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  2022-11-08

  Buried phones, bribes and paranoia: Life under Russian occupation

  The accounts of life under occupation by those who managed to escape tell a tale of near-total paranoia and subjugation to the whims of soldiers and Kremlin appointees.

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  2022-11-08

  Prigozhin admits US elections 'interference' as Russian losses mount

  The international fugitive and owner of the Wagner Group mercenary army has been deepening his entrenchment in malign Kremlin schemes.

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  2022-11-03

  North Korea 'covertly' supplying artillery shells to Russia

  A large number of artillery shells have now been shipped, enough to help Russia prolong the war but not enough to give it an advantage over Ukrainian forces, says the US.

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  2022-11-02

  Russian army faces 'catastrophic' conditions as winter approaches in Ukraine

  With its supply lines disrupted and ranks decimated, the Russian military faces a frigid winter with little fuel, food, shelter and medical supplies on the frontlines.

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  2022-11-01

  Kazakhstan revamps military doctrine in face of rising threats from Russia

  'Many amendments to the military doctrine clearly reflect lessons learned from the war in Ukraine,' said one expert.

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  2022-10-28

  Observers eye with suspicion newly formed Russian-Belarusian 'defensive' force

  Belarus claims that 9,000 Russian soldiers, hundreds of tanks and other military equipment deployed in Belarus are for a joint 'defensive' force. No one is buying it.

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  2022-10-25

  'Jealous lover': Fury at Putin, defiance grow near Ukraine front

  Vladimir Putin's efforts to terrorise the Ukrainian population into submission are creating only defiance.

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  2022-10-25

  The Wagner Group: the Kremlin's not-so-secret secret weapon

  Any pretense that the Russian government was somehow not connected to the mercenary group has now vanished as tensions escalate over Moscow's failing Ukraine war.

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  2022-10-12

  Presence of mercenaries in Mali, Sahel region, illustrates Russia's cynical strategy

  The dispatch of Wagner Group mercenaries to areas experiencing insecurity reflects the Kremlin's strategy to fuel conflicts around the world in order to achieve political and economic goals.

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  2022-10-12

  Missile strikes on Ukrainian cities signal growing desperation of Russian forces

  Strikes against civilian targets in Kyiv, Lviv and other cities are 'a display of the impotence and weakness of Russia and Putin', military analysts say.