STUMBLING BLOC South Africa stands firm it will host BRICS Summit despite Putin arrest warrant conundrum 2 min 3 By Reuters
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ‘You cannot remain neutral’ — Russian ambassador tells ANC Russian-Ukraine dialogue delegates 3 min 41 By Queenin Masuabi
UKRAINE UPDATE: 29 JUNE 2023 Putin weakened after failed mutiny, says Biden; Poland to raise security on its Belarus border 5 min 1 By Bloomberg
ABOUT-FACE Russians, Belarusians banned at Wimbledon last year but allowed to compete in 2023 4 min 0 By Rohith Nair
UKRAINE UPDATE: 28 JUNE 2023 Mutiny leader Prigozhin arrives in Belarus; Putin says ‘civil war’ averted 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 27 JUNE 2023 Prigozhin says he didn’t plan to overthrow Putin; Sweden and Turkey agree to meeting on Nato bid 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
RUSSIA CRISIS Putin blasts Wagner ‘traitors’ in late-night speech to nation after Prigozhin denies coup plot 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Rise of ‘friend-shoring’, highlighted in Unctad report, raises red flag on SA’s perceived Russia stance 4 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
UKRAINE UPDATE: 26 JUNE 2023 Wagner uprising challenges Putin, says Blinken; Russian troops attempt to advance 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
GEOPOLITICS ANALYSIS The shattered myth of Putin as an invincible ruler of the Russian Federation 7 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
ANALYSIS Wagner-in-Chief: Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin’s rebelling bulldog of war? 4 min 2 By Marianne Thamm
FROM ARCHIVES: EDITORIAL Lest one day we forget: With Putin’s Russia, South Africa is committing a historic mistake 9 min 79 By Branko Brkic
RUSSIA Wagner's leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin accused of armed mutiny in challenge to Kremlin 7 min 15 By Bloomberg
ISS TODAY OP-ED African Peace Mission seemed to have little impact on Russia, Ukraine conflict resolution 4 min 1 By Priyal Singh and Denys Reva
TRAINSPOTTER Tears in Heaven: Why everything Ramaphosa & Putin touch ends in a gigantic farce 8 min 65 By Richard Poplak
UKRAINE UPDATE 23 JUNE 2023 Missiles strike bridge between Kherson and Crimea; Zelensky says Russia may sabotage nuclear plant 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Ramaphosa gets bad vibes from Putin — but European leaders stream into SA 5 min 19 By Peter Fabricius
AFRICAN PEACE MISSION Mission to Ukraine, Russia ‘successful’, chimes Minister in the Presidency while chiding ‘negative’ SA media 3 min 33 By Victoria O’Regan
