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Dennis Rice

Bloodied Ukrainian pilot takes selfie after directing his burning plane away from a residential area

The pilot’s incredible bravery won him a medal, and the eternal thanks of the civilians he saved.

Putin “I feel your pain” propaganda backfires as Russian mothers criticise staged TV broadcast

Putin tells Russian mothers “I feel your pain” but Mother’s Day propaganda stunt backfires.

Britain and Sweden move against spies recruited by the Russian GRU

Russian spies unearthed in Germany and Sweden facing years behind bars.

UK’s leading security body elected Russian board member with ties to Putin

Stanford graduate Anna Spiridonova was elected to the board of the UK’s Security Institute – despite her family’s ties to the Kremlin and Putin.

Putin warned his “mediocre” troops aren’t up to fighting in a nuclear battlefield

Vladimir Putin has been warned that his rag tag army of  exhausted conscripts and  demoralised mercenaries are in no fit state for him to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in the Ukraine. General David H. Petraeus, a former top U.S. commander in Iraq…

A downed Wall Street tycoon, a furious and very public court battle, and now allegations of Russian espionage added into the mix

Explosive claims have emerged from the Ukraine that a former model who accused one of the most powerful men on Wall Street of multiple sexual assaults, is a Russian spy. The intelligence arm of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence published a…

China sanctions children of its critics – and ends up a laughing stock

China is being roundly mocked over its decision to sanction the children of lawmakers who have spoken out over its aggression towards Taiwan and human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Five British politicians and their families were hit with Chinese sanctions…