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Rewriting history in real time: Russia builds Wikipedia copy … with a few edits

Rewriting history in real time: Russia builds Wikipedia copy … with a few edits

The most sensitive moments of history have been left out or rewritten on RuWiki. The Kremlin hopes millions of Russians will now embrace these new versions as the truth.

  • by The Economist

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Ukrainians salvage what they can from key children’s hospital after Russian strike

Ukrainians salvage what they can from key children’s hospital after Russian strike

As rescue workers finished sifting through the rubble, doctors and nurses raced to help the scores of critically ill children who now must find care elsewhere.

  • by Marc Santora and Megan Specia
Why I left comfortable Melbourne and went into a war zone

Why I left comfortable Melbourne and went into a war zone

A Ukraine local staying put despite the bombing told me, “I want to live my life so as not to be ashamed of myself to my ancestors in heaven when I die.” His words sum up why I went to Ukraine and did what I did.

  • by James Baillieu
How Putin handed America the keys to the world’s energy market

How Putin handed America the keys to the world’s energy market

It did not take long for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to reshape the world’s energy markets, but the Russian president might be kicking himself.

  • by Jonathan Leake
Tony Abbott, John Howard earn Putin’s ire, hit with sanctions by Kremlin

Tony Abbott, John Howard earn Putin’s ire, hit with sanctions by Kremlin

Russia’s relations with Australia has deteriorated to unprecedented lows since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.

  • by Rob Harris
Reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on specious espionage charges

Reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on specious espionage charges

The American-born son of immigrants from the USSR is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia.

  • by Jim Heintz and Kirill Zarubin
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He’s ‘rooting’ for Putin’s war in Ukraine: How did Tucker Carlson get an Australian visa?

He’s ‘rooting’ for Putin’s war in Ukraine: How did Tucker Carlson get an Australian visa?

The issue with Carlson is not so much his political outlook or unstinting support for Donald Trump. Rather, it is his attitude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • by Jon Richardson
Nigel Farage claims the West provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Nigel Farage claims the West provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The comments in a BBC Panorama interview with Nick Robinson echo arguments made by Donald Trump, the former US president and friend of Farage.  

  • by Ben Riley-Smith
Madonna makes a surprise intervention for Ukrainian peace summit

Madonna makes a surprise intervention for Ukrainian peace summit

The Queen of Pop has taken to Instagram to endorse the efforts of a global peace summit to protect young Ukrainians abducted by Russian occupiers.

  • by Rob Harris
G7 leaders back ‘Olympic truce’ for wars in Ukraine, Middle East

G7 leaders back ‘Olympic truce’ for wars in Ukraine, Middle East

Leader of the G7 urged “all countries to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively” in support of a French proposal to temporarily halt conflicts around the world during the Games.

  • by Rob Harris
Russia demands Ukraine drop NATO bid, give up regions for ceasefire deal

Russia demands Ukraine drop NATO bid, give up regions for ceasefire deal

Putin’s terms represent the most specific conditions he has set for a possible end to the war since he ordered the 2022 invasion.

  • by Rob Harris