27 h. ago Russian court extends jailing of teenage singer over street performance of anti

A Russian court has extended the jailing of an 18-year-old street singer on charges seen as punishment for performing anti-war songs

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3 d. ago Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say

Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activistsA Russian opposition activist arrested in Poland and due to go on trial next month has admitted he worked as an undercover agent for Russia’s FSB security service and informed on other opposition figures, court documents claim.Igor Rogov, 30, has been associated with various opposition movements in the Russian city of Saransk, including Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation and Open Russia, linked to the exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘Fantasist’ jailed for seven years for attempting to help ‘Russian agents’

Howard Phillips was convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service under the National Security Act.

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5 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian court jails Russian soldier for killing PoW in landmark sentence

The soldier is the first to be jailed for such a crime after being found guilty of shooting dead a Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered in Zaporizhzhia region. What we know on day 1,353See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Ukrainian court has sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war – the first time Ukraine has jailed a suspect on such charges. The court in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia found Dmitry Kurashov, 27, guilty of shooting dead Vitalii Hodniuk, a Ukrainian soldier who had surrendered in January 2024 when his dugout was captured by Russian forces. Kurashov, who was taken prisoner by Ukrainian forces along with other Russian troops soon after and pleaded guilty in court, although he later told reporters he was innocent and wanted to be exchanged in a prisoner swap. He told Reuters after the ruling on Thursday that he did not plan to appeal. The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office said criminal...

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9 d. ago The Nord Stream riddle: echoes of mistrust ripple through Europe

Three years after explosion that crippled Russian-German gas link, Polish court’s refusal to extradite Ukrainian suspect reignited old tensionsChunky steel pipes run through one of the exhibition rooms at Warsaw’s Museum of Contemporary Art, part of an installation that purports to show “how gas flows, propaganda and conspiracy theories intertwine”.The exhibit is an artistic nod to Nord Stream 2, the undersea gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, which was completed in 2021 but had not entered service when mysterious underwater explosions took it out of action in September 2022. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Russia link suspected as Bulgarians jailed for vandalising Paris Jewish memorial

Four men given prison terms for desecration that was possibly ‘orchestrated by Russian intelligence services’A French court on Friday sentenced four Bulgarians to between two and four years in prison for desecrating a Jewish memorial with red handprints last year, in what prosecutors think may have been foreign interference linked to Russia.The Paris criminal court gave two-year sentences to Georgi Filipov and Kiril Milushev, described as the perpetrators, and four years and three years respectively to Nikolay Ivanov and Mircho Angelov, considered the operation’s “masterminds”. Angelov is still at large. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘I’m gonna check that’: ‘Drunk driving’ ICE agent continued to question officer’s nationality while being driven to jail after viral arrest

A ‘drunk driving’ ICE agent continued to question a Black deputy’s nationality as he was being driven to jail in extended footage unearthed by The Independent.

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2 w. ago Arsonist hired by Wagner Group to torch UK warehouse storing kit for Ukraine was 'easy meat' for his Russian recruiters, court hears

Dylan Earl, 21, admitted planning the arson attack on industrial units in Leyton, east London, on March 20 last year. He was hired by the Wagner Group to carry out the attack

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3 w. ago Russia gives long prison sentences to captured volunteer Ukrainian fighters

Their trial took place behind closed doors in a military court in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don

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4 w. ago Kym Marsh, 49, 'has got a new man and things are moving fast'

The Coronation Street actress, 49, ended her whirlwind romance with performer Samuel, who is 19 years her junior, in February after six months together.

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4 w. ago Former teacher at Eton College found guilty of sexually abusing a pupil

Reading Crown Court heard how former Russian teacher Jacob Leland abused his relationship with pupils and members of staff

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