1 hour ago Fact check: Nigel Farage said he admired Vladimir Putin more than a decade ago

Claims were made about what Mr Farage had said about the Russian president.

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3 h. ago Moscow accuses British diplomats of spying, expels them from Russia

The British Foreign Office says the accusations are ‘malicious and baseless’

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4 h. ago Russia blames 'treacherous' Britain for 'instigating' both world wars in scathing verbal attack after expelling two UK diplomats for 'spying'

The shocking statement from Russia's foreign intelligence service said the UK 'sees a threat to its interests in the promotion of dialogue between the US and Russia' regarding Ukraine

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5 h. ago Russia expels two British diplomats over alleged spying, drawing dismissive response from London

Russia expels two British diplomats over alleged spying, drawing dismissive response from London  MSN

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer to host second 'Coalition of Willing' summit on sending UK, French and more troops to Ukraine

The British action comes as Ukraine and the US are set to hold talks on ending Vladimir Putin’s three-year war

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5 h. ago Spy claims by Kremlin against British diplomat and spouse of another in Moscow are 'baseless,' says No10

The timing of the expulsions raises suspicions of a tit-for-tat move by the Kremlin

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8 h. ago Russia expels two British diplomats over accusations of spying

The pair have been told to leave the country within the next fortnight

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9 h. ago Russia orders two people connected to British embassy to leave country

Kremlin accuses individuals of ‘intelligence and subversive activities’ in what appears to be latest in tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsionsTwo people connected to the British embassy in Moscow have been ordered to leave the country by the Russian authorities, which claimed they had been performing intelligence work.Citing Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the Russian state news agency (TASS) identified the two individuals who had been expelled as a second secretary of the British embassy and the spouse of another British diplomat. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Russia expels British diplomat and spouse of another days after Moscow spies convicted in London court

The timing of the expulsions raises suspicions of a tit-for-tat move by the Kremlin

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9 h. ago Russia expels two British diplomats from Moscow embassy for 'spying'

They were accused of "intelligence and subversive activities that threaten Russia's security", according to state news outlets

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10 h. ago Vladimir Putin expels two Brits accused of spying from Moscow embassy

Russia today expelled two British diplomats in Moscow - the pair have been told they have two weeks to leave Russia after being accused of 'intelligence and subversive activities that threaten Russia's security'

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21 h. ago Defiant Ukrainians blame Trump betrayal over aid and intelligence for latest battlefield horrors

As the globe reels from the political events of the last week, Ukrainians blame Donald Trump for backing Vladimir Putin in what they see as another attempt by Russia to wipe them out completely. World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from Kyiv

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31 h. ago Vladimir Putin issued awkward reply after Lewis Hamilton made promise in toe

Lewis Hamilton has endured several awkward encounters with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the years, with the duo having crossed paths on multiple occasions

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32 h. ago Lewis Hamilton received awkward reply after making promise to Vladimir Putin

No one has won more Russian Grand Prix titles than Lewis Hamilton, and the Formula 1 great had an awkward stand-off with Vladimir Putin following one such victory

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33 h. ago Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’ | Catherine Bennett

Some of the president’s Tory fans seem to find the grim reality of the president’s actions invigorating rather than terrifyingShort of emigration, what is the best option for Britain’s dazzled Trump followers now their hero confirms he is not Europe’s ally but Vladimir Putin’s? That’s assuming what we can’t in the case of Nigel Farage MP: that they do not share the US president’s well-documented weakness for a genocidal invader. Even his more respectable British acolytes have until recently finessed, quite successfully, their love of Trump with his long history of Putin-pleasing. No one more so than Boris Johnson, former prime minister, self-styled saviour of Ukraine and still Trump’s most dependable British idiot.To Johnson’s way of thinking, detailed in numerous Daily Mail columns, it is Trump-doubters who are always the ridiculous, panicking, hysterical, whingeing headless chickens. When Trump looked likely to win the US election, Johnson likened the reaction of the “western libe...

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46 h. ago Donald Trump's warning to Vladimir Putin to stop 'pounding Ukraine' is ignored as Russia kills 20 and injures dozens more in sickening missile strikes

A single town in the war-torn Donetsk region was bombarded 11 times, days after the US suspended military aid to Ukraine in order to pressure the country into accepting a peace deal.

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51 h. ago Russia launches devastating attack on Ukraine after Trump’s defence of Putin

Latest attacks came hours after Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin was ‘doing what anybody would do’Ukraine war – live updatesRussia launched a devastating attack on Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more, hours after Donald Trump defended Vladimir Putin and said the Kremlin leader was “doing what anybody would do”.Two ballistic missiles hit the centre of Dobropillia in the eastern Donetsk region. Fire engulfed a five-storey apartment building. As emergency services arrived, Russia launched another strike on the same area. Eleven civilians were killed, with five children among the 30 injured. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Being Putin’s stooge won’t win Trump a peace prize. The Order of Lenin, though, is in the bag | Simon Tisdall

The strange warmth between the leaders has sent a chill globally at the prospect of a troika of authoritarian statesDonald Trump’s sinister affinity for Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has long been the subject of intense speculation. Former KGB officers claim Trump was recruited in Moscow in 1987 and cultivated as an asset in the years prior to his 2016 US election victory.Two retired Russian spies weighed in again last month, alleging that the then 40-year-old Trump, codename “Krasnov”, was personally compromised in an “active measures” operation and has secretly danced to Putin’s tune ever since.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 250 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at observer.letters@observer.co.uk Continue reading...

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54 h. ago ‘We’re here to stop Russia taking the Black Sea’: with the Ukrainian Navy as they battle for supremacy on the waves

Captain Oleksandr and his crew are on constant alert to shoot down Vladimir Putin’s swarming dronesCaptain Oleksandr put his hand on the throttle and nudged it forward. His patrol boat roared into action and zipped through the waves. Behind him was the Ukrainian port of Odesa. In front – beyond a grey expanse of water, and 180km (112 miles) away, was occupied Crimea. “We’re here to stop the Russians from taking the Black Sea,” Oleksandr said, as his boat – travelling at a nippy 30 knots – rolled up and down.In 2014 Ukraine lost three-quarters of its modest naval assets when Vladimir Putin seized the Crimean peninsula. Then, in 2022, Russia sank most of what was left. Its own fleet, by contrast, seemed invincible. It included a mighty flagship carrier, the Moskva, two modern frigates, several smaller warships and multiple missile boats and landing vessels, as well as four submarines carrying deadly Kalibr missiles. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Vladimir Putin unleashes missile hell on Ukraine civilians – defying warning from Trump

Putin seems undeterred by Trump's warnings with Ukraine receiving another round of heavy missile shelling –resulting in dozens of civilians casualties in several cities

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