Vladimir Putin
Iran aided Russia against Ukraine. Now it needs to call in the favor
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) enters the hall during the meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (not pictured), October 11, 2024, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Iran has been one of Russia’s few staunch allies throughout the war against Ukraine, but Tehran now faces the strain of indirectly fighting its nemesis Israel on […]
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Putin says BRICS, not the West, will drive global economic growth
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, Russia October 18, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Via Reuters The BRICS group will generate most of the global economic growth in the coming years thanks to its size and relatively fast growth compared with that of developed Western nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said […]
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Far-right wins close Austria election, a boost for Putin
People walk past election campaign billboards showing Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People’s Party (OeVP) and Herbet Kickl of the far-right Austria Freedom Party (FPOe) on September 24, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. Austria is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on September 29. Thomas Kronsteiner | Getty Images News | Getty Images A far-right party […]
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Meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump says he will negotiate a Ukraine-Russia deal ‘that’s good for both sides’
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2024. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy for the first time in five years, former President Donald Trump complained about his 2019 impeachment and said if re-elected he would […]
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Putin reveals new rules on nuclear weapons in Russia’s latest warning to the West
Russian President Vladimir Putin at an expanded Prosecutor General’s Office meeting on March 26, 2024, in Moscow. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin announced proposed changes to Moscow’s rule book on the use of nuclear weapons in another thinly-veiled warning to Western nations that continue to back Kyiv in […]
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Trump says Zelenskyy insulted him; House GOP to probe Ukraine leader’s PA trip
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 22, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service | Reuters House Oversight Chair James Comer is opening an investigation into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Sunday visit to an ammunition factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Comer claims that the trip was organized to campaign […]
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U.S. keeps missile system in Philippines as China tensions rise, tests wartime deployment
U.S. and Philippine troops fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during live fire exercises as part of US-Philippines army-to-army joint drills on March 31, 2023 in Laur, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Ezra Acayan | Getty Images News | Getty Images The United States has no immediate plans to withdraw a mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines, despite Chinese […]
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Russia goes all-out with covert disinformation aimed at Harris, Microsoft report says
Mashabuba | Getty | Getty Images The video was seen millions of times across social media but some viewers were suspicious: It featured a young Black woman who claimed Vice President Kamala Harris left her paralyzed in a hit-and-run accident in San Francisco 13 years ago. In an emotional retelling from a wheelchair, the alleged victim said […]
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Putin would ‘eat you for lunch’ Harris tells Trump, in bitter clash over Russia and Ukraine
Former US President Donald Trump and US Vice President Kamala Harris are shown on screen during a debate watch party at the Cameo Art House Theatre in Fayetteville, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris enter Tuesday’s debate in search of the same goal, a moment that will help […]
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CIA director saw ‘genuine risk’ of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons early in Ukraine war
CIA Director Bill Burns testifies next to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines during a House (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing on diversity in the intelligence community, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 27, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters CIA Director William Burns believed there was a real risk in the fall of 2022 that Russia […]
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