Oliver Carroll
The Independent
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Russia sends bombers to patrol Belarus airspace as migrant crisis escalates
Kremlin also rebuts claims that it is the ‘mastermind’ behind events at the Poland-Belarus border → Read More
Kremlin labels frontline LGBT+ rights group as a ‘foreign agent’
The Russian LGBT has helped secure the safety of more than 250 people in Chechnya → Read More
Poland warns of ‘armed’ escalation as Belarus migrant crisis deepens
As many as 4,000 migrants are now at the border say Polish officials → Read More
Poland blames Belarus for ‘manufactured’ migrant crisis as thousands try to cross into EU
Warsaw’s foreign minister has accused Minsk of risking lives → Read More
Russian ‘spy’ found dead after falling from window in Berlin embassy
Kirill Zhalo was the son of a high ranking Russian intelligence officer → Read More
Is Ukraine’s conflict heading into a new, bloody phase?
Moscow has declared it does not like the idea of Ukraine using drones against its proxies, and may be preparing a response, reports Oliver Carroll → Read More
Chechnya arrests three ‘witches’ in Halloween crackdown
Three women in Chechnya were arrested over the Halloween weekend on suspicion of sorcery. The suspects were reportedly “caught red-handed”, local state television reported – with maps, tarot cards, and a magical stone one of them had brought into the Islamic republic from the Buddhist region of Kalmykia. It is unclear if the women were practising folk medicine, or if the arrests were proxy for… → Read More
‘Suspicious looking men’: Lawyers for MH17 victims are being intimidated by Moscow, reports claim
Some have complained of men loitering around their homes → Read More
How ‘Russia’s Coca-Cola’ took on a racist cult and won
The brewer of a traditional drink decided to look beyond its history and became an unlikely warrior for inclusivity, reports Oliver Carroll from Kirov → Read More
Moscow to go back into lockdown to combat surging Covid cases
The latest restrictions comes after Russia reported a daily high of cases on Thursday → Read More
Putin missing Cop26 is more than just a snub to Boris Johnson
Putin’s confirmation he won’t attend is a blow to the Global Britain brand, but the story is certainly not only about Cop26 → Read More
‘Holocaust Disneyland’ funded by Russia stirs fears and suspicions in Ukraine
A monumental project to memorialise one of the Holocaust’s most shameful episodes has been complicated by scandal and geopolitics, reports Oliver Carroll in Kiev → Read More
Russia closing Nato office in tit for tat move following ‘spy’ expulsion
Any urgent business with Russia will now be done via its embassy in Brussels, said Sergei Lavrov → Read More
Anti-Putin campaigner Navalny designated a ‘terrorist’
Alexei Navalny is 266 days into three-and-a-half year prison term → Read More
‘If you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean you aren’t being followed’: Fleeing Belarusians who still face danger
Any feeling of happiness at fleeing Lukashenko’s regime has been replaced by fear for many Belarusians in Ukraine, reports Oliver Carroll in Kyiv → Read More
Brave and streetwise: Who is Dmitry Muratov, winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize?
Mr Muratov has edited Novaya Gazeta since the 1990s → Read More
Ukrainian gas chief accuses Moscow of blackmail over energy supplies
By linking gas supplies to the Nord Stream 2 approval process, Putin is backing Europe into a corner, says Naftogaz president → Read More
Ex-president Saakashvili says he is back in Georgia — despite arrest warrant
Mikeil Saakashvili said he had arrived in time for Saturday’s local elections, and called on supporters to ‘take back control’ → Read More
Kremlin threatens to ban YouTube after RT channels are blocked
Moscow said YouTube’s move to ban two of RT’s German-language channels over Covid misinformation was the start of a ‘media war declared by the German government’ → Read More
Russia may open probe into ‘possible US meddling,’ in election says security chief Medvedev
Interview comments appear to be a veiled warning to western social media companies → Read More