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As Putin’s War Rages On, Domestic Trials Begin
As Putin’s war rages on, Ukraine proceeds with first trials of Russian soldiers involved in atrocities. On February 24, 2022, Putin attacked Ukraine unleashing war in the European continent, without a...
Will Ukraine’s Army Invade Russia?
Ukrainian main battle tank near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by YASUYOSHI … [+] CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images With Ukrainian forces now on the Russian bor...
Renault’s Russian Assets Nationalized After Carmaker Sells To Moscow
Topline French carmaker Renault has sold its Russian assets to the Russian government, the company announced Monday, the first major nationalization of a Western company’s assets since Moscow threaten...
Putin ‘Calm And Cool’ After Learning Finland Will Apply To Join NATO, Finnish President Says
Topline Finland will apply for NATO membership, the country’s leaders confirmed Sunday, ending decades of neutrality in a move Russia has condemned as “wrong”—but Russian President Vladimir Putin seem...
Putin Warns Finland Over Joining NATO As Russia Cuts Off Electricity
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Finland on Saturday that abandoning military neutrality to join NATO would be “wrong,” as Russia halted electricity deliveries to Finland in apparent re...
Here Are All The Sanctions Targeting Putin After U.K. Sanctions His Ex-Wife, Rumored Girlfriend
Topline The United Kingdom sanctioned the long-time suspected girlfriend and the ex-wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.K. announced Friday, the latest effort by the West designed to hit P...
U.K. Sanctions Putin’s ‘Shady’ Network Of Family And Friends—Including Rumored Girlfriend
Topline The U.K. government on Friday announced a fresh wave of sanctions targeting the friends and family of Vladimir Putin, who Westminster claims are funding the Russian president’s “lavish lifesty...
Putin Obliges Election Candidates to Report Crypto Holdings Outside Russia – Regulation Bitcoin News
President Vladimir Putin has approved amendments to his own decree requiring Russian citizens running for office to declare their property abroad. The updated regulation lists cryptocurrencies among t...
Purged! Nervous Putin Cuts Russian Air Force From 2022 Victory Day Parade
Security surrounds Russian President Vladimir Putin after the 2022 Victory Day Parade AFP via Getty Images In a surprise admission of unreliability, Moscow cut Russia’s Air Force from several 2022 Vic...
Putin Compares Invasion Of Ukraine With Fight Against Nazi Germany In Victory Day Speech
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin in his Victory Day speech on Monday attempted to draw parallels between the Russian ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the Soviet Union’s fight against Nazi Germa...
All Women, Children And Older Adults Evacuated From Azovstal Plant, Ukraine Says
Topline Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Veheshchuk said Saturday all women, children and the elderly have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel works in Mariupol following an internati...
When Will The Ukraine War Stop?
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JUNE 24: Military vehicles during a Victory Day military parade in Red Square … [+] marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, on June 24, 2020 in Moscow...
Here Are All The Sanctions Targeting Putin After EU Reportedly Plans Sanctions Against His Rumored Girlfriend
Topline The European Union will include the long-time suspected girlfriend of Russian President Vladimir Putin in its next round of sanctions, according to several outlets, the latest effort by the We...
‘Compelling Evidence’ Of Russian War Crimes—Including Deliberate Killing Of Civilians—In Ukraine, Amnesty International Says
Topline Amnesty International on Friday said it has documented “compelling evidence” Russian forces had committed war crimes in Ukraine, the latest development in a growing campaign by governments and...
Putin Apologized For Russian Foreign Minister’s Hitler Remarks, Israel Says
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday apologized to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s claims earlier this week that Nazi leader Adolf H...
Can We Stop Putin From Waging Nuclear Warfare?
Putin and other Russian officials have been warning that Moscow may use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Unthinkable? Horrifyingly, less so, as this segment of What’s Ahead soberly makes clear. Putin knows...
Kremlin Calls Reports Of May 9 War Declaration ‘Nonsense’—But The U.S. And U.K. Believe Putin Has Something Up His Sleeve
Topline Russia has no plans to declare war against Ukraine as part of its Victory Day celebration May 9, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday, but mounting Western intelligence suggests Russ...
Pope Seeks Putin Meeting And Compares Russian ‘Brutality’ To Rwandan Genocide
Topline Pope Francis said he’s offered to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in an interview published Tuesday that included his firmest condemnation yet of Putin, comparing the viol...
Russia swerves default as Putin forced into dollar U-turn
Putin – Getty Images Russia appears to have dodged its first foreign debt default in a century after the Kremlin tapped domestic dollar reserves in a humiliating U-turn for Vladimir Putin. Inves...
Russian Victory Day Parade Cut By 35%, Emphasizing Ukraine’s Battlefield Prowess
TOS-1A Solntsepyok (Blazing Sun) multiple thermobaric rocket launchers are one of the many systems … [+] that won’t be present for Russia’s sadly diminished 2022 Victory Day Parade H...
China Messaging On Ukraine Shows Support For Russia’s Invasion: U.S. State Department
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, right, and Xi Jinping, China’s president, listen to questions at … [+] the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2019. Photographer: Andrey Rud...
Is China In Decline?
TOPSHOT – A picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on a large screen during a Cultural … [+] Performance as part of the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the...
New Platforms For Indo-Pacific Diplomacy
Civil Guards stand by the sanctioned Russian yacht “Tango” in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. ASSOCIATED PRESS As Western countries begin the process of seizing Russian assets, the scope and sca...
With Victory Day Looming, The West Has 10 Days To Target Putin
Red Square during the 70th anniversary of Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, May 9, 2015. … [+] getty Russian military parades are a big deal. Ever since the Red Army Parade of Novemb...
Drunk Russian Soldiers, Germany’s Real Problem, Sabotage Inside Russia
Ukrainian Military In Eastern Ukraine Getty Images As with any saturated topic of news, one is always surprised that rather central issues about events in Ukraine continue to be overlooked. One should...
3 Midcap Dividends That Defy Inflation (and Putin And Xi, Too)
A Male Looking At Colorful Pawns With Magnifying Glass On The Reflective Desk getty Think back just four months: first-level investors were babbling on about “transitory” inflation and clambering for ...
UN Predicts More Than 8 Million Refugees Will Flee Ukraine This Year
Topline The United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it expects more than 8 million people to flee Ukraine this year following Russia’s invasion, more than double the agency’s previous e...
Wimbledon Ban On Russian And Belarusian Players Serves Points About Sports And Politics
The Order of Play board is pictured on the first day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at the The … [+] All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 28, 2021. (Photo by Glyn...
More Explosions Hit Moscow-Backed Transnistria As Fears Grow Moldova Will Become A New Front In Russia’s Invasion
Topline Authorities in Transnistria, a Moscow-backed breakaway region of Moldova that borders Ukraine, reported two explosions on Tuesday morning, the second instance of violence reported in as many d...