Follow South China Morning Post - Russia & Central Asia, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp22 Sat, 01 Apr 2023 01:06:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGO0gESGXvlgKMb1naedg1wr Moscow has already decided to station tactical nukes on Belarus soil, but the leader says he and Putin could bring in longer-ranged strategic weapons as well.]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:20:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGO0gESGXvlgKMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNXCREAPVdLCHn9ye8UNv30 The Russian domestic intelligence service FSB claimed that reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained ‘while attempting to obtain classified information’ on Russia’s military.]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:04:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNXCREAPVdLCHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGP6mD-7l9F-i5VjH6qdYdAk A year after its liberation by Ukrainian forces, Bucha and its people are still confronted by the atrocities blamed on Russian forces during their occupation of the town.]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 06:43:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGP6mD-7l9F-i5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGM8-pW-DU-NNylmFkX7M1Jw Moscow hopes to receive 2 dozen kinds of weapons and munitions from Pyongyang, a White House spokesman added.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:57:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGM8-pW-DU-NNylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGO5LejuIVcB83n9ye8UNv30 They were on trial for their handling of finances linked to Sergei Roldugin, ‘a custodian of Putin’s offshore wealth’ and godfather to his daughter.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:07:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGO5LejuIVcB83n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGOayDRIGSX8lHn9ye8UNv30 Evan Gershkovich is the first reporter for an American news outlet to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:25:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGOayDRIGSX8lHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGN2gm6-0Gnp5CejEQ2Mq9rY Donald Trump, who has a long history of defending Vladimir Putin, claimed the rhetoric could lead to war.]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:15:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGN2gm6-0Gnp5CejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGMb_RFDTaDl7l1cWWor9YPv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that unless his nation wins a drawn-out battle in a key eastern city, Russia could begin building international support for a deal that could require Ukraine to make unacceptable compromises. He also invited the leader of China to visit.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 07:21:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGMb_RFDTaDl7l1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGMD355vm8kGyqCY3L745TL_ Alexei Moskalyov’s daughter, Masha, had drawn Russian missiles raining down on a Ukrainian mother and child while she was at school, sparking an investigation.]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:39:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGMD355vm8kGyqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNx6cHFmXzN9-T5HJgy6HUf Russia and Ukraine routinely accuse each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant. Fighting around it and worries of a water shortage and that cooling systems could lose power have raised fears of a nuclear disaster.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:00:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNx6cHFmXzN9-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNFEB6PoFhqB5s0ohxaO6Yr The announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he intends to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus appears to be another attempt to raise the stakes in the conflict in Ukraine.]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 06:41:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNFEB6PoFhqB5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNjmIEKveyROMb1naedg1wr Only China and Brazil on the UN Security Council voted alongside Russia in favour of seeking an independent investigation of the gas pipeline explosions.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:30:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNjmIEKveyROMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGO_6ykEe0nWv-T5HJgy6HUf Ukraine warned that Avdiivka could become a ‘second Bakhmut’ as Russia turns its attention there. Both towns have been reduced to rubble in ‘meat grinder’ fighting.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:32:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGO_6ykEe0nWv-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNNi-9Fn3OML-zdsCmHakzH There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the regional affiliate of Islamic State has increased attacks since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:08:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNNi-9Fn3OML-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGOf0y5EcOrgVXn9ye8UNv30 Bloom, a Unicef ambassador since 2009, also visited a family with five children of their own and four adopted war orphans.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:30:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGOf0y5EcOrgVXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNa7GOuP1r4E5s0ohxaO6Yr A new campaign is under way this spring across Russia, seeking recruits to replenish its troops for the war in Ukraine.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 06:38:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGNa7GOuP1r4E5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGN3b2vrQS9qrOT5HJgy6HUf One Ukrainian official said Russia ‘took Belarus as a nuclear hostage’ after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin revealed plans on Saturday to station nuclear weapons in Belarus.]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 19:10:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGN3b2vrQS9qrOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGOpHWDGzkNw5iejEQ2Mq9rY The explosion occurred in the centre of Kireyevsk, about 220km south of Moscow, according to Russian news agency Tass.]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:40:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGOpHWDGzkNw5iejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGMijtoPwptUMyejEQ2Mq9rY A top security adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus would destabilise that country.]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 10:10:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGMijtoPwptUMyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGMaiNBRLVmJxV1cWWor9YPv Russian forces must go through Bakhmut to push deeper into parts of the eastern Donbas region. The seven-month fight for Bakhmut is the longest battle of the war.]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 06:12:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2dUZqRvPEGMaiNBRLVmJxV1cWWor9YPv