On Monday’s “CNN Primetime,” CNN Pentagon Correspondent Oren Liebermann reported that Viktor Bout — the arms dealer freed in the Biden administration’s prisoner swap for Brittney Griner — is now running for office in Russia and stated that the move is “the
The drone attack prompted authorities to temporarily restrict flights at Vnukovo airport and divert flights to two other Moscow main airports.
Monday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Your World,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) argued President Joe Biden was to blame for the possible threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, met with Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu on Monday during a visit to Beijing, the first such highest-level military visit of a Russian official to China since the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, apparently attempted an armed mutiny in June.
Saudi Arabia and Russia, both members of the OPEC+ oil cartel and the two largest oil exporters in the world, announced deeper production cuts on Monday to push worldwide market prices higher. The cuts added up to a 1.5% reduction in the global supply of oil.
Commission Prez von der Leyen sys imperative to include countries such as Ukraine and Moldova to prevent influence of Russia or China.
A fleet of Chinese warships made port in Nigeria on Sunday for a five-day visit, a rare show of Chinese naval strength in West Africa hailed by China’s ambassador as a “major event in the relations” between the two countries, and between China and Africa at large.
Ukraine now says it is losing territory again around Donetsk to Russian advances, with a spokesman saying “it’s hot everywhere now”.
The United States recently unveied a new military staging area in Poznan, Poland that will be able to accommodate as many as 3,600 troops.
Zelensky declared that he will not participate in any peace negotiations until Russian forces have left the Donbas and the Crimean Peninsula.
The Russia Revolution of 1917 brought us the Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact, gulags, the Holomodor, and the Cold War, which although it may have been “cold,” still resulted in the deaths of 100 million innocent people. As a result, last weekend’s “news” about thousands of mercenaries heading to Moscow to take over the government from Vladimir Putin was disturbing, to say the least.
Satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press on Saturday showed what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus.
Ukraine’s top general blamed the slow progress of the counteroffensive against Russia on a lack of Western supplied weaponry and fighter jets.
Bolivia’s socialist President Luis Arce signed contracts with China and Russia to hand over control of its two largest lithium deposits.
Climate change alarmism personality Greta Thunberg held an in-person meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, alongside several former European officials, in Kyiv on Thursday to address “the consequences of war for the environment,” according to Zelensky’s office.
The World Bank is loaning Ukraine $1.5 billion for the country’s reconstruction and recovery during the Russian invasion.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky met Thursday with teenage eco-worrier Greta Thunberg as she denounced the ecological havoc caused by Russia’s invasion and what she said was the world’s lack of reaction to the ongoing disaster.
Russian President Vladimir Putin treated himself to a victory lap for scuttling warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin’s insurrection by strolling through the coastal city of Derbent on Thursday and posing for selfies with a crowd of admirers.
The Russian Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, issued a statement on Wednesday chastizing three Colombian nationals for being present this week at a pizzeria in Donetsk, occupied Ukraine, which Russia bombed, suggesting the Colombians seek a more “appropriate” place to “savor Ukrainian cuisine.”
The Moscow Times, among several other outlets, reported on Wednesday that top Russian General Sergei Surovikin has apparently been missing since Saturday – and may have been arrested in the aftermath of the aborted Wagner Group mutiny against the Defense Ministry this weekend.
Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin is losing the war in Iraq, even as Ukraine battles to defend its eastern border from Russian aggression.
Restaurant was frequented by journalists, aid workers and soldiers. Security Service detained a man whom it suspects directed the strike.
Tucker Carlson blasted the establishment’s narrative that American support for the Ukraine war effort is about “democracy,” and claimed that “Wars for democracy always cancel democracy in the process,” during the latest installment of his Twitter show.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that thousands of mercenaries from the Wagner Group will remain deployed in Africa, even though Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin led a mutiny against the Russian military over the weekend and then sought refuge in Belarus with some of his forces.
Ukrainians have pushed through the defacto border established in the 2014 Russian invasion, taking back long-occupied territory, the UK says.
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has arrived in Belarus after his failed rebellion against the Kremlin, Alexander Lukashenko said.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed support to Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Tuesday following the bizarre events of this weekend, when the head of the Wagner mercenary group threatened to march into Moscow and take over the Defense Ministry.
Russian prosecutor claims the investigation against mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin and his allies has been dropped.
The whereabouts of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remained a mystery Tuesday after Russia’s Putin vowed punishment.
Former Obama administration U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said Monday on MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports” that Russian President Vladimir Putin was scared of Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner mercenaries.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu resurfaced on Monday, making his first public appearance after an aborted insurrection by Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
In his first speech following the apparent Wagner coup attempt, Vladimir Putin said organisers of the mutiny will be “brought to justice”.
Chinese state media propaganda outlets undermined the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s robust support of Russian leader Vladimir Putin with analyses on Sunday and Monday questioning if Putin could stabilize his country after Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin threatened – and abruptly canceled – an armed march on Moscow.
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Monday morning issued his first statement since his aborted insurrection over the weekend.
The prominent players in Russia’s drama remain elusive days later, with even new videos being of unclear origin.
Amsterdam museum severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Multiple Russian news outlets, including the government-tied Tass news network and the newspaper Kommersant, reported on Monday that the head of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), Yevgeny Prigozhin, continues to face a criminal case for attempting an “armed mutiny” against the Russian Defense Ministry.
Ukraine has “de-occupied” 130km², an area a little smaller than Staten Island in New York, since the start of the counter-offensive.
The decision to turn back from Moscow followed threats against the families of Wagner leaders from the Kremlin, UK security sources claimed.
Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures” this week that he did not think this was the last of the story regarding an apparent ditched rebellion by the Wagner group against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
