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Academics who act as court experts in return for up to £20,000 are under a ‘corrupting influence’ claims one Russia analyst, while another expert says fees help pay his mortgage

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The paramilitary group has come out of the shadows in the war in Ukraine. But what comes next?

From terminal cancer to Parkinsons, health rumors have surrounded Vladimir Putin in the year since Russias invasion of Ukraine.

Igor Mangushev, who was filmed last year brandishing the purported skull of a slain Ukrainian soldier, was shot in the head at close range over the weekend.

Would Putin regard Ukraine’s mere possession of F-16s as an existential threat? And should we care what Putin thinks?

Girkin, a prominent military blogger, has repeatedly criticized the Russian presidents management of his invasion of Ukraine.

Tension has been mounting in recent months between Russia’s military commanders and Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov has reportedly been appointed to the role of top battlefield commander in Ukraine.

Putin relies on a vast network of elites he can co-opt or dupe into supporting his corrupt and authoritarian regime waging a brutal war in Ukraine.