Reuters: Posterchild of Russia's Ukrainian children deportation program says he was threatened
Denys Kostev, a teenage orphan, was taken from Kherson to occupied Crimea by Russian authorities in fall 2022.
Russian propaganda
Ukrainian embassy condemns Australian broadcast of documentary filmed on Russian side of front line
The program "was the journalistic equivalent of a bowl of vomit," and ABC "should be ashamed that it put such total garbage to air," the embassy said.
Russia bans entry to over 200 US policy makers, business leaders, journalists
The Russian Foreign Ministry added another 227 U.S. citizens to its list of those who are banned from entering Russia, state news agency TASS reported on March 14.
Putin dismisses peace talks 'just because (Ukraine) is running out of ammunition'
Many critics of Western support for Ukraine have claimed that providing arms to Kyiv "unnecessarily prolongs the war," alleging that peace would come faster if the weapons stopped flowing. Ukrainian officials have dismissed this idea, arguing that such a step would only hasten Russian occupation of the country.
SBU uncovers pro-Russian disinformation group connected to Moscow-linked Ukrainian church
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) neutralized a pro-Russian disinformation group in Kyiv whose members included a senior cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), the SBU's press service said on March 12.
Russia bans the entry of 2 Baltic PMs, other top officials
The 367 people banned from entering Russia include a wide variety of current and former political and military leaders from the Baltic countries.
Russian lawmakers propose draft bill declaring 'illegal' return of Crimea to Ukraine in 1954
Lawmakers of the ruling United Russia political party submitted a draft law to the Russian State Duma on March 11 declaring Russia's 1954 return of Crimea to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic "illegal."
Military intelligence: Russian officials, suspects in Ukraine involved in 'Maidan-3' destabilizing campaign
Russian presidential administration official Sergey Kiriyenko and former Vladimir Putin’s advisor Vladislav Surkov are on the list of those involved in the “Maidan-3” destabilizing campaign of Ukraine.
Media investigation: Kremlin uses Russian Red Cross as propaganda tool, violating its tenets
The Kremlin uses state funding and appointment of loyalists to the Russian Red Cross (RRC) to mold it into a propaganda tool while violating its core principles of neutrality and independence, a joint investigation by a team of journalists published on VSquare on Feb. 27 reveals.
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