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<p>Ukraine’s counteroffensive stalled and Russia continues to kill civilians by bombing cities such as Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast. Picture: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP</p>

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Fergus Finlay: We’ve always needed hope, and we certainly need lots of it now

'I can barely think of anything redemptive or uplifting that happened in 2023. It was, in all sorts of ways, the worst of years'

<p>Throughout Vladimir Putin’s 23-year rule, Kremlin critics, journalists and defected spies have met with ruthless treatment for opposing his rule. File picture: Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik via AP</p>

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Twenty years of ruthlessness: how Russia has silenced Putin’s opponents

<p>Head of Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin makes a video statement from an unknown location in the days before his death in a plane crash. Picture: Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File</p>

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Irish Examiner View: Wagner Group's activities give an idea of what Ukraine is facing

Yevgeny Prigozhin

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Yevgeny Prigozhin came at the king, and missed

Plane crash believed to have killed Wagner’s Prigozhin seen as Kremlin’s revenge

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Plane crash believed to have killed Wagner’s Prigozhin seen as Kremlin’s revenge

Joschka Fischer: Weakened Russia poses a heightened risk

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Joschka Fischer: Weakened Russia poses a heightened risk

The Wagner rebellion has been called off but Putin has never looked weaker

The Wagner rebellion has been called off but Putin has never looked weaker

Images of tanks in streets of Moscow evoked the faltering Soviet Union’s final months in 1991, raising hopes of history repeating itself

Sun, 25 Jun, 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin: the hotdog seller who rose to the top of Putin’s war machine

Yevgeny Prigozhin: the hotdog seller who rose to the top of Putin’s war machine

After nearly a decade in prison, the Wagner group founder’s ascent was extraordinary. But where does the ceiling of his ambition lie? Some of those who knew him describe his path to power

Sat, 24 Jun, 2023

Lyubov Sobol: Russia is not Putin but ‘is embodied by its 146 million citizens’

Lyubov Sobol: Russia is not Putin but ‘is embodied by its 146 million citizens’

The Russian president is terrified of free and fair elections as his recent crackdown demonstrates, writes Lyubov Sobol

Thu, 26 Dec, 2019