Putin not welcome at D-Day event due to Ukraine war, French organisers say
PARIS (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings in June, the French organisers said, although some Russian representatives would be…
Photo of Jen Psaki Wearing a Pink Russian Communist Party Ushanka Hat Circles Back on Social Media After Putin Invades Ukraine