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...Puzzle 2524 Vladimir Fedoseev v Magnus Carlsen, world rapid, Riyadh 2017. White played 1 Ke2? a3 after which the knight could not stop the pawn....
...A fondness for European defence stocks has been a somewhat oddball hobby for most of the last decade or two, but like V-neck jumpers, the sector is firmly back in fashion....
...The Carlsen v Kasparov debate will continue. For Kasparov, it is argued that he was world champion for 15 years, and stayed No1 for a further five....
...In February 2022, Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine....
...“In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, special operations are no longer driven by Communist ideology, but they still use the same tools and methods,” said one of the report’s authors, Oleksandr V Danylyuk....
...Puzzle 2538 Vladimir Fedoseev v Ian Nepomniachtchi, Julius Baer Generation Cup 2023. Black to move. White has two queens and threatens Qh8 mate. What happened? Click here for solution...
...But crucially, like Israel, Ukraine would not, initially, be covered by Nato’s Article V security guarantee....
...Evidently Wojtaszek knew Karpov v Miles well, as he chose a harmonious formation with Nbd2 to guard his e4 pawn where Karpov had preferred the less precise Qe2....
...This month, Vladimir Putin warned that western support of Ukraine risks triggering a global nuclear war....
...Two years ago, Igor Matovič, then Slovakia’s prime minister, was asked in a radio interview what his government had promised Moscow in return for supplies of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine....
...Puzzle 2488 Nikita Vitiugov v Vladimir Kosyrev, Wroclaw 2014. White to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Article V invoking a collective defence response from other Nato members would be triggered. Moscow would risk a devastating nuclear retaliatory strike by the US....
...Oleksandr V Danylyuk, head of the Kyiv-based Centre for Defence Reforms, a think-tank, said capturing a large number of Russian forces would in itself be a big prize for Ukraine and a psychological blow...
...Until Vladimir Putin’s invasion, Poland and Hungary were thick as thieves. Hungary’s autocratic leader, Viktor Orbán, now finds himself isolated within the EU, which is long overdue....
...Western capitals are abuzz with alarm over Russian president Vladimir Putin’s repeated nuclear threats....
...“You need society to contribute at every level,” said Oleksandr V Danylyuk, head of the Kyiv-based Centre for Defence Reforms think-tank....
...V. About two dozen people attended the final hearing in Ganieva’s civil action against Black, in a harshly lit room inside an Italianate office building in Tribeca. It was May 2023....
...It’s the holiday season in Moscow, where the city has put up symbols of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine outside the entrance to Gorky Park: the Latin letters Z, V and O in throbbing neon, looming over...
...Vladimir Putin follows chess, while Russian cities and enterprises are prominent among the world body Fide’s supporters....
...Biden can have little confidence that Vladimir Putin’s difficulties in Ukraine will deter China from action against Taiwan....
...Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, told reporters that the Kremlin was “concerned” by reports of Dodon’s detention, which he said was “the practice of persecuting supporters...
...Russia’s capture of the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk, triggering the fall of the entire Luhansk province, was hailed as a victory by Vladimir Putin....
...Avdolyan has also maintained ties to Rostec’s chief executive Sergey Chemezov, a close friend of Vladimir Putin....
...But as US and Ukrainian officials warn Russian president Vladimir Putin could try to open a new front in Transnistria, Moldovan officials are also concerned about Gagauzia....
...V. Group, the world’s largest ship manager, has urged Nato to provide naval escorts for commercial ships....
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