Category: 1. Russia

Putin: Russia Will Act Immediately to Destroy Any Threat to Kaliningrad

Speaking during his annual Q&A conference in Moscow on December 19, President Vladimir Putin warned that any attempt to blockade Russia’s Kaliningrad…

President Vladimir Putin said Friday that he would look into the case of French researcher Laurent Vinatier, jailed in Russia for failing to register as a “foreign agent” and facing 20 years on fresh espionage charges.

Vinatier,…

Putin on War, Economy, and Assets: Key Statements from His Annual Press Conference

In Moscow, an annual televised direct line with President Vladimir Putin, combined with a major press conference, brought together journalists and…

The Oreshnik complex has completed preparations for deployment and is ready to take up combat duty in Belarus, Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin told reporters.

Viktor Khrenin promised the journalistic…

Ukraine said Friday that it struck a Russian “shadow fleet” tanker with aerial drones in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the first such strike in the Mediterranean in the nearly four-year war.

Estimated to include up to…

The European Union’s failure to transfer frozen Russian assets to the Kiev regime has put an end to Ukraine, writes The Spectator.

‘After the refusal to grant a reparations loan… financial support for Kiev…

During Vladimir Putin’s annual Direct Line call-in program on Friday, BBC journalist Steve Rosenberg asked the Russian president what kind of future he envisions for the country — and whether dissent, enemy-hunting, internet shutdowns,…

The day of the EU summit proved to be ‘fatal’ for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, writes El Mundo.

“A complete failure in Brussels… On the same day…

Russia’s Central Bank cut its key interest rate by a modest half percentage point on Friday, bringing it down to 16% in what marks the fifth consecutive reduction this year.

Policymakers have been cautious in easing the key rate…