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Ex-Wagner commander who escaped to Norway denied asylum

Andrei Medvedev, who fought in Ukraine as part of the Wagner mercenary group, fled to Norway across its Arctic border with Russia in January 2023.
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Putin critic Boris Nadezhdin faces block to Russian election eligibility

The anti-war politician, who claims the Kremlin fears him, is awaiting electoral officials' ruling on his eligibility.
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'Millions of people want to change the president': The man who says Vladimir Putin is scared of him

Taking on the Russian president can lead to being poisoned or imprisoned, but Boris Nadezhdin believes his anti-war stance is gaining traction among voters in one of the world's most authoritarian regimes.
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Ukrainian shelling hits bakery in Lysychansk, killing 28, Moscow officials say

Ukrainian officials have not responded to the claims.
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Russian cosmonaut sets new record for most total time in space — more than 878 days

Oleg Kononenko is expected to reach a total of 1,000 days in space on June 5, and by late September he will have clocked 1,110 days.
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Ukraine claims its sea drones sank a Russian warship, Moscow says Patriot missiles downed its plane

Ukraine claims it has used sea drones to sink a small Russian warship in the Black Sea as Russian investigators allege its military transport plane was brought down by missiles fired by Kyiv's forces.
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Aussie rocker avoids deportation to Russia, ends up in Israel after diplomatic stoush

Aleksandr Uman's anti-war posturing drew the ire of the Kremlin, and now, he and his bandmates have found safety in Israel after an international saga that raised questions about Russia's influence abroad. 
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European Union agrees to 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine despite Hungary's veto threat

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the EU's approval of its aid package to Ukraine would strengthen long-term economic and financial stability as the war with Russia approaches its third year.
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Donald Trump lawsuit over allegations of 'perverted acts' in Russia dismissed by UK court

A judge throws out a lawsuit by the former US president, who accused a British spy of making "shocking" claims about him.
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A Ukrainian couple, held as POWs by Russia, are finally reunited

The young couple were captured separately by Russians early in war when they were both defending Mariupol.
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UN court rejects most of Ukraine's 'terror' case against Russia, no ruling on shooting down of flight MH17

Judges at the top UN court finds that Russia violated elements of a UN anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war a week after Russian military plane was shot down

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 207 captured Ukrainian soldiers are back home after the prisoner swap.
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Russia is set to be stripped of its 2022 Olympic gold medal for figure-skating — so what happens next?

Kamila Valieva's ban for doping has led to the Court for Arbitration for Sport stripping Russia of its 2022 Winter Olympics gold for team figure-skating. So who gets the medal now?
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Ukraine and Russia dispute who controls ground as war grinds on

Both the Kremlin and Kyiv deny the conflict has reached a deadlock despite the sprawling front line barely moving in months.
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analysis:Ukraine's new mobilisation bill holds lessons in defence strategy for Australia

Ukraine relied on a huge influx of volunteers from Ukraine and abroad in the first year of the war but now it's facing an array of challenges, writes Mick Ryan. 
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Russian figure skater disqualified years after doping case left Olympics officials 'very, very disturbed'

Teenage skater Kamila Valieva was the star performer at the Beijing Olympics, just hours before her positive test for a banned heart medicine was revealed.
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Abbott considered sending troops to Ukraine after MH17 disaster

Former defence force chief Angus Houston told Nemesis Tony Abbott considered sending 'a large military deployment' to Ukraine after MH17 was shot down.
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Abbott considered sending 'large military deployment' to Ukraine in wake of MH17 disaster

Former defence force chief Angus Houston reveals how Tony Abbott considered sending a "large military deployment" to Ukraine after Russia-backed separatists shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, killing 298 people including 38 Australian citizens and residents.
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Russia and Ukraine clash over cause and details of fatal military plane crash — here is what we know

Russia and Ukraine are trading claims and counterclaims over the crash of a military plane that killed everyone on board, including Ukrainian prisoners of war. Here's a look at what each side is saying, and what's next.
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Russian investigators release footage of Belgorod crash site

A Russian investigative committee releases drone footage, claiming it is the crash site of the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport.
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Ukraine and Russia trade accusations over fatal plane crash that Moscow says involved Ukrainian POWs

Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over the crash of a military transport plane that Moscow says was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war and was shot down by Kyiv's forces, another heated episode in the information war that has been a feature of the conflict.
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Woman sentenced to 27 years after St Petersburg cafe bombing which killed military blogger

The 26-year-old was arrested after being seen in a video presenting the prominent war blogger with a bust of himself, moments before the explosion at a riverside cafe. 
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Ukraine says Russia 'playing with lives' of Ukraine POWs after plane crash. Here's what we know so far

Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied Russia's accusation that it deliberately shot down a plane carrying 65 prisoners of war. Here's what we know.
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Russian transport plane crashes near Ukraine with 65 Ukrainian POWs on board, Russian defence ministry says

A Russian military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew and three people accompanying them has crashed in Russia's Belgorod region near Ukraine, according to Russia's Defence Ministry.
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US and UK join Australia in hitting Russian man with sanctions over Medibank data breach

The United States and the United Kingdom have joined Australia in sanctioning Russian man Aleksandr Ermakov over what they say is his role in the Medibank Private data breach.
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