(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

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“Mironova used to think it was just her bad luck to be born in Russia. Now, increasingly, it looks like this world was an unlucky place to be born into. “

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Sometimes it feels like I’m going crazy, because there is something that is right in front of our faces, has been for years, and nobody of consequence ever says it:
Donald Trump works for Vladimir Putin.
How much more proof does anyone need? And what is anybody going to do about it?

Trump can’t fulfil his promise to fix the economy, so he’s blaming workers instead

It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.

I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!

President Donald Trump on Thursday again raised the prospect of serving an unconstitutional third term, asking a crowd at a White House event whether he should run again.

The Constitution’s 22nd Amendment limits presidents from holding the office more than twice.

I ask Alexander Lukashenko “How can you call this a democratic election when your main rivals are in prison or exile?” Lukashenko said recently “People shouldn’t have their mouths shut [be silenced]”. So will he free his opponents? “Prison is for people who opened their mouths too wide” he says.

Of all the things Vladimir Putin has said about Donald Trump, what he said today will have put the biggest smile on President Trump's face. He told Russian state TV: "If [Trump's] victory hadn't been stolen in 2020, then maybe there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that emerged in 2022."

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen multiple people facing sexual misconduct allegations for key administration positions, downplaying the accusations against them and testing the willingness of his party to do the same.

🚨Virtually all dentists refusing to take on new NHS patients

A Mirror Investigation sugests 96% of dental practices are not accepting new adult patients - despite a rule change wrongly indicating more were taking people on

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UK politics live: vote on assisted dying bill impossible to predict, says minister

Today’s Russian papers reflect 2 very different Russias. One Russia: the military superpower threatening Ukraine & the West with Oreshnik missiles. The other Russia – where butter, increasingly expensive, is now sold in some shops in “anti-theft protective boxes.” #ReadingRussia