The Sun stands in unwavering support of our Defence Editor, Jerome Starkey, following an arrest warrant by the Russian state.

In the postscript for Russian readers he concludes sadly and honestly that it has not. His Russian has been in those trunks for too long, and they have proved to be imperfectly proof against moths.

Russian courts issued a large number of fines to journalists or readers of media outlets that the Russian authorities declared “undesirable.” The fines are aimed at intimidating and deterring them ...