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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

Rescue operation underway in Ukraine after Russian missile strike

Sudden escalation in attacks no coincidence as Putin aims power plays at NATO before key talks

Officers in Dagestan. Pic: The National Antiterrorism Committee via AP

Questions remain unanswered in Dagestan as Russia blames West without evidence

FILE - In this image from video provided by Prigozhin Press Service on Saturday, May 20, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group military company members wave a Russian national and Wagner flag atop a damaged building in Bakhmut, Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin's armed revolt against Russia's military leadership posed the greatest challenge to Vladimir Putin's authorities in his 23-year rule. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

One year on from Wagner rebellion and Putin's position is as strong as ever

Vladimir Putin walks as Kim Jong Un shakes hands with the Russian delegation during their meeting at the Pyongyang Sunan International Airport.
Pic: Sputnik/AP

The two theories behind Putin's North Korea visit - and why South Korea will be particularly concerned

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in 2023. Pic: AP

Putin's visit to North Korea is very much a diplomatic two fingers to the West

Vladimir Putin visits the Lakhta Center skyscraper, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Pic: AP

Russia's latest threat is troubling – Putin's words feel like a step up in rhetoric

Pic: SOTAvision Navalny's grave on what would have been his 48th birthday. Pic: SOTAvision Sent by Ivor Bennett

Mourners mark Navalny's birthday at graveside memorial

Pic: AP

Eyewitness

Russia weighs biggest tax shake-up in almost 25 years to finance Ukraine war

Vladimir Kara-Murza gestures standing in a glass cage in a courtroom during announcement of the verdict on appeal at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, on July 31, 2023.

Jailed British-Russian dissident loses appeal over 'poisonings'

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, China. Pic: Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Putin and Xi's show of unity is deliberate - but one of them holds all the cards

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin shaking hands last year. Pic: AP

As Putin visits Xi, one is clearly stronger than the other

Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Victory Day parade. Pic: Reuters

Eyewitness

Victory Day parade reflects Putin's isolated and entrenched Russia

Moscow

Russia's Victory Day parade can be summed up by pain, pride and propaganda

Putin shows no sign of leaving power any time soon. Pic: AP.

Putin's fifth inauguration marks more of the same for a Russia with little choice

Wayne Couzens

Sarah Everard's killer 'should never have been an officer'

People during a pro-Palestine march in central London, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Picture date: Saturday February 3, 2024.

Eyewitness

Pro-Palestine demonstrators promise to march for 'as long as it takes'

Christopher Head

Compensation offer that covers 15% of claim is 'insulting', says ex-postmaster

Former Post Office Investigator, Raymond Grant, outside Aldwych House, central London, after giving evidence to phase four of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry. Picture date: Wednesday January 24, 2024.

Post Office investigator still believes wrongly convicted sub-postmaster was guilty, inquiry hears

People march in a protest, in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in London on 11 November

Children should not be skipping school to join pro-Palestinian protests - Ofsted boss

Lucy Letby

Hospitals quizzed on CCTV in neonatal units by Letby inquiry