Our View: A year of war and no end in sight
A year ago today, Russia sent 200,000 troops into Ukraine in the belief that they would take control of Kyiv within a week or two, overthrow the elected government and install ...
Putin praises Russian Orthodox Church for backing troops in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday praised the Russian Orthodox Church for supporting Moscow’s forces fighting in Ukraine in an Orthodox Christmas message designed to rally people behind his vision ...
Ukraine clinches U.S., German armoured vehicles, rejects Russian truce order
Ukraine dismissed as a trick a unilateral order by Russia for a 36-hour ceasefire starting on Friday and the leaders of the United States and Germany said they were sending ...
Putin says Russia ready to negotiate over Ukraine (Update)
Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in talks, President Vladimir Putin said ...
Putin to Erdogan: Resumption of grain deal can be considered after Sevastopol attack probe
President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Tuesday that Russia could consider resuming a deal allowing grain exports from Ukrainian seaports only after ...
Italy’s Berlusconi says has exchanged “sweet letters” with Putin
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he was back in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin and had recently exchanged “sweet letters” with him, according to an audio released ...
Germany urges NATO to do more to defend against Putin’s ‘delusions of grandeur’
NATO must do more to protect itself against Russia and President Vladimir Putin, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Saturday, because we “cannot know how far Putin’s delusions ...
Putin says West trying to cancel Russian culture including Tchaikovsky
President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of trying to cancel Russian culture, including the works of great composers such as Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Dmitry Shostakovich and Sergei Rachmaninov.
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Putin’s warning to ‘traitors’ sends chilling message
Graffiti warnings daubed on the doors of activists in Moscow. A food blogger threatened with up to 15 years in jail for “discrediting” Russia’s army. A call to sack a ...
Comparisons of Putin with Hitler are unfounded
Except on one simple, but compelling, point
By Michalis Persianis
Despite his aversion – even hatred – for arrogant imperial aristocrats, Hitler largely adopted their understanding of how the international system was ...
Putin says Western sanctions are akin to declaration of war
President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Western sanctions on Russia were akin to a declaration of war and defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying Moscow needed to defend ...
Some Kyiv residents try to flee, others stock up after Russia attacks
A huge traffic jam blocked a major road out of Kyiv on Thursday as people tried to flee the capital after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, while others stood in long ...
Biden and Putin to speak as Ukraine warnings mount
U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak on Saturday as Western nations warned a war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment.
Putin requested ...
Macron tells Putin he seeks to avoid war and build trust (Update 2)
The coming days will be crucial in the Ukraine standoff, French President Emmanuel Macron said after a meeting on Monday with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who suggested some progress had ...
‘Serious’ talk between Biden and Putin sets stage for diplomacy
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday exchanged warnings over Ukraine but conveyed some optimism that diplomatic talks in January could ease spiraling tensions.
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Putin says Russia will supply more gas if Europe asks
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was ready to provide more gas to Europe if requested, emphatically rejecting the suggestion that Moscow was squeezing supplies for political motives.
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Putin hosts first post-war talks between leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday brought together the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for the first time since a war last year over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, an effort to ...