Russia
'I've been hung out to dry:' Scottish Labour candidate denies making pro-Putin posts
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![The Kremlin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13568827.jpg)
![The Kremlin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13568827.jpg)
![Volodymyr Zelensky](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13880319.jpg)
![Volodymyr Zelensky](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13880319.jpg)
![The president of bike-club](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18063743.jpg)
![The president of bike-club](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18063743.jpg)
Spotlight
![The US Government has sanctioned Scottish LPs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17917072.jpg)
![The US Government has sanctioned Scottish LPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17917072.jpg)
![Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev appeared in court](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17896074.jpg)
![Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev appeared in court](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17896074.jpg)
![Despite an informal ban on imports and an invasion of Ukraine, whisky enjoyed a boom year in 2023 in Putin's Russia](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17558837.jpg)
![Despite an informal ban on imports and an invasion of Ukraine, whisky enjoyed a boom year in 2023 in Putin's Russia](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17558837.jpg)
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![The Kremlin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11560362.jpg)
![The Kremlin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11560362.jpg)
![A student of the Maritime State University named after admiral Gennady Nevelskoy casts a ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17863181.jpg)
![A student of the Maritime State University named after admiral Gennady Nevelskoy casts a ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17863181.jpg)
Explained
![An employee arranges bottles of sparkling wine at a supermarket in Moscow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17834405.jpg)
![An employee arranges bottles of sparkling wine at a supermarket in Moscow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17834405.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![Viktoria* (L) and Oleh (R) cycle in winter conditions through Kharkiv, Ukraine on 18 November 2022](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17779362.jpg)
![Viktoria* (L) and Oleh (R) cycle in winter conditions through Kharkiv, Ukraine on 18 November 2022](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17779362.jpg)
![Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C) embraces his spouse Yulia Navalnaya (L) attend a mass march marking the one-year anniversary of the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on February 27, 2016 in Moscow, Russia](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17775700.jpg)
![Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (C) embraces his spouse Yulia Navalnaya (L) attend a mass march marking the one-year anniversary of the killing of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on February 27, 2016 in Moscow, Russia](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17775700.jpg)
Spotlight
![Ukrainian soldiers on duty in Vuhledar](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17460143.jpg)
![Ukrainian soldiers on duty in Vuhledar](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17460143.jpg)
![A vigil was held in Edinburgh after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17762091.jpg)
![A vigil was held in Edinburgh after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17762091.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17689910.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17689910.jpg)
![Could British youngsters soon be called up to fight Vladimir Putin's armies in the east?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17678448.jpg)
![Could British youngsters soon be called up to fight Vladimir Putin's armies in the east?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17678448.jpg)
Spotlight
![A policeman stands in front of a heavily damaged residential building, three days after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, on January 5, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17660399.jpg)
![A policeman stands in front of a heavily damaged residential building, three days after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, on January 5, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17660399.jpg)
![Zaur Askenderov has strong links to the Kremlin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17618542.jpg)
![Zaur Askenderov has strong links to the Kremlin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17618542.jpg)
![The links between Scotland and Russia have been exposed in a series of court cases](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17617873.jpg)
![The links between Scotland and Russia have been exposed in a series of court cases](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17617873.jpg)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17521686.jpg)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17521686.jpg)
![Debris hangs from a residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Fighting has raged around Lysychansk and neighbouring Sievierodonetsk, the last major cities under](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13919738.jpg)
![Debris hangs from a residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Fighting has raged around Lysychansk and neighbouring Sievierodonetsk, the last major cities under](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13919738.jpg)
Letter of the Day 📨
![Ukrainian singer Elzara Batalova](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17172449.jpg)
![Ukrainian singer Elzara Batalova](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17172449.jpg)
![Russian officials, such as Putin's 'chef' Yevgeny Prigozhin, are facing sanctions. Photograph: Getty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7532974.jpg)
![Russian officials, such as Putin's 'chef' Yevgeny Prigozhin, are facing sanctions. Photograph: Getty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7532974.jpg)
![Handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of a Russian Tupolev Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17110581.jpg)
![Handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of a Russian Tupolev Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17110581.jpg)
![NOVOVORONTSOVKA, UKRAINE - MAY 06: Local government officials and Ukrainian soldiers inspect a wheat grain warehouse earlier shelled by Russian forces on May 06, 2022 near the frontlines of Kherson Oblast in Novovorontsovka, Ukraine. Russia has been](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13852893.jpg)
![NOVOVORONTSOVKA, UKRAINE - MAY 06: Local government officials and Ukrainian soldiers inspect a wheat grain warehouse earlier shelled by Russian forces on May 06, 2022 near the frontlines of Kherson Oblast in Novovorontsovka, Ukraine. Russia has been](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13852893.jpg)
![Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group military company speaks holding a Russian national flag in front of his soldiers in Bakhmut, Ukraine](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16926978.jpg)
![Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group military company speaks holding a Russian national flag in front of his soldiers in Bakhmut, Ukraine](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16926978.jpg)
