Faced with Putin, the answer is action or defeat
European leaders are taking steps to bolster military support for Ukraine. But more efforts must be carried out urgently. Without them, the result will not be peace, but a debacle
Using coercion, Russia has successfully imposed its citizenship in Ukraine’s occupied territories
A new Russian law stipulates that anyone in the occupied territories who does not have a Russian passport by July 1 is subject to imprisonment as a ‘foreign citizen’
Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity
After the meeting of the so-called ‘Weimar Triangle’ of the three countries, the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said that ‘the Russian president should know that we won’t let up in our support for Ukraine’
UN-backed human rights experts decry new evidence of torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia
Russian forces regularly showed little regard for possible harm to civilians in their military operations, the report said, adding that incidents of rape and sexual violence against women amounted to torture
Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine: ‘We want to get as many people as we can out of the front lines and put in machines’
Alexander Kamyshin says Kyiv has already tested unmanned ground devices on the front lines that ‘kept the Russians at bay for 40 days’
The threat to American hegemony is real: China and Russia see historic opportunity
The two powers, which have imposed autocratic rule on most of Eurasia, are likely to view the present moment as ripe to challenge the U.S. order
Russia goes to the polls in elections tailored to guarantee Putin power until 2030
The president’s three supposed rivals all support the Kremlin and the vote, which will be held from Friday to Sunday without international observers, uses an opaque electronic system
Macron again declines to rule out Western troops in Ukraine, but says they’re not needed now
Macron said that responsibility for prompting such a move would lie with Moscow — ‘It wouldn’t be us’ — and said France would not lead an offensive into Ukraine
The drama in Russia’s election is all about what Putin will do with another six years in power
The heft of that long tenure and the thorough suppression of effective domestic opposition voices gives Putin a very strong — and perhaps unrestrained — hand
Russian Orthodox priests persecuted for opposing war
Archpriest Andrei Kordochkin, suspended from service in Madrid for his pacifist positions, officiated at a ceremony for the deceased opponent Alexei Navalny in Germany, from where he urges Russians to ‘study all forms of non-violent resistance’
The attack on a Russian opponent in Vilnius raises fears of Kremlin infiltration in Baltic countries
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been warning for years about Moscow’s attempts to destabilize these nations and persecute Russian citizens on their territory
Ally of late Navalny accuses ‘Putin’s henchmen’ of attacking him in Lithuania, vows not to give up
An assailant attacked Leonid Volkov on Tuesday as he arrived in a car at his Vilnius home, where he lives in exile. The attacker smashed one of his car’s windows, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and hit him with a hammer
Putin warns again that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty is threatened
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Days ahead of an election in which he’s all but certain to secure another six-year term, President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is ready to use nuclear weapons in case of a threat to ‘the existence of the Russian state’
As Putin orchestrates his reelection, a resilient Russian economy is a key selling point
More than two years after he sent troops into Ukraine, not much has changed economically for most people in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia. That’s despite the sweeping sanctions that have cut off much of Russia’s trade with Europe, the U.S. and their allies
Ukraine launches wave of drone attacks on nine Russian regions on eve of presidential election
The strikes targeted infrastructure and reportedly destroyed a Lukoil refinery and a fuel depot while Russian pro-Ukraine paramilitaries fought Kremlin troops in border skirmishes
The French government says it’s being targeted by unusual intense cyberattacks
A group of hackers called Anonymous Sudan, which is considered by cybersecurity experts as pro-Russia, claimed responsibility for the attacks in online post
A farm converted into a barracks on the Avdiivka front: ‘We need weapons and ammunition. Please hurry up!’
In an area of the front where Russian troops have gained the most ground in Ukraine, under daily bombing from the enemy, a couple of farmers shelter, care for and feed 100 soldiers
Donald Trump 2.0: How US foreign policy may change if he returns to the White House
In his first term, the New York magnate turned his country’s relations with the world upside down. If he wins a second, he is likely to again upturn Washington’s position on Russia, China, Europe and Latin America
Europe doubles its arms imports to counter Russia’s threat and reduce reliance on the US
Washington remains the world’s main exporter, while Moscow loses steam and falls to third place behind France
With dissent stifled, some Russians help political prisoners by writing them letters of support
The number of prosecutions grew rapidly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and public criticism of the war was outlawed
Putin’s thorny foe: Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov
Russia places the former world chess champion on its list of terrorists and extremists, more than 10 years after moving to New York when targeted by the Russian president for his political dissension
Biden asks for aid to Ukraine to halt Putin and says Israel must not use humanitarian aid as a bargaining chip
The president called on Congress to approve military aid for Kyiv and officially announced the US army would help construct a temporary port on the coast of the Strip
Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Secretary of State Antony Blinken presided at a ceremony in which Sweden’s ‘instrument of accession’ to the alliance was officially deposited at the State Department
In a new art exhibition, the Kremlin’s brainwashing methods are revealed
Eight Russian creators in exile have participated in a collective exhibition, which highlights the invasion of Ukraine and the Putin administration’s indoctrinating propaganda
International court seeks the arrest of two Russian officers over attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure
They are wanted for the war crime of directing attacks at civilian objects, and causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects, and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts
UN nuclear watchdog expresses ‘extreme concern’ over safety of Zaporizhzhia power plant
The facility has been occupied by Russian forces for two years with barely any power supply to cool the reactors. The director of the IAEA is expected to meet with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday
The 6,000 nuclear warheads that Russia uses to deter Western support for Ukraine
Moscow’s official doctrine allows these weapons to be used if ‘the very existence of the Russian Federation is under threat’