Vladimir Putin
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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Telegram CEO says French charges against him are ‘misguided’ — read his full statement
Pavel Durov, chief executive officer of Telegram, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images The boss of messaging platform Telegram said late Thursday that charges against him by France are “misguided,” in his first public comments since being detained in the country […]
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After Putin dodges arrest in Mongolia, the Kremlin says no one can hold Russia back
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his spokesperson Dmitry Peskov at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting at the Congress Hall in Bishkek on Dec. 9, 2022. Vyacheslav Oseledko | Afp | Getty Images There was more than a whiff of self-satisfaction from the Kremlin on Wednesday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Mongolia at […]
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Mongolia was meant to arrest Russia’s President Putin last night. It didn’t, and now it’s in trouble
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Mongolia’s President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh walk past honour guards during an official welcoming ceremony in Ulaanbaatar on September 3, 2024. Sofia Sandurskaya | Afp | Getty Images There’s nothing remarkable about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Mongolia on Tuesday […]
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In his new book, Trump threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerberg and says he ‘got along well’ with Putin
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the NRA ILA Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 18, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images In a new book of photographs, former President Donald Trump describes his term in […]
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India walks a diplomatic tightrope, making friends with Ukraine while ally Russia watches on
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting at Taj Exotic Hotel on October, 15, 2016 in Benaulim, Goa, India. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images News | Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ukraine on Friday is likely to be closely watched by New Delhi’s long-standing […]
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Ukraine wants more negotiating power as forces advance into Russia, humiliating Moscow
Ukrainian servicemen operate a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Roman Pilipey | Afp | Getty Images Ukraine’s audacious incursion into Russian border territory a week ago came as a surprise to many officials within the government in Kyiv, a senior […]
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State of emergency declared after Moscow says Ukrainians launched raid into Russian border region
This photo released by the acting Governor of Kursk region Alexei Smirnov telegram channel , shows a damaged house after shelling by the Ukrainian side in the city of Sudzha, Kursk region that borders Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. Governor of Kursk region telegram channel via AP A state of emergency has been declared in […]
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