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Sheet of paper with portraits of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, a shadowy figure who managed Wagner’s operations and allegedly served in Russian military intelligence, is placed at a makeshift memorial in front of the Private Military Company (PMC) Wagner Centre in Saint Petersburg, on August 26.

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 A man lays flowers at a makeshift memorial in honour of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Bodies and flight recorder recovered from Prigozhin crash site

This picture taken on July 4, 2017 shows Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin prior to a meeting with business leaders held by Russian and Chinese presidents at the Kremlin in Moscow.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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A Ukrainian soldier fires during a training exercise in the Rivne region, amid reports of a new Russian offensive (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

As Putin redoubles efforts to take Ukraine, we must not give in to war fatigue

A captured Russian tank is repaired by Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Boosted by US, German and Russian tanks, Ukrainian morale is high

Fireworks explode over Edinburgh Castle during the street party for Hogmanay New Year celebrations in Edinburgh. Picture : Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

All signs point to a continued Russian onslaught on civilian targets in Ukraine
Although the numbers may be in dispute, there is no doubt the recent Ukrainian attack on a Russian military “provisional base” in the eastern Ukrainian city of Makivka in the occupied region of Donetsk inflicted heavy losses on the invading forces.

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People sit in a café without power in Lviv, Ukraine. Once a safe haven for refugees, Russian attacks have plunged the city into darkness and cold (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

As winter chills hits Scotland, Ukrainians face 'unliveable' conditions

A child rests in a cot beside a window protected by sandbags in an intensive care unit for newborns at Okhmatdyt Hospital, Kyiv, yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Ukrainian refugees who returned home are being forced to leave again

People in newly liberated Kherson crowd around volunteers to receive humanitarian food (Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Ukrainians remain resolute in war against Putin and so must we – Steve Cardownie

Firefighters put out a fire in a port after a Russian missiles attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on Saturday. Picture: Odesa City Hall Press Office via AP

Russia claims missile attack on port of Odesa targeted military facilities

A man jogs past a cloud of smoke from a fire in the background after a missile strike on a warehouse of an industrial and trading company in Odessa on July 16, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP) (Photo by OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian missiles hit Odesa port hours after grain export deal agreed

A woman walks past a shell crater in front of a damaged residential building in the town of Siversk, Donetsk region, on June 23, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. -  via Getty Images

Massive bombardment' of Ukraine continues as tensions mount over invasion

Putin has spoken of his admiration of Peter the Grea and while it is not uncommon for world leaders to take inspiration from past presidents, prime ministers, kings and queens, context must always be given, writes Angus Robertson.

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The viral New Profile Pic app could be connected to Russia, it has been warned (Image: New Profile Pic app, Google App Store)

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Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina. Picture: Greg Macvean

Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina escapes Russia

This satellite image taken by Planet Labs PBC shows smoke rising after Ukrainian strikes destroyed buildings housing Russian positions and a helicopter on Snake Island in the Black Sea Sunday, May 8, 2022. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Russia continues barrage in southern Ukraine
Russian forces have kept up their barrage of southern Ukraine, hitting the major Black Sea port of Odesa with cruise missiles and bombarding the steelworks up the coast in Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters remained trapped underground.

The European Union’s leader has called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia in a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its war in Ukraine.

EU unveils plan to ban Russian oil imports as new sanctions proposed

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Ukrainian refugees weep after arriving at the Siret border crossing between Romania and Ukraine on Monday (Picture: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)

As Putin launches fresh attacks, more Ukrainian refugees will be forced to flee

Korolenko Chernihiv Regional Universal Scientific Library is seen damaged by night shelling in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Ukrainian officials say Russian forces pounded areas around Kyiv and another Ukrainian city overnight. The attacks come hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in those places. (AP Photo/Vladislav Savenok)

Missile strikes continue in Chernihiv despite Russian 'withdrawal'

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday night, March 29, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Russia withdrawal pledge an attempt to 'mislead' - Zelensky

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has indicated progress in the peace talk with Russia (Photo by HANDOUT/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SER/AFP via Getty Images)

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Smoke rise after earlier shelling by Russian forces in Mariupol
(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Residents left in shelters after Russia breaches Mariupol ceasefire

An armed man stands at the Independent Square (Maidan) in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Picture; Efrem Lukatsky

Ukraine claims forces have killed 5,840 Russian troops

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Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova (1885 - 1931) perfroming in a production of 'Chopiniana' in New Zealand.   (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Walk from Leith to Porty made me feel like Anna Pavlova – Susan Morrison

Students evacuate a building of the Perm university campus

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waits for a court hearing in a police station in Khimki, Moscow, following his arrest (Picture: @Kira_Yarmysh via AP)

Navalny's arrest speaks volumes about Putin's regime – Angus Robertson

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