Category: 1. Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump privately told European leaders that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not prepared to end the war in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the conversation. The remarks…

Russia’s possible interest in basing long-range aircraft at an Indonesian airbase not far from Australian shores shook up a relatively staid election campaign last month.

The news, which Jakarta immediately dismissed, caught many by…

Andriy Portnov, a former top aide to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot dead in a wealthy neighborhood outside Madrid on Wednesday. The ex-official was reportedly killed shortly after dropping off his children at the American…

After several years of rapid, war-driven growth, the Russian economy has begun to cool. Oil prices remain well below their peak levels, and the U.S. Department of Energy has already lowered its 2025 forecast for Brent crude’s spot price….

A flurry of intense diplomacy over Russia’s war against Ukraine, centered around the first direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in three years and a long phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir…

Thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians are still being held in captivity in Russian-occupied areas, according to international observers, often held incommunicado for months or years. Torture is reportedly common with Russian…

After kicking off peace negotiations in February with a phone call to Vladimir Putin, earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump had to call his Russian counterpart again. Months of talks, public spats, backchannel pressure, and high-stakes…

Russia’s justice minister has proposed introducing “the defense of moral values” as a new basis for exemption from criminal liability. Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, Konstantin Chuychenko said, “Currently,…