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1 day ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Olivia Allhusen |Will Stewart
A 19-year-old British woman has been detained in Tbilisi accused of carrying 14kg of cannabis into ex-Soviet republic Georgia. The woman - identified as B.K. - could face 20 years jail or even life imprisonment, said the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs. A video shows the handcuffed woman after she was held at Tbilisi Airport. 'During the inspection, 34 hermetically sealed packages containing marijuana were found in the passenger's bag, as well as 20 packages of hashish,' said a local report.
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2 days ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Will Stewart |Sabrina Penty
Mystery deepens over OnlyFans model, 20, found with horrific injuries in Dubai as shocking 'Russian torture' claim emerges By WILL STEWART and SABRINA PENTY Published: 09:26 EDT, 12 May 2025 | Updated: 09:26 EDT, 12 May 2025 A Ukrainian OnlyFans model found seriously injured in Dubai on the side of the road is now feared to have been 'tortured by Russians', after friends feared she had been 'sold into sex slavery.' Maria Kovalchuk, 20, went into a coma and suffered horrific injuries including...
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2 days ago | 
express.co.uk | Ciaran McGrath |Will Stewart
Vladimir Putin's Russia has a history of brutal treatment towards its own troops (Image: GETTY/East2West)Horrifying footage appears to show a Russian commander forcing two soldiers to fight to the death in a punishment pit after they refused to take part in Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
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3 days ago | 
express.co.uk | Ciaran McGrath |Will Stewart
Vladimir Putin and Sergei Shoigu in 2019 (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Vladimir Putin’s top security official has vanished during efforts to end the war in Ukraine, amid swirling health rumours and claims he could be caught up in a corruption probe. Sergei Shoigu, 69, is a Russian army general and currently the secretary of the powerful Russian Security Council.
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4 days ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Will Stewart |Olivia Allhusen
Shocking moment mother, 20, is caught trying to sell her two-year-old son for £18,000 in Ukraine because she wanted to start her own businessBy WILL STEWART and OLIVIA ALLHUSEN Published: 07:16 EDT, 10 May 2025 | Updated: 07:16 EDT, 10 May 2025 Shocking footage shows the moment a mother was arrested after trying to sell her two-year-old son for £18,000 in Ukraine. The woman, 20, from Dnipro, reportedly wanted to use the money 'to start her own business'.
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4 days ago | 
express.co.uk | Charlie Bradley |Will Stewart
“The Embassy, as always, recommends U.S. citizens be prepared to immediately shelter in the event an air alert is announced.”A similar warning was issued on November 20 last year, one day before Russia struck Dnipro with an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). It is also known that Russia has announced in a new NOTAM alert that it is closing airspace over its Kapustin Yar missile test site in Astrakhan region between 6:00 a.m. on May 12 and 6am, May 13.
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5 days ago | 
express.co.uk | Matthew Dooley |Will Stewart
Putin is not only replenishing depleted stockpiles but moving new artillery units toward NATO borders, including the Baltic countries and Finland, he told Politico. “That's an indication for us that they are building up capability.”Putin’s blatant show of strength in Moscow comes as production levels show he could be ready for a major new conflict within a year if the Kremlin maintains its political appetite for combat, he said.
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1 week ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Alanah Khosla |Will Stewart
At nine years old, she was dubbed 'the most beautiful girl in the world'. With her piercing azure eyes and long, honey blonde locks, it's not difficult to see how Kristina Pimenova, 19, from Moscow, Russia, claimed the coveted title at such a young age.
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1 week ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Kumail Jaffer |Will Stewart
Ukraine has targeted Moscow with drones for a third consecutive day as Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to host 29 world leaders to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. Most of the Russian capital's airports were forced to close and remained out of action last night - shortly before Chinese President Xi Jinping was due to arrive. Military units from 13 countries, including China, will take part in the parade marking the victory over Nazi Germany.
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1 week ago | 
the-express.com | Will Stewart
Putin has been left red faced after a Russian protester was seen waving a “Putin-Hitler” sign near the Kremlin before reportedly jumping from a bridge into the Moscow River. The Kremlin foe likened the Russian dictator to the Nazi leader as he jumped from the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge “pretending to be a corpse”.The protester Grigory Saksanov, 68, was quickly detained by the Russian security services after a boat pulled up close to him, and a special services officer swam to grab him.
