Vladimir Putin
Ukraine President Zelenskyy invokes Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11 in asking U.S. Congress to help fight Russia invasion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday invoked the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 terror strikes on America as he pleaded directly with the U.S. Congress to send more aid to his embattled country to fight against Russia’s invasion. Zelenskyy, who was greeted with at least three standing ovations from an audience […]
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China says it wants to steer clear of U.S. sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference in Beijing, China on March 7, 2022. Li Xin | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, says Beijing wants to avoid being impacted by U.S. sanctions over Russia’s war with Ukraine. “China is not a party to the crisis, nor does […]
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Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will knock 30 years of progress off the Russian economy
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses a rally at the Manezhnaya Square just outside the Kremlin in Moscow, late on March 4, 2012. Dmitry Astakhov | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war on Ukraine and the resulting global response will set Russia’s economy back by at least 30 years — close […]
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White House considers a potential Biden trip to Europe amid escalating violence in Ukraine
US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 1, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The White House is considering a presidential trip to Europe in the coming weeks, multiple outlets reported Monday, citing anonymous sources. A visit by President […]
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With Putin’s war in Europe, the legacy of Germany’s Merkel is now being seen in a very different light
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves goodbye as she departs from the Chancellery for the last time. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images With Vladimir Putin‘s unprovoked attack against Ukraine, political analysts are now reassessing the long and deeply complicated relationship the Russian leader had with ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and how […]
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If Putin uses chemical weapons in Ukraine it’s a ‘game changer’ for NATO
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches with binoculars the Tsentr-2019 military exercise at the Donguz range near Orenburg city on September 20, 2019. Alexey Nikolsky | Afp | Getty Images There are increasing concerns that Russia could be prepared to use chemical weapons to attack Ukraine, with Western officials and strategists warning the threat posed by […]
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A travel guide is fleeing Ukraine — and hosting free online ‘tours’ along the way
Her virtual tours around Kyiv normally attract between 30 and 100 people. But more than 1,800 tuned in to Olga Dudakova’s livestreamed tours in Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The first tour was scheduled with only a few hours’ notice, she said. “It was totally unprepared,” she said. “I didn’t have a plan … […]
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