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Africa leader warns of pressure to choose sides in Ukraine

Chair of the African Union Macky Sall said the continent “does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War”, alluding to the pressure mounting on leaders to choose sides over the war in Ukraine. Many African countries depend heavily on ...

20 Sept 2022 at 20:26

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Russia: Nato wants to ‘drag’ Ukraine into alliance

Russia’s foreign minister has claimed that Nato wants to pull Ukraine into the alliance, amid escalating tensions over expansion of the organisation and fears that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine. In comments on state television on ...

30 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Tributes paid to ‘courage’ of Gorbachev as PM hits out at current Russia leaders

Boris Johnson has warned that the Kremlin is “intent on undoing the good” of Mikhail Gorbachev, as he paid a warm tribute to the legacy of the former Soviet leader. Mr Gorbachev’s death at the age of 91 has inspired an outpouring of ...

31 Aug 2022 at 11:52

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Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but will not attend his funeral

Russian President Vladimir Putin has privately laid flowers at Mikhail Gorbachev’s coffin, snubbing the weekend’s public funeral in a move reflecting the Kremlin’s uneasiness about Mr Gorbachev’s legacy. Just before departing for a ...

01 Sept 2022 at 20:03

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Pope links plight of Ukrainians today to Stalin’s ‘genocide’

The Pope has linked the suffering of present-day Ukrainians to the 1930s “genocide artificially caused by Stalin”, when the Soviet leader was blamed for creating a famine believed to have killed more than three million people. ...

23 Nov 2022 at 12:56

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Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine’s first president, dies aged 88

Leonid Kravchuk, the man who led Ukraine to independence amid the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, has died at the age of 88, a Ukrainian official said. Andriy Yermak, head of President ...

10 May 2022 at 21:25

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Czech writer and former dissident Milan Kundera dies in Paris aged 94

Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris at the age of 94, Czech media said on Wednesday. Kundera’s renowned ...

12 Jul 2023 at 10:55

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Thousands protest at TV show which accused John Paul II of covering up abuse

Thousands of Poles joined marches on Sunday in defence of the late pope, St John Paul II, following a TV documentary that alleged he covered up child sex abuse involving clergy in his native Poland before his ...

02 Apr 2023 at 15:10

What is the Official Secrets Act and what is the maximum sentence for spying?

A parliamentary researcher has been arrested on suspicion of breaching the Official Secrets Act – laws which are rarely used and more than 100 years old. Here, the PA news agency looks at the legislation ...

11 Sept 2023 at 19:11

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Poland says rare book Macron gave Pope was not looted during Second World War

Poland’s culture minister has rejected speculation that a rare book given to Pope Francis earlier this week by French President Emmanuel Macron might have been looted from Poland during the Second World ...

26 Oct 2022 at 15:40

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Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plummet to Earth this weekend after 53 years

A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. Built to land on the solar system’s hottest planet, the titanium-covered spacecraft ...

09 May 2025 at 15:44

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Former Estonian president Arnold Ruutel dies aged 96

Arnold Ruutel, the last communist leader of Soviet Estonia and the Baltic country’s second president after the restoration of independence, has died at the age of 96. The office of the President of ...

01 Jan 2025 at 14:59

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