'Staying strong, still funny, still himself': What friends say about journalist detained in Russia one year ago today
Friday, 29 March 2024 It is one year to the day since Evan Gershkovich, a 32-year-old reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was detained by the FSB, dragged out of a restaurant in Ekaterinburg with a bag over his head and brought to Moscow's Lefortovo jail.
Military hardware, including tanks, captured by Russia in Ukraine, are on display in Victory Park for a month-long open-air exhibition leading up to the country’s Victory Day celebrations.
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Russia plans to exhibit captured British and NATO military vehicles in Moscow for Victory Day celebrations, showcasing 30 vehicles from 12 nations, including German and American tanks seized in Ukraine. The exhibition, set in Victory Park, marks a shift from commemorating World War II to celebrating Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Social media footage and unverified videos depict the display of captured Western military hardware.
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Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, implicated in a bribery case, was arrested amid the Ukraine conflict's third year. Sanctioned by the US and EU for Russia's actions, Ivanov faces allegations of accepting a significant bribe. The arrest underscores corruption concerns within Russia's defense establishment, with Ivanov's oversight of critical areas like property management and construction adding gravity to the situation.
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Russian security forces thwarted a plot in the southern region, arresting three individuals planning an attack. The Federal Security Service (FSB) disclosed their success, preventing an explosive device detonation in Stavropol. The incident follows the tragic Moscow hall massacre, heightening concerns about ism. The region shares borders with volatile areas like Dagestan and Chechnya.
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The director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, said on Tuesday that the US, UK and Ukraine were behind the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 139 people on Friday - despite repeated claims of responsibility by Islamic State.
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The Kremlin has accused Britain of being part of an alliance of Western nations behind Friday’s Crocus City Hall terrorist attack that killed at least 139 people.
“The USA, Britain and Ukraine are behind the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall,” Alexander Bortnikov, the director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), was quoted as saying by Tass, the Russian state-owned news agency.
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According to Russia's FSB security service, as reported by state news agencies on Saturday (Mar 23), the individuals behind the fatal assault on a Moscow concert hall had "connections" in Ukraine and were allegedly trying to flee there. "After committing the terrorist attack, the criminals intended to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border, and had appropriate contacts on the Ukrainian side"(DISPLAY ON SCREEN) the state-run TASS news agency quoted the FSB as saying, after it announced 11 arrests over the attack.
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