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Import Ban Doesn't Keep Seafood Profit From Russia

Catch goes through China, then is exported to US

(Newser) - A US ban on seafood imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was supposed to sap billions of dollars from Vladimir Putin's war machine. But shortcomings in import regulations mean that Russian-caught pollock, salmon, and crab are likely to enter the US anyway, by way of the country...

In Bucha, Residents Report Seeing Russians Dig Up Bodies

While authorities say the bodies of 900 civilians were found outside Kyiv

(Newser) - Indignant over what it called Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory and following the stunning loss of its Black Sea flagship, Moscow threatened renewed missile attacks on Kyiv, where authorities said the bodies of more than 900 civilians were found outside the capital. Most had been shot dead, police said, and...

Pentagon: Ukraine Hit Russia's Warship Before It Sank

Ukrainian forces struck Moskva with two Neptune missiles, says defense official

(Newser) - Ukraine claimed it caused a Russian warship to sink on Thursday. Russia refuted that claim, saying there was a fire and that the ship simply sank as it was being towed to shore for repairs. Now the Pentagon is weighing in, and it's confirming the Ukrainian side of the...

Russian Student Detained for Sign That Read: *** *****

'Even seemingly benign actions have led to arrests,' reports the AP

(Newser) - A Russian shopper looking for the price of a grocery item might instead learn about the Russian bombing of a Ukrainian school. As NPR reports, an artist in St. Petersburg is among several people facing penalty in Russia for swapping price tags with anti-war messages. A district court ruled this...

Russia's Netflix Users Aren't Happy They've Lost Service

After Netflix suspended streaming there due to Ukraine war, subscribers launch $730K class action

(Newser) - About 1 million of Netflix's 220 million subscribers worldwide are in Russia, and right now, they're pretty miffed. After Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine, the streaming service blocked access in his nation and halted production of Russian-made movies and shows, and now customers there have launched a...

It's Looking More Likely That Finland, Sweden Will Join NATO

Finland's decision is expected 'within weeks'

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Finland and Sweden not to join NATO , but both countries are edging closer to the military alliance even so. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said a decision on whether to apply is expected "within weeks," the BBC reports, and if Finland decides...

Outlook Is Bleak for Russia's Sputnik Vaccine

WHO approval looks 'unlikely' following invasion of Ukraine: 'WaPo'

(Newser) - Russia's coronavirus vaccine was the first approved for use in any country just six months into the global pandemic. But Sputnik V has now seen "an inauspicious fall," the Washington Post reports, adding Russia's invasion of Ukraine looks to have "sabotaged any further aspirations" for...

Russia: 1K Ukrainian Marines Put Up White Flag in Mariupol

If true, it would be first major Ukrainian city to fall to Russia since war began

(Newser) - Russia claims that more than 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered in Mariupol, a development that, if true, would mean Ukraine has lost its first major city since the Russian invasion began, per Reuters . The news comes via Russia's Defense Ministry, which said that 1,026 soldiers from Ukraine'...

Ukraine: Fugitive Putin Ally Has Been Arrested

Viktor Medvedchuk reportedly in custody

(Newser) - Ukrainian officials say fugitive Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, who is both the former leader of a pro-Russian opposition party and a close associate of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has been detained in a special operation carried out by the country’s SBU secret service. In his nightly video address to...

Putin to West: 'We Don't Intend to Be Isolated'

He also says there is 'no doubt' the nation's mission in Ukraine will succeed

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin used the anniversary of a Soviet space milestone to strike a defiant tone about his war in Ukraine on Tuesday. The Russian leader traveled to a space facility 61 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, reports Reuters . "The sanctions were...

Bucha Begins to Tell Its Horror Stories

Of 25 women held captive in a basement, 9 were impregnated

(Newser) - In an extensive article on what it calls "Bucha's month of terror," the New York Times reports on the horrors experienced in the Ukraine city as Russian troops occupied it. Among those: unimaginable sexual violence. In one case reported by Ukraine’s official ombudswoman for human rights,...

Pentagon Monitoring Social Media Report on Russian Chemical Weapons

'These reports, if true, are deeply concerning'

(Newser) - The Pentagon is confirming it is concerned about a report on Telegram that Russia used chemical weapons in Mariupol, Ukraine. "We are aware of social media reports which claim Russian forces deployed a potential chemical munition," Defense Department press secretary John Kirby said in a Monday night statement....

TV Protester Has a Way Out of Russia. She&#39;s Not Leaving
Russian TV Protester
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Russian TV Protester Lands New Journalism Job

Marina Ovsyannikova will continue to report from Russia, running a risk of prison

(Newser) - Update: The Russian journalist who protested the invasion of Ukraine in very public fashion has landed a new job but is staying in her native country. Marina Ovsyannikova has been hired by German media outlet Die Welt and will report from Russia and Ukraine, reports the BBC . The 43-year-old was...

Russians Begin Turning Each Other In Over Criticism of War

There will be 'a cleansing,' politician says

(Newser) - In his war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin isn't neglecting the homefront. Russians have begun to report each other for being critical of the war, encouraged by leaders, as the government rekindles the fear of the Soviet era. Teachers are being reported by students and parents, and neighbors...

Latest Crackdown on Russia: $46M Worth of Art

Customs officials in Finland seize paintings, sculptures, antiquities

(Newser) - Some $46 million worth of art on loan from Russian galleries to museums in Japan and Italy has been seized on the return trip. Customs officials in Finland seized the paintings, sculptures, and antiquities in three shipments at the Vaalimaa crossing of the Finland-Russia border on Friday and Saturday, in...

Officials: Putin Wants 'Announceable Success' by May 9

Ukraine urges civilians to flee eastern regions

(Newser) - Russian troops have now mostly retreated from northeast Ukraine—leaving behind mountains of wrecked equipment and extensive evidence of war crimes—but Vladimir Putin wants to have a victory to boast about in less than five weeks, according to Western security officials. Officials tell the Guardian that the Russian leader...

US Sanctions Putin's 2 Adult Daughters

As well as some other big names

(Newser) - The US on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters and said it was toughening penalties against Russian banks in retaliation for "war crimes" in Ukraine. Mariya Putina and Katerina Tikhonova are daughters Putin had with former Aeroflot flight attendant Lyudmila Putina, reports the Wall Street ...

Gen. Milley Offers Prediction on Timeline for War in Ukraine

Joint Chiefs of Staff chair says invasion could last 'years': 'I do think this is a very protracted conflict'

(Newser) - Initial predictions that Russia could quickly take Ukraine , perhaps in a matter of days, haven't come to fruition, and now some are speculating the war will be a long-extended one. Joining that latter camp: Gen. Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and America's top military...

At Embassy, an Act of 'Anti-Russian Hysteria'

Man dies crashing his car into Russian embassy in Bucharest, Romania

(Newser) - A man has died after crashing a car filled with flammable substances into the Russian embassy in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, according to police. A video showed the silver hatchback "engulfed in flames" while wedged in the embassy's gate around 6am local time Wednesday, before firefighters arrived,...

The Scenes From Borodyanka Are Horrifying

At least 200 presumed dead under flattened apartments

(Newser) - New York Times journalists got to Borodyanka, Ukraine, Tuesday for the first time since Russian forces withdrew, and the newspaper describes what they found there as "shocking." Four apartment buildings that were completely flattened by bombs, and more than two miles of devastation along the main street...

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