When Donald Trump first took the United States presidency after winning the 2016 election, there were hopes in Moscow that the billionaire-turned-politician would be friendlier to Russia’s interests. It didn’t exactly play out that way. Despite indictments of multiple Trump associates over allegations that the Kremlin tried to sway elections in Trump’s favour,…
New opportunities to reset relations between Moscow and Washington have opened up, the influential head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday after Donald Trump declared victory in the US presidential election. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the…
As the United States presidential election approaches on November 5, polls show Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump locked in a tight, too-close-to-call race. But while the US election is about who the American people want to see leading them, the country’s outsized influence means…
Russia’s military interaction with North Korea does not violate international law, the country’s representative to the United Nations told the UN Security Council, calling reports that North Korean troops were present at the front lines in the war against Ukraine “barefaced lies”. “I would like to underscore that the Russian…
China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other global leaders have arrived in the Russian city of Kazan for a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies that the Kremlin hopes to turn into a rallying point for defying what some see as the Western liberal order. For Russian…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a speech to parliament on Wednesday that North Korea was a de facto participant in the war in Ukraine, siding with Russia. He said that Ukrainian intelligence had found that Pyongyang was transferring not only weapons, but also soldiers to Moscow. The deepening military…
As the war enters its 965th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, October 17, 2024. Fighting Russian forces captured two villages in eastern Ukraine – Krasnyi Yar in the Donetsk region and Nevske in the Luhansk region, according to Russian state-run news agency TASS….
Archenemies of the States Some say “Ukraine can’t win. An enemy sows seeds of their own destruction — like Hitler should’ve been stopped at Munich.” They say, “Tell Putin: ‘Deal or we’ll give them a lot. More than they ever got.’ ” It’s like putting a horse in Putin’s bed. Anyone forget…
Posthumous memoir, Patriot, of Russian opposition leader who died in prison is set to be released on October 22. Russian dissident Alexey Navalny, who died earlier this year in a remote penal colony, predicted the reign of President Vladimir Putin would eventually “collapse”, describing it as based on “nothing but…
Former United States President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump has kept in regular touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to new, unverified claims made by a celebrated journalist. Bob Woodward, 81, alleges Trump made at least seven phone calls to the Russian leader since he left the Oval…
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