US President Donald Trump has said that he would soon speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and help in settling the war in Ukraine. Trump’s comments came a day after Putin said Russia is ready for talks with the US on a broad range of issues. “He wants to speak and will be speaking … Read more
President Vladimir Putin has grown increasingly concerned about distortions in Russia’s wartime economy, just as Donald Trump pushes for an end to the Ukraine conflict, five sources with knowledge of the situation told Reuters. Russia’s economy, driven by exports of oil, gas and minerals, grew robustly over the past two years despite multiple rounds of … Read more
Donald Trump has refused to rule out using force to acquire Greenland from Denmark or the Panama Canal from Panama. Don’t rule out that he might just mean it. The mere thought that America would extort or go to war with a close NATO ally to illegally change their sovereign borders seems ridiculous. Presumably, it … Read more
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with crew in the Mess as he tours HMS Iron Duke in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The U.K. government announced sanctions on 20 Russian ships, which it alleged are part of Moscow’s “shadow fleet” carrying Russian oil. Tuesday’s list includes Ocean Faye, Andaman Skies … Read more
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) approved an updated nuclear doctrine, saying that Russia could consider using nuclear weapons if it was subject to a conventional missile assault on it supported by a nuclear power. The decision to change Russia’s official nuclear doctrine is … Read more
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and a prominent Trump supporter, is at the center of controversy after reports emerged that he has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Musk and Putin’s conversations have included discussions on personal topics, business, and geopolitical tensions. At one … Read more
Moscow: Days ahead of the BRICS Summit in his country, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday asserted that the grouping is not “anti-West”, but is just “non-West”, also recalling that this is member state India’s stand. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on October 22-23 to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. At … Read more
A British woman who died after being exposed to the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok was unwittingly caught up in an “illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt“, a public inquiry was told on Monday. Dawn Sturgess, a 44-year-old mother of three children, died in July 2018 after spraying herself with what she thought was perfume from … Read more
Ties between Russia and North Korea have strengthened in recent years, with Kim signing a mutual defence agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korean airspace has seen an “unprecedented surge” of Russian planes in the past year, said a flight data analysis published Tuesday (September 10, 2024), indicating growing … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Russian citizens released after the Russian-US prisoner swap in Turkiye at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on August 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: via PTI The Kremlin said on Friday that Vadim Krasikov, a hitman returned by Germany in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, was … Read more