troops at US base, trial hears
Russian spy ship fire exposes poor state of Mediterranean fleet, say experts
Russian tanker sinks in Black Sea spilling 4,300 tonnes of oil
Russian Won’t Be Kyrgyzstan’s Lingua Franca for Long
Russian-led cybercrime network dismantled in global operation
Russia's interest in Antarctic oil exposed after Ukrainian scientist's arrest
Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine shows maximalist war aims remain unchanged
Russia’s ‘permanent test’ is pushing Europe to the brink of war – here’s what Moscow actually wants
Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump
The secret to Ukraine’s battlefield successes against Russia – it knows wars are never won in the past
Since WWII, it’s been taboo to force nations to cede land after war. Russia wants to normalise conquest again
Teens who met in Ukrainian hospital after Putin bombed their homes have a message for the world
‘That idiot Putin wants to take it all’: Russia’s kamikaze tactics fuel a slow advance in Ukraine
‘These are Ukrainian lands’: people in Donetsk pour scorn on Putin’s territorial demands
Three years after Russia’s invasion, a global online army is still fighting for Ukraine
To defend against Russian tanks, Finland and Poland consider restoring wetlands
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Trump is no ‘strongman’ when it comes to Russia or Israel. If other democracies don’t step up, anarchy awaits
Trump is ruling like a ‘king’, following the Putin model. How can he be stopped?
Trump joins Putin, Xi and Modi as the ‘four horsemen’ of global authoritarianism
Trump sanctions have swift impact but will world stop buying Russian oil and gas?
Trump wants to do a deal for Ukraine’s critical minerals. Will Zelensky give him what he wants – or will Putin?
Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking
Ukraine condemns US ‘silence’ after Russia’s biggest air raid of war
Ukraine faces ‘forever war’ unless Europe steps up pressure on Russia, says ex-Nato chief
Ukraine facing widespread power cuts after generating capacity reduced to ‘zero’ by Russian attacks
Ukraine’s capture of North Koreans offers rare insight into Russian alliance, says Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history
The Ukrainian teens who took on Putin's gulag archipelago — and won
Unsafe for Russia to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, says Ukraine energy chief
US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
Vladimir Putin’s bombing of Ukrainian civilians won’t end the war any faster. So, why is he doing it?
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
We’re Russian. We know what happens when Big Tech coddles dictators.
Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. This AP map shows it
What if Russia wins in Ukraine? We can already see the shadows of a dark 2025
What is Navalny’s legacy for Russia?
Why did the US change its mind on Ukraine firing missiles into Russia? And will it impact the war?
The Wide Angle: “Project Russia,” Unknown in the West, Reveals Putin’s Playbook
Zelenskyy accuses west of ‘zero real reaction’ to Russia’s bombardment
Zelenskyy condemns Russia’s ‘vile and cowardly’ 12-hour bombing of Ukraine
Zelenskyy says Russia will ‘wage war on Nato’ if US support for Ukraine wanes
Zelenskyy urges Trump to view devastation in Ukraine caused by Russia’s invasion
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