RUSSIA

West Mourns Gorbachev As Peace Champion, Russia Remembers Failures

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev attends the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev was mourned in the West on Wednesday as a towering statesman who helped to end the Cold War, but his death received a cool response in Russia, engaged in a war with Ukraine to regain some of the power it lost when he presided over the Soviet Union's collapse.
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Russia's capabilities in the North are a strategic challenge for NATO, its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, welcoming Canada's recently announced investments in North American defense systems after making his first visit to the Canadian arctic.
Shakhtar Donetsk's players during training at the NSC Olimpiyskiy stadium in Kyiv

Ukraine Set To Restart Soccer League As War Rages On

As soon as the air raid sirens had stopped, Shakhtar Donetsk's players ran out onto the pitch for their final training session on Monday before Ukraine begins an extraordinary new season of its national soccer league.