Vladímir Putin

US President Donald Trump is expected to meet with Ukrainian leader Zelenskiy on Wednesday in The Hague

Kyiv and Moscow are set to carry out the largest exchange of fallen soldiers in the war: 6,000 combatants from each side

Ahead of a key summit in The Hague next week, Secretary General Mark Rutte sent a letter to alliance members setting out the new spending threshold, which mirrors Trump’s demands

The Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church have persecuted dozens of clergy who called for peace. Ecclesiastical courts strip them of their guarantees

The situation in the Middle East threatens to reduce aid to Ukraine, increase Russia’s oil revenues, and strengthen relations between Putin and Trump

Ukrainian intelligence estimates that nearly 20,000 people have joined the Russian army since 2022, with the complicity of the Díaz-Canel administration. Some claim they arrived under false pretences

The residents of the peaceful Juzbado, in the province of Salamanca, are surprised to learn that more than 90% of the local workers make their living from the technology sector 

Ukraine is trying to recover a coal deposit essential to the steel industry in the disputed Pokrovsk region, under daily pressure from Russian drones

The advance of a secret Iranian atomic program, the distrust of US allies under Washington’s protection, and the rise of China are fueling a complicated reconfiguration of the atomic landscape

Police regularly arrest citizens planning sabotage in the rear, especially against army recruitment offices

The second Istanbul meeting confirms that Moscow has no intention of stopping the war by making demands that imply Kyiv’s surrender

Dozens of drones hidden in trucks and programmed with artificial intelligence attacked four of Russia’s most strategic airfields. According to Kyiv, Moscow has lost a third of its nuclear-capable bombers

The Russian delegation at the Istanbul talks presented its demands for a ceasefire, which the Ukrainians will study over the next seven days

Tahrir Square in Egypt, the 15-M movement in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York… Perhaps the most iconic image of the 2010s is that of streets taken over by massive protests. These days, it’s almost impossible to find any trace of them. Journalist Vincent Bevins tries to explain what happened to those days when the world seemed to be on fire

The US president no longer cares about the near-term political consequences of his actions, says the former senior official in an interview in Washington

The Russian government is hosting over 100 delegations at a security forum that has become a weapons showcase

The UN and NGOs report that more than 120 dissidents are seriously ill in prison

Polls and interviews show that the majority of the country’s population is in favor of continuing to fight because they believe that Russia won’t honor a ceasefire

The US president also had criticism for the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy: ‘Everything out of his mouth causes problems’

The textbooks written by the head of the Russian delegation that negotiated with Ukraine in Istanbul last week extol the conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries while minimizing the millions of victims

The victim was a former adviser to ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and was under investigation for corruption, according to police sources, who indicate that two or three assailants were involved

Moscow launches another controversial set of measures to try to stop the demographic decline, now worsened by war-related mortality

The warring nations ‘are on the right track,’ Vladimir Putin stated

The Russia expert analyzes the US president’s relationship with Putin and warns that Europe must strengthen its infrastructure security in light of sabotage risks

The first direct negotiation between the two countries in the last three years concludes with slight progress

The US president defends the Russian leader even though he rejected a 30-day ceasefire proposal and has snubbed the Ukrainian negotiators in Turkey