A broadcast ban for Russian media was introduced by the European Union shortly after the Kremlin sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jan/21/russia-ukraine-war-ukrainians-to-train-on-leopard-2-tanks-despite-lack-of-agreement-on-supply-live

Also on Friday, the Kremlin announced that Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet in the upcoming weeks.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/08/ukraines-zelenskyy-meets-turkish-fm-black-sea-pressure-rises

Amid the fighting in Bakhmut, Prigozhin has continued to demand that the Kremlin supply him with ammunition.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11898015/Wagner-mercenaries-refocus-Africa-huge-losses-Ukraine-amid-fall-Putin.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A month later, and almost three years since Samantha Smith wrote to the Kremlin, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met in Geneva, Switzerland, agreeing to intensify discussions between the superpowers.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/06/18/the-girl-who-tried-to-bring-peace-between-the-us-and-the-soviet-union/

Analysts are divided on whether the May 3 drone incident at the Kremlin was a genuine attack or a “false flag” concocted to justify increasing the ferocity of Russia’s missile barrages in Ukraine.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/05/08/war-shadows-victory-day-russias-integral-holiday/

A Russian company today said it will offer five million roubles (£58,000) in cash to the first soldiers who destroy or capture Western tanks in Ukraine after the Kremlin vowed that any allied armoured vehicles shipped to Kyiv would 'burn'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11691539/Russian-company-offers-cash-reward-troops-destroy-capture-Western-tanks-Ukraine.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

“As a result of timely actions taken by military and special services using electronic warfare systems, the drones were disabled,” the Kremlin stated.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/05/no_author/the-kremlin-under-drone-attack-failed-attempt-to-assassinate-president-putin/

As it slaughters people abroad, the Kremlin is increasingly more paranoid at home.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/04/russia-gershkovich-detained-journalist-putin-war/

As Russian losses in Ukraine deepened last year, the Kremlin drafted hundreds of unfit, middle-age men in Irkutsk Oblast in southern Siberia, gave them a month of cursory training and formed a new army unit—the 1439th Regiment.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/03/07/unjustified-losses-a-regiment-of-demoralized-russian-draftees-begs-vladimir-putin-for-mercy-but-putin-isnt-listening/

Assassinations and mysterious deaths routinely befall high-profile Russians who fall out of favour with the Kremlin, but this option would cause more problems than it would solve for Putin, Bertina told Metro.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/27/putin-cannot-simply-liquidate-wagner-masterminds-after-mutiny-19023056/

“Because the Kremlin can break the security and peace of all who are represented here in Munich.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1735914/ukraine-live-vladimir-puton-zircon-hypersonic-russia-munich-conference-nato

Beijing has refrained from condemning Moscow’s operation against Ukraine or calling it an “invasion” in line with the Kremlin, which describes the war as a “special military operation” designed to protect Russia’s own security.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9499760/ukraine-war-china-deeply-worried-about-escalation-conflict/

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 25, 2023.

Source: https://www.newser.com/story/335834/belarus-prez-promises-nuclear-weapons-to-everyone.html

Belarus's dictator Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that he talked Vladimir Putin out of executing Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin for his uprising against the Kremlin.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1786085/I-stopped-Putin-executing-Wagner-leader-claims-Belarus-dictator

• But a rift is growing in its relationship with the Kremlin.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/f2d43f2ad2173097?ref=ff

"But if Prigozhin is being set up, the Kremlin is playing with fire.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10735372/putin-chef-wagner-group-topple-vlad/

But in a sign the Kremlin may now be considering one, a little known group claiming to represent widows of Russian soldiers released a call on Tuesday for Putin to order a large-scale mobilisation of millions of men.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/conflict/russia-plans-to-turn-tide-of-war-kyiv-c-9356154

But some analysts have noted that the Kremlin may worry that putting large crowds of Russians on the streets at such a turbulent time could lead to civil unrest, even with Russia’s strict wartime laws against protests.

Source: https://www.mutiny.in/latest-news-on-attacks-in-kiev-and-russian-evacuation-orders-ukraine-war-updates/

Chechnya’s regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov arrives to attend a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.

Source: https://triblive.com/news/world/rifts-in-russian-military-command-seen-amid-ukraine-fighting/

Claims that the Kremlin gave an order to kill Prigozhin were a "complete lie", Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman told the BBC earlier.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66620124?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA