A Moscow court ruled Thursday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail on espionage charges until the end of November, Russian state news agency Tass reported.

Source: https://www.denver7.com/jailed-reporter-evan-gershkovich-s-arrest-extended-by-russian-court

A photo released by Russian state media of President Vladimir V. Putin holding a minute of silence for pilots killed in clashes with Wagner mercenaries, in Moscow, on Tuesday.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/954be26e25407b65?ref=ff

A source told the Russian state news agency TASS: "During the upcoming exercise with the navies of South Africa and China, a training launch of a Zircon hypersonic missile will be carried out, to be the first-ever during an event of this kind."

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1730534/Ukraine-live-Vladimir-Putin-Russia-nuclear-weapons-hypersonic-missiles

But a pundit on Russian state TV left guests stunned after suggesting the nation needed to admit they could lose the conflict – which has now been ongoing for more than a year.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/06/russian-troops-use-shovels-as-weapons-after-ammunition-shortage-18391788/

Buzhinsky also claimed on Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1 that the 'unstoppable' 6,670mph hypersonic missile Zircon was 'about to be used in combat operations' after testing.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-11857789/Putin-wipe-UK-Nato-troops-help-Ukraine-Russian-media-warn.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Despite these clear linkages, the question for researchers and academics who study Wagner — even intelligence officials — has been the extent to which Wagner receives funds from the Russian state, even if indirectly through shell corporations.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/18/russia-wagner-group-ukraine-paramilitary-00083553

Eight bodies were found at the crash site of a private jet on which Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger, Russian state news agency RIA have reported.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12438001/Prigozhin-plane-crash-latest-Wagner-chief-feared-dead-private-jet-plunges-two-months-mutiny.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Evan Gershkovich denied the charges, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/evan-gershkovich-russia-journalist-espionage-wsj/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Everything can be changed but I just don’t see the need for it,” Putin said of the nuclear doctrine, saying the existence of the Russian state was not under threat.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/10/05/russias-putin-sends-the-west-a-warning-over-nuclear-testing/

In a photograph released by Russian state media, Gen. Sergei Surovikin, left, then commander of the Russian forces in Ukraine, with Defense Minister Sergei K. Shoigu, center, in December 2022.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/world/europe/general-sergei-surovikin-russia.html

In future all members of private military companies like Wagner must declare allegiance to the Russian state – and to Putin.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/29/paranoid-putin-still-fears-new-armed-coup-even-after-prigozhins-death-19413094/

In interview with Russian state television, Russian president warns of ‘problems’ with Finland now that the Nordic country has joined NATO.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-russia-nato-joe-biden-warning-nonsense/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

It’s a standard play for the mercenary army that terrorises, maims and murders on behalf of the Russian state in exchange for blood gold to feed Putin’s war machine, experts told The Sun.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/11573247/mali-pay-wagner-terror-massacre-civilians/

Mr Putin traditionally addresses a large audience of lawmakers and state officials and the speech will be broadcast by all Russian state TV channels.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-live-speech-time-moscow-today-b2286293.html

Navalny was arrested two years ago as he returned to Russia from Germany, where he had been treated for poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve toxin after what he and some Western nations said was a Russian state assassination attempt.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/jailed-kremlin-critic-navalny-says-hes-in-harsher-solitary-cell-for-six-months/article_cc2522ca-a894-5c42-9fca-a0e3f3310e59.html

Putin's sprawling cliff top residence is at the elite resort, although the Russian state media is barred from revealing details of the 70-year-old dictator's palace.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12130775/Pro-Ukrainian-saboteur-caught-near-Putins-1billion-palace-bomb-Russian-security-claims.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Putin visited an art school and a children’s center that is part of a project to develop a historical park on the site of an ancient Greek colony, Russian state news agencies said.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/03/18/putin-visits-crimea-following-war-crimes-warrant/

Rather, he believes won't stop until he has destroyed and "assimilated" its citizens into the Russian state.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1811039/ukraine-war-live-vladimir-putin-weakness-wagner-group-prigozhin

Remember Wagner's MO is to control mineral resources in the countries it provides "security" for and bleed off a revenue stream that is split between the Russian state, Mr. Putin and Wagner to pay their bills.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-allies-consult-but-tread-carefully-as-russia-crisis-unfolds

'Reports of an explosion near the Pentagon in Washington DC,' the Russian state news agency tweeted to its more than three million followers.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/23/fake-ai-generated-image-of-explosion-at-pentagon-disturbs-us-market-18828458/