Vladímir Putin

The war in Ukraine and threats from Belarus have reinforced Poland’s defense policy, which the ultra-conservative government has applied to migration. However, the inhabitants of the town of Białowieża say they are not afraid

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the U.S. believes Kim is seeking sophisticated Russian weapons technologies in return for the munitions to boost North Korea’s military and nuclear program

Moscow is following Chinese and North Korean tactics so it can continue to bring in European goods and machinery

The move was an attempt to ‘completely isolate Navalny,’ his ally Ivan Zhdanov said on social media. President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe has been behind bars since January 2021

Moscow’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused the United States on Monday of leading a campaign to prevent their return to the council

With schools demolished by shelling and students evacuated, educators continue to give classes from basements or air raid shelters to provide a small sense of normalcy

Foreign officials suspect Kim is seeking sophisticated Russian weapons technologies in return for the munition to boost his nuclear program

The Kremlin’s plan uses an optimistic oil revenue estimate for next year, as the country’s birth rate drops to levels not seen since the Soviet Union’s collapse

The rhetorical escalation on display in recent weeks is notable for its parallels to the hardline approaches that are hallmarks of authoritarian regimes that he has occasionally praised, such as the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin or North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un

Russia targeted Ukraine with drones in another major attack early Thursday as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy traveled to Spain to rally support from Western allies at a summit of around 50 European leaders

Last July, Russia broke the Black Sea Grain Initiative, an agreement signed in summer 2022 with Turkey and the UN that allowed Ukrainian grain to be exported to international markets

Marina Ovsyannikova, who interrupted a live broadcast of one of Russia’s most-watched news programs and also called Vladimir Putin a killer, lives in France under consular protection

The talks took place after the weekend election victory in EU member Slovakia of former Prime Minister Robert Fico, whose pro-Russian agenda has increased the question marks about the EU’s continued support for Kyiv

He claimed that residents of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions had again expressed their desire to be part of Russia in local elections earlier this month

OPEC is keeping the price per barrel artificially high while the forecast of lower demand in the future is conditioning new investments

The order signals the Kremlin’s effort to keep using the mercenaries after the death of their chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin

An exhibit at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark documents how this women’s collective has made performance the best weapon against the Russian leader

Kyiv’s forces are making the most of newly added long-range weapons to periodically punish Russian positions in the Black Sea peninsula

Politicians and experts believe that, if neither side changes the balance of power on the frontlines, both attrition and international pressure could force a cessation of hostilities with a territorial split

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have intensified their operations against the invader’s positions in the illegally annexed territory

Russia says Ukraine has launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

Experts have speculated the two nations discussed banned arms transfer deals and other cooperation measures during Kim’s visit

What caused Prigozhin’s private jet to plummet into a field northwest of Moscow is still a mystery and the Russian military leaders he tried to oust with his armed rebellion remain in power

Populist and far-right parties are capitalizing on the discontent and fatigue of their citizens in the middle of electoral periods in Slovakia and Poland

There was intense speculation about whether President Zelenskiy and Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, would clash, speak or totally avoid each other. But no confrontation happened during Wednesday’s meeting