With memes and in state media,many Russians cheer on Putin’s nuclear threats

With memes and in state media,many Russians cheer on Putin’s nuclear threats

While support for Putin’s threats resounded in pro-war venues,some Russians reacted with worry,gallows humour and apathy to the suggestions of striking the West.

  • byNataliya Vasilyeva andValerie Hopkins

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Ukraine’s parliament has cancelled a session over security fears,as Putin says Western air defence systems would be powerless to stop the new missile.

  • byIllia Novikov andVolodyrmyr Yurchuk
Putin’s chilling nuclear threat has one strategic target

Putin’s chilling nuclear threat has one strategic target

Vladimir Putin’s nuclear sabre-rattling is spooking many in the West,but its main purpose may be to shape the approach of the incoming US president.

  • byMick Ryan
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As we mark 1000 days of Putin’s war,Ukrainians know how to force him into peace

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The age of the carnivores is upon us:China,Russia and their war machine

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  • byPeter Hartcher
The alarm over Elon Musk and national security has yet to sink in

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The prospect of Musk doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin – or any authoritarian leader – would be malign influence at a whole other level.

  • byChris Zappone
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$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000:Russia fines Google more than world’s GDP

$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000:Russia fines Google more than world’s GDP

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Is the ‘Trump whisperer’ Ukraine’s last hope in defeating Putin?

New NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte is known as master of compromise,especially when negotiations are at breaking point.

  • byRob Harris
Rudd urges Beijing to press North Korea to ‘cease and desist’ over Ukraine

Rudd urges Beijing to press North Korea to ‘cease and desist’ over Ukraine

North Korean forces entering Russia’s war with Ukraine could have implications for areas outside Europe,warns former PM Kevin Rudd.

  • byRob Harris
Australian councillor says he was forced to fly back to Russia to speak freely

Australian councillor says he was forced to fly back to Russia to speak freely

Adrian McRae,a member of West Australia’s Port Hedland Council,has been told by the WA premier to “resign,stop it,you’re an embarrassment.”

  • byRob Harris
Unable to travel abroad,‘pariah’ Putin has Xi,Modi come to him

Unable to travel abroad,‘pariah’ Putin has Xi,Modi come to him

The Russian president received the visitors at the historic Kazan Kremlin. He’s hosting a BRICS summit attended by 30 countries.

  • byValerie Hopkins andDavid Pierson