Vladímir Putin

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

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

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 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

The EU claims to be involved in peace efforts despite not sitting at the negotiating table and threatens further sanctions if the Kremlin does not accede to demands for a ceasefire

Though not without precedent, deporting non-citizens to third countries is now being carried out in ways that human rights groups say sidestep critical legal protections

The grieving process for the possible loss of Washington’s protective power has begun. ‘Our interest is to keep the Americans in Europe,’ says a prominent Christian Democrat

The American geopolitical analyst points out in his latest book that the world is experiencing a situation similar to Germany during the Weimar Republic, characterized by constant crises

The agreement will serve to maintain aid to Kyiv at a time when the two sides are nowhere near to sitting down to negotiate peace

His crusade against immigration, the need for revenge, his authoritarian drift, the erosion of ties with allies and a trade war have marked the start of the Republican’s second term in office

Michael Alexander Gloss, who was killed in combat in 2024, was the son of the head of digital innovation for the US intelligence service and had been in Putin’s army for a year

“We are on the right track,” declares Russian Foreign Sergey Minister Lavrov, who adds that there are still details to be resolved

The warning from the US president, who has typically aligned himself with Russia’s stance on the war in Ukraine, comes as Washington steps up its diplomatic efforts to broker a peace agreement in the coming days

Volodymyr Zelenskiy cuts trip to South Africa short and insists on intensifying ‘diplomatic efforts’ to reach a ceasefire

Kyiv opposes Washington’s plans while the UK downgrades ceasefire negotiations in London to a meeting of technical experts after Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled his attendance