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Ace up Putin’s sleeve: Russian president deploys ‘blackmail’ measure on Europe

Europe has slammed President Vladimir Putin’s gas payment ultimatum as ‘blackmail’.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said buyers of Russian gas "must open rouble accounts".

Putin drafts notorious warlord to salvage Ukraine invasion

Condemned for human right abuses, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has reportedly been bumped up the ranks to oversee the Ukraine invasion.

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Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov addresses servicemen attending a review of the Chechen Republic's troops and military hardware in Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Ramzan Kadyrov said that the servicemen of the Chechen Republic are ready to carry out any order of the President of the country. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

President Joe Biden says Putin is a ‘war criminal’ who inflicts ‘devastation’ and ‘horror’

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"He's a war criminal," US President Joe Biden has said of Russia's president as he left an event.

Putin suffers major setback in war against Ukraine

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Logos: Putin’s major setback.

The West closes in on Russia’s last lifeline

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Logos: Ukraine flag.

Heartwarming reason brand new prams are being left just outside Ukrainian border

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Strollers for refugees and their babies fleeing the conflict from neighbouring Ukraine are left at the train station in Przemysl, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Francesco Malavolta)