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Putin: West Has 'Ignored' Our Demands on Ukraine

But Russian leader says it's still possible to negotiate a deal

(Newser) - As a new month begins, the best that can be said about the tense standoff over Ukraine is that everybody is still talking instead of shooting. On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin himself spoke on the issue for the first time in a month and reiterated Russia's big complaints: He said...

US Places 8.5K Troops on High Alert for Ukraine

Move is intended to reassure allies, Pentagon says

(Newser) - Saying "it's very clear the Russians have no intention right now of de-escalating," a Pentagon spokesman announced Monday that 8,500 US troops have been placed on high alert. Should Russia invade Ukraine, most of them would join a NATO response force that hasn't yet become...

Biden Considers Sending US Troops to Ukraine
Biden Considers Sending
Troops to Ukraine
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Jan 24, 2022 6:40 AM CST

Biden Considers Sending Troops to Ukraine

And more of the latest on Russia-Ukraine tensions

(Newser) - President Biden on Sunday was presented with options for the possibility of sending anywhere between 3,000 and 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe amid tensions between Ukraine and Russia, sources tell Fox News . The troops would go to countries including Romania, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, as a warning to...

Russia Calls New British Accusation 'Disinformation'

UK on Saturday claimed Russia is trying to replace Ukraine leader

(Newser) - Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected a British claim that Russia was seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and that former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev was being considered as a potential candidate. The Wall Street Journal reports the allegations of a plot back up "...

Blinken: Russia Could Attack Ukraine on 'Very Short Notice'

Secretary of state spoke from Kyiv on Wednesday

(Newser) - It's a week of heavy meetings for Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who on Wednesday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of a face-to-face with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday. In Kyiv, Blinken offered a message of support in the face of a buildup of Russian...

US Issues a &#39;False-Flag&#39; Warning About Russia
US Issues a 'False-Flag'
Warning About Russia
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Jan 14, 2022 11:20 AM CST

US Issues a 'False-Flag' Warning About Russia

Official says Moscow might concoct a reason to invade Ukraine

(Newser) - The US says Russia is so bent on invading Ukraine that it's cooking up a phony reason to justify it. In other words, Moscow is allegedly working on a "false-flag" mission. "We have information that indicates Russia has already prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a...

Biden, Putin to Get on a Call Again on Thursday

It'll be their 2nd conversation this month

(Newser) - President Biden and Vladimir Putin will speak Thursday as the Russian leader has stepped up his demands for security guarantees in Eastern Europe. CNN reports the call was requested by Putin, and the Washington Post adds it'll be the second this month between the leaders. The two spoke on...

In Russia, Verdicts on Human Rights Groups a 'Painful Coda'

Court orders closure of Memorial Human Rights Center, a day after parent company is shuttered

(Newser) - Update: Moscow City Court on Wednesday shuttered one of Russia's most well-known human rights groups, just one day after its parent company saw the same fate from the nation's highest court. The Memorial Human Rights Center, like Memorial International, saw its closure after being accused by prosecutors of...

Russian Court Delivers Huge Fine to Google

Meta also gets hit, for failing to delete banned content

(Newser) - A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly $100 million fine and also fined Facebook’s parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law, per the AP . The Tagansky District Court ruled that Google repeatedly neglected to remove the banned content...

Putin Vows to Respond to Rockets on Russia's 'Doorstep'

During year-end conference, president refuses to rule out invasion on Ukraine

(Newser) - If Russian soldiers on the border with Ukraine move on the country, it's not Russia's fault. So said Russian President Vladimir Putin at an end-of-year news conference on Thursday, as a reported 100,000 Russian troops amassed near the Ukrainian border. Putin said Russia had only agreed to...

Man Cut Off Wife's Hands, and Court Tells Russia to Pay

European Court of Human Rights weighed in on Tuesday

(Newser) - A woman suffered an unthinkable crime committed by her husband, and now Russia will pay, quite literally. Margarita Gracheva was kidnapped by her then-husband in December 2017; he took her into a forest, struck her at least 40 times with an ax, and cut off her hands, per the CBC...

Vladimir Putin: I Was Once a Taxi Driver

Says he had to take the job to bring in extra income after fall of USSR

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin has been many things: Russia's prime minister, then its president, then its prime minister again, then its president again; a bareback horse rider and ... bird? ; a wannabe Hercules ; a whale hunter , shirtless spearfisher , and catcher of giant fish , an ice swimmer ; an underwater explorer (and fake deep-sea...

White House Says Biden Delivered Warning to Putin

President has 2-hour talk with Putin, with escalating tension in Ukraine the top subject

(Newser) - Update: President Biden warned Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that invading Ukraine would bring a response far beyond the reaction to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, potentially ruining Russia's economy, officials say. In the two-hour video call, Biden told Putin that the US and its European allies would...

Report: Man Killed 2 After Being Asked to Wear Mask

Moscow mayor says suspect is in custody

(Newser) - A gunman opened fire in a Moscow government services center and killed two people Tuesday, reportedly after being told to put on a face mask, authorities said. Four other people were wounded. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Twitter that a suspect was detained. Sobyanin didn’t offer any details...

There Was No Chance of Survivors—but They Found One

A rescuer managed to survive the methane explosion in Siberian mine

(Newser) - Emergency officials on Thursday said there was no chance of finding any more survivors in the Listvyazhnaya mine, where 52 miners and rescuers were presumed dead in a devastating methane explosion. But on Friday, a miracle: Rescue crews have found a survivor in the Siberian coal mine, a senior regional...

Russia Looks at Abolishing Human Rights Organization

Supreme Court takes up case in crackdown against government opponents

(Newser) - The Russian Supreme Court on Thursday took up a prosecutor's request to permanently shut down a leading human rights group, another step in a crackdown against government opponents. The International Memorial Society documents executions and the imprisonment of dissidents during the Soviet era, the Washington Post reports. The Memorial...

52 Miners and Rescuers Die After Methane Gas Explosion

Siberian officials say there's no chance of finding more survivors

(Newser) - Update: This file has been updated throughout with new information about casualties and details of the explosion. A devastating blast in a Siberian coal mine Thursday left 52 miners and rescuers dead about 820 feet underground, Russian officials said. Hours after a methane gas explosion and fire filled the mine...

Putin Takes Nasal Spray After Booster

Russia deals with surging COVID-19 cases and vaccine hesitancy

(Newser) - President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he has taken an experimental nasal vaccine against the coronavirus, three days after he received his booster shot. Russia is facing its worst surge of infections and deaths since the pandemic began and is struggling to overcome widespread vaccine hesitancy, the AP reports. Putin was...

Russia Confirms Space Test, NASA Calls It 'Unconscionable'

Moscow confirms it blew up a satellite, resulting in space debris

(Newser) - Update: Russia has confirmed that it blew up an old satellite in space with a ground-based missile in a test of new technology. NASA issued a scathing condemnation of the test, saying it generated a dangerous amount of space debris, reports NBC News . NASA Administrator Bill Nelson called it "...

Belarus Ruler Threatens to Turn Off Heat in Europe

Natural gas pipeline runs through country from Russia

(Newser) - Alexander Lukashenko stepped up tensions with Western nations on Thursday by saying he'd reach for the gas shutoff in the event more sanctions are imposed on Belarus. "We are heating Europe," Lukashenko said, the Washington Post reports. "They still threaten us that they will close the...

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