Vladimir Putin

With Putin’s war in Europe, the legacy of Germany’s Merkel is now being seen in a very different light
Politics

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
Politics

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
Travel

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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