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Ivor Bennett

Ivor Bennett

Moscow correspondent

 




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Biography


Ivor is Moscow correspondent reporting for Sky News from Russia.

He was previously a news correspondent based in London covering a range of stories and breaking news across the UK.
 



Articles by Ivor Bennett  








If Vladimir Putin accepts the apparent invitation to join the peace board, it might prompt others to resign. File pic: Reuters



Trump's peace board invitation is a gift for Putin  






Mikhail Nikolaev



How sanctions are boosting Russian wine  










Russian wine is booming - but is it any good?  






Officers at the scene where two police officers and another person were killed. Pic: Reuters/Ramil Sitdikov



Russia may be feeling the pressure after Moscow blast and US-Ukraine peace framework  






Pics: Reuters/Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation



Russian general assassinated - here's why the timing appears significant  










What did Putin say in marathon TV event?  






Pic: Reuters



Putin didn't sound like he will alter his course anytime soon in annual TV address  






Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were joined by Kirill Dmitriev (2nd right) and Yuri Ushakov (left). Pic: Reuters



The two major reasons why Putin won't agree to latest Ukraine peace plan  






Vladimir Putin. Pic: Reuters



Putin strikes conciliatory tone - then hardens it: Kremlin signals no breakthrough on US peace plan  






US army secretary Daniel Driscoll, Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Ukrainian general Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov.
Pic: Reuters



Who is negotiating the potential peace deal for the US, Russia and Ukraine?  










No talk of concessions, Russian minister tells Sky News  










Moving to Russia with a 'shared values visa'  






The Hare family was granted asylum last year in a ceremony that was covered on state TV



Why 'thousands' of Westerners are applying to live in Russia  










Russia-Ukraine peace proposal explained  






Donald Trump meeting Vladimir Putin in Alaska in August. Pic: AP



Why Zelenskyy has to tread carefully over peace plan, or face a Trump ultimatum 










Is Moscow back in Washington's good books?  






Lavrov has effectively been Putin's right-hand man for decades. Pic: Sputnik via Reuters



Putin's right-hand man made him look weak - it may have cost him his seat at Kremlin's top table  






Drone racing is one of the main events at the Russian sports festival in Samara



The tiny, kamikaze killing machines being raced rather than used to hunt targets  










How ice hockey relates to the Russian war  






People lay flowers around a huge stone on Moscow's Lubyanka Square



Could Russia's dark history of repression repeat itself?  










Repression in Russia: How the Kremlin deals with dissent  






A Lukoil gas station, photographed in front of a power plant in Moscow. Pic: AP



Russia has responded with bravado to US sanctions - underneath it though, there will be concern  






Russian President Vladimir Putin. Pic: Reuters



Putin set to return to EU soil for first time since war began - and you can already see his smile  






Intervision decorations in  Red Square, Moscow, ahead of the contest



Less camp, more conservative - welcome to Russia's alternative Eurovision  










Intervision: Russia's answer to Eurovision  










Russia and Belarus joint military drills  






Explosions are seen during the military drills at a training ground near Barysaw, Belarus. Pic: AP



Russia's military drills are part-theatre but Moscow is trying to send a message  






Armoured vehicles drive during the joint military drills. Pic: AP



Russia's war rehearsals are worrying Europe – but they do offer NATO one thing  






Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya welcomes freed prisoners, as they arrive at the US embassy in Vilnius. Pic: Reuters



'Europe's last dictator' frees more than 50 prisoners to ease sanctions in Trump trade 






Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. Pic: Sputnik, Kremlin pool photo via AP



How Moscow and its allies are trying to display their immunity to Western pressure  






Sergei Lavrov called discussions about security guarantees for Ukraine a 'road to nowhere'. Pic: Reuters



Promise of NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine may be too good to be true  






Vladimir Putin shaking hands with Donald Trump when they met last week. Pic: Reuters



Key moments revealing Putin's hold on Trump  






Pic: Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Pool/EPA/Shutterstock



Red carpets and flypasts: In Alaska, an indicted war criminal was feted like a king 






T-shirts of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on sale at a gift shop in Moscow in the week the pair are due to meet. Pic: Reuters



Russia's master negotiator knows Trump's weaknesses and will try to exploit them  






Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shake hands in Helsinki in 2018. File pic: Reuters



Our correspondents on what to expect from summit  






Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Pics: Reuters



Lifting sanctions on Putin for Trump meeting is a massive victory for Moscow  






Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have not met face to face since the US president returned to the White House. File pic: Reuters



Has Putin won? Russia reacts to Trump talks plan - but summit may still not happen at all  






A motorcade, reportedly transporting US envoy Steve Witkoff, leaves Vnukovo Airport in Moscow on 6 August 2025. Pic: Reuters



US special envoy's visit to Moscow may get Putin to offer something, but likely not a Ukraine ceasefire  






Pics: Anastasiya Samsonova



North Korea's opened its doors to Russian tourists. So... how was their holiday?  






(L-R) Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow in April. Pic: AP



Five reasons why we may not see anything more than rhetoric from Russia after US attacks Iran  






Dmitry Peskov speaks to Sky News



Kremlin: Regime change in Iran is 'unacceptable'  






File pic: Reuters



Moscow switches to crisis mode after Trump's Iran threats  






Coca-Cola drinks - on a Russian store shelf?



Kellogg's, Coca-Cola and Brewdog beer on Russian shelves despite sanctions  






'The Gratitude of the People to Leader-Commander', portraying Stalin at Taganskaya subway station in Moscow. Pic: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko



What new Stalin statue says about Vladimir Putin's Russia regime  










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