Vladimir Putin
Op-ed: A new world order is emerging — and the world is not ready for it
DUBAI – “Are we ready for the new world order?” The provocative title of the panel that lead off the ambitiously named World Government Summit here last week was framed to suggest that a new global order is emerging — and the world is not ready for it. There has been a proliferation of writing […]
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Right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban takes early lead in Hungary election
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks to media after casting his ballots during the general parliamentary elections on April 3, 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Janos Kummer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks set to remain in power in Hungary with early projections showing his Fidesz party leading by […]
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Millions of Brits plunged into fuel poverty on Friday as household energy bills surge
A protester holds a ‘Save Us From The Energy Crisis’ placard during a rally in London. British households face soaring energy bills from April 1 as the country’s energy price cap rises by 54%. Vuk Valcic | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The number of English households in fuel poverty will double to […]
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Russia hits back at U.S. intelligence claims that Putin was ‘misled’ over Ukraine war
President-elect Vladimir Putin ahead of being sworn-in as President of Russia at St Andrew’s Hall of the Moscow Kremlin. Mikhail Metzel | TASS via Getty Images Russia’s Kremlin has rebuffed claims made by the U.S. that President Vladimir Putin felt he was “misled” by his military commanders over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “To our regret […]
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Putin talks tough on gas-for-rubles deadline. But European leaders aren’t too worried
Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded so-called “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian gas in rubles. Mikhail Klimentyev | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to ratchet up the pressure on foreign buyers of natural gas, telling so-called “unfriendly” countries to pay in rubles from Friday — or have their supplies cut […]
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Russia-Ukraine talks to resume; Russian gas continues to flow to Europe. Follow our live updates
Russian gas continues to flow into Europe, Russia’s Gazprom says Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom said Friday that it was continuing to supply Europe with natural gas, Reuters reported. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Russian state-owned energy conglomerate Gazprom said Friday that its natural gas continued to flow into Europe via Ukraine, Reuters […]
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Russians hand control of Chernobyl nuclear plant back to Ukraine, IAEA says
A shelter construction covers the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 27, 2021. Efrem Lukatsky | AP Russian troops that took over the Chornobyl nuclear power plant last month have transferred control back to Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday, citing information from Ukraine. Multiple convoys of […]
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U.S. sanctions global network of firms helping the Russian military evade export controls
Armored vehicles of pro-Russian troops drive along a road in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict near Dokuchaievsk in the Donetsk region, Ukraine March 25, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions on a global network of individuals and shell companies it says are helping the Russian military to […]
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Putin’s strength now looks like his main weakness, with people too loyal — or scared — to challenge him
Russian President Vladimir Putin marks the Defender of the Fatheland Day in 2015 in central Moscow, Russia, with military officials surrounding him. Sasha Mordovets | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Vladimir Putin’s immense power looks like it might now be a key weakness for the Russian leader, with those around him seemingly too […]
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Investor Kyle Bass: Globalization isn’t over, just don’t invest in countries run by despots
Kyle BassThe Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine is not a death knell for globalization but should be a wake-up call about the risks of investing in countries that aren’t democracies, Texas hedge fund manager Kyle Bass said on CNBC on Thursday, “You don’t have to paint it with that broad of a brush,” the founder […]
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