Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Friday to illegally annex four occupied Ukrainian provinces, at an ceremony in Moscow, despite widespread international condemnation of the mov...
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Wednesday, September 29. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information
A man cries over a dead body after Russian forces shelled via cluster bomb a bus stop in a … [+] residential area in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. September 29, 2022. Photo by Suspilne Media Dispatches fro...
Here’s What Would Happen If Putin Ordered A Nuclear Strike In Ukraine
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to annex swathes of occupied Ukrainian territory and vowed to defend Russian territory by any means necessary last Wednesday, including using nucl...
Americans With Dual Citizenship Should Leave Russia ‘Immediately’ — Could Be Drafted, Embassy Warns
Topline The United States Embassy in Russia urged Americans in the country Tuesday to leave “immediately” and warned Americans against traveling to Russia in its most dire warning since the beginning ...
If The West Helps Here’s How The World Benefits
Every day it becomes more apparent that Putin is losing his prestige and bullying fear-hold on the near abroad. When in a multipolar world one of the poles weakens a geostrategic ripple effect realign...
Sabotage Suspected As Russian Gas Leaks From Ruptured Nord Stream Pipelines In The Baltic Sea
A large disturbance in the sea can be seen off the coast of Denmark’s island of Bornholm on Tuesday, … [+] September 27, 2022, after a series of odd leaks on two natural gas pipelines running fr...
Will Edward Snowden Get Drafted For War After Putin Granted Him Russian Citizenship?
Edward Snowden is now a legal inhabitant of Russia, courtesy of Russian President Vladimir Putin who signed a decree Monday granting the former National Security Agency intelligence contractor – and w...
Edward Snowden Granted Citizenship in Russia by Vladimir Putin
Former NSA contractor and famous whistle-blower Edward Snowden was granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir, as reported by the state-run news agency TASS on Monday. His name was included on...
Putin Gives Former NSA Contractor Edward Snowden Russian Citizenship
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden, a former security consultant who fled the U.S. after leaking highly classified inform...
Russia’s Annexation Of Ukrainian Regions Would Sever Diplomatic Negotiations With Putin, Zelensky Says
Topline As Russia continues to hold referendums across occupied territories of Ukraine asking residents to vote to join Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that the annexation o...
Biden And Putin Play Chicken With Energy
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – JUNE 16: US president Joe Biden (L) and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meet … [+] at the start of the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange on June 16, 2021 ...
Days after cautioning Putin on war, India may skip Russian ESPO crude oil import
Indian refiners may skip buying Russia’s ESPO blend of crude oil in September, apparently due to high freight charges. India imports a mix of crude grades from Russia, namely the Urals, Siberian Light...
War Crimes Were Committed In Ukraine
On September 23, 2022, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (Commission of Inquiry), a United Nations body established to investigate all alleged violations and abuses of hum...
Putin isn’t the biggest threat to gas prices. It’s this country instead, according to a chief strategist
When gas prices soared to a record high of over $5 per gallon in June, analysts and politicians were quick to blame Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Biden Administration even called the surging...
New Mass Graves Found In Ukraine As Putin’s Atrocities Continue
If we have learned anything from past atrocity crimes is that mass graves will continue to be discovered for decades after the atrocities. Putin’s atrocities in Ukraine are likely to show the same tre...
US Warns Putin Could Use Crypto To Evade Sanctions
US Warns Putin Could Use Crypto To Evade SanctionsSeptember 21, 2022US Treasury warns Russia could use crypto to evade sanctions.US is worried that Russia could use cryptocurrencies to evade economic ...
Defense Stocks Jump As Putin Warns; Watchdog Says Nuke Markets Set To Surge
In a brief national address Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin once again implied his willingness to resort to nuclear weapons in an effort to escalate the invasion of Ukraine. U.S. defense s...
Putin Just Doubled Down On His Nuclear Threat: What That Means
After an as-yet unexplained delay, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared “partial mobilization” of his country’s army reserves, a move intended to replenish the invading army which ha...
Russian Stocks Edge New Low as Putin Tries Surge – Trustnodes
Russia has stepped back from becoming the first great power since the end of the second world war to mobilize, with their president Vladimir Putin ordering what they say is a partial-mobilization, but...
Cost of flights leaving Russia soars after Putin announcement
Putin announced in his speech that 300,000 military reservists would be required to serve in the “special military operation,” raising fears that men of fighting age may not be allowed to ...
Oil spikes as Putin announces partial mobilization igniting fears of tighter energy supply
Russian president, Vladimir Putin held his first, long-awaited, national address on September 21, announcing among other things a partial mobilization of a 300,000-strong force for his war in Ukraine....
Putin Announces ‘Partial Mobilization’ And Backs Referendums In Russian Occupied Territories
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin declared “partial mobilization” allowing for the conscription of military reservists, in a pre-recorded televised speech on Wednesday morning, indicating an es...
Tuesday, September 20. Russia’s War On Ukraine: Daily News And Information
An Ukrainian serviceman stands in a basement which, according to Ukrainian authorities, was used as … [+] a torture cell during the Russian occupation, in the retaken village of Kozacha Lopan, U...
Far-Right Party Poised To Win Italy’s Election Suspends Candidate Who Praised Hitler And Putin
Topline Italy is heading to the polls for a closely watched election that will likely see the far-right Brothers of Italy party win and hand the nation its first woman prime minister—and the party tri...
How Putin’s Invasion Of Ukraine Produced A Windfall For Enviva’s Wood Pellets Business
Environmentalists have doubts, but John Keppler’s faith in the energy source is rewarded by European customers willing to pay top dollar. On a crisp North Carolina morning, an eastern pine forest is b...
Monday, September 19. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information
In this photo provided by the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, a crater left by a Russian rocket … [+] is seen 300 meter from the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, in the background, close to...
Why The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit In Uzbekistan This Week Should Matter For The West
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Uzbek President … [+] Shavkat Mirziyoyev, second right, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon, right, walk to ...
U.S. Sends Ukraine $600 Million In Military Supplies As Kyiv Pushes On Stunning Counter Offensive
Topline The U.S. will send an additional $600 million in military aid to Ukraine, Biden administration officials announced on Thursday, a move welcomed by Kyiv as it pushes to build on the successes o...
Putin Admits China Had ‘Concerns’ About Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
Topline In his first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February, President Vladimir Putin admitted China had “questions and concerns” about the...
Putin, the Way Out – Trustnodes
Russia had it all. A G8 member, booming trade relations with Europe, a re-stored civil service, a rising tech center, and overall a European nation, peaceful under democracy. Then, Vladimir Putin just...
Crude Oil Prices Tick Higher After Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’
Text size Russian President Vladimir Putin Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices inched up on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he might tear up supply c...
India PM Modi Tells Putin Now Is ‘Not An Era’ For War In First Public Comments Against Russian Invasion
Topline Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that “now is not an era of war,” marking the first public criticism of Putin’s ...