Vladímir Putin

An analysis reveals a spike in pro-Russian disinformation networks surrounding the attempt to oust the European Commission president earlier this month

A snapshot of the state of the defense sector in Europe, the United States, China, and Russia amid a sharp increase in global military spending

China and India would be the hardest hit if the US were to impose sanctions on Russia’s main trading partners

The US president met at the White House with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte following the announcement of the delivery of Patriot missiles to Kyiv

Politicians and media outlets celebrate the US president’s decision to provide the weapons agreed on under Biden, as well as new shipments

Washington suspended weapons supplies to Kyiv last week. The US president insists he is ‘not happy at all’ with Russia’s Vladimir Putin

The Russian economic engine is showing clear signs of exhaustion — a reality the Kremlin is beginning to acknowledge. The military-driven boom of 2023 and 2024 is now in the past

Mariano García Calatayud was arrested in 2022 by Kremlin agents in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, where he participated in street protests. With no news of his whereabouts for years, his family believes he may be locked up in Moscow

The former US Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI Persons warns about a growing global backlash against gains made over the past years

Denis Shmyhal tells EL PAÍS that Ukraine needs access to frozen Russian assets and greater air defense assistance to withstand attacks

World leaders are trying to find the right dose of flattery and tact in their relationship with the Republican to avoid getting on his bad side

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

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 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 

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