![Russian president Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16897642.jpg)
![Russian president Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16897642.jpg)
![The Ossetians are an Iranian people who, rightly or wrongly, are often seen as allies of Russia in the Caucasus](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16850889.jpg)
![The Ossetians are an Iranian people who, rightly or wrongly, are often seen as allies of Russia in the Caucasus](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16850889.jpg)
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![Is the question even realistic? Or an attempt to troll Mr Putin and wind up his nationalist base?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16850910.jpg)
![Is the question even realistic? Or an attempt to troll Mr Putin and wind up his nationalist base?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16850910.jpg)
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![Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16850978.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16850978.jpg)
![Debris hangs from a residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Fighting has raged around Lysychansk and neighbouring Sievierodonetsk, the last major cities under](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13919738.jpg)
![Debris hangs from a residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Fighting has raged around Lysychansk and neighbouring Sievierodonetsk, the last major cities under](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13919738.jpg)
War in Ukraine
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky meet during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16801921.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky meet during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16801921.jpg)
![UK to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles, defence secretary confirms](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13970687.jpg)
![UK to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles, defence secretary confirms](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13970687.jpg)
![Counterfeit Scottish whisky is being sold in Russia](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16761534.jpg)
![Counterfeit Scottish whisky is being sold in Russia](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16761534.jpg)
![Ukraine has denied being responsible for a drone attack on the Kremlin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16738392.jpg)
![Ukraine has denied being responsible for a drone attack on the Kremlin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16738392.jpg)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15823731.jpg)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15823731.jpg)
![Arrest warrant issued for Vladimir Putin due to war in Ukraine](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16533304.jpg)
![Arrest warrant issued for Vladimir Putin due to war in Ukraine](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16533304.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin addresses Ukraine war in Russian state of the union address](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16040102.jpg)
![Vladimir Putin addresses Ukraine war in Russian state of the union address](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16040102.jpg)
![A Berlin embassy spy has been jailed for more than 13 years for betraying his country and colleagues by selling secrets to Russia](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16467030.jpg)
![A Berlin embassy spy has been jailed for more than 13 years for betraying his country and colleagues by selling secrets to Russia](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16467030.jpg)
![Russia flies nuclear bombers over sea north of Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16462590.jpg)
![Russia flies nuclear bombers over sea north of Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16462590.jpg)
![Couples Therapy: Orna Guralnik , Showtime Network](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16441343.jpg)
![Couples Therapy: Orna Guralnik , Showtime Network](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16441343.jpg)
![Baker Hughes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16402294.jpg)
![Baker Hughes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16402294.jpg)
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![The Wagner Group, Putin's Chef and another UK Government scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15804136.jpg)
![The Wagner Group, Putin's Chef and another UK Government scandal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15804136.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak visits Ukraine for first time as Prime Minister meets with Zelenskyy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16166430.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak visits Ukraine for first time as Prime Minister meets with Zelenskyy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16166430.jpg)
![A Russian missile has struck Poland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16162176.jpg)
![A Russian missile has struck Poland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16162176.jpg)
![16 Scots were killed during the October Revolution – they lie in rest at Archangel Cemetery, 700 miles from Moscow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16127361.jpg)
![16 Scots were killed during the October Revolution – they lie in rest at Archangel Cemetery, 700 miles from Moscow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16127361.jpg)
![Missile strikes hit Kyiv as Ukrainian capital comes under Russian fire](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14396108.jpg)
![Missile strikes hit Kyiv as Ukrainian capital comes under Russian fire](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14396108.jpg)
![Russia bans series of Scottish politicians over their stance on war in Ukraine](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14325780.jpg)
![Russia bans series of Scottish politicians over their stance on war in Ukraine](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14325780.jpg)
![Boris gives press conference today in Sweden amid Europe security agreement (PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13768122.jpg)
![Boris gives press conference today in Sweden amid Europe security agreement (PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13768122.jpg)
![There has been concern about what the impact would be if Russia turn off its supply of natural gas to Europe (PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13027202.jpg)
![There has been concern about what the impact would be if Russia turn off its supply of natural gas to Europe (PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13027202.jpg)
![#ThereWithUkraine: Our Ukraine appeal reaches £10,000 - how you can help (PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13577921.jpg)
![#ThereWithUkraine: Our Ukraine appeal reaches £10,000 - how you can help (PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13577921.jpg)
![US adds Scots registered firm to sanctions list for 'supporting Russian military'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13593591.jpg)
![US adds Scots registered firm to sanctions list for 'supporting Russian military'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13593591.jpg)
![A family crossing the border point from Ukraine into Medyka, Poland. Photo via PA/Victoria Jones.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13587732.jpg)
![A family crossing the border point from Ukraine into Medyka, Poland. Photo via PA/Victoria Jones.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13587732.jpg)
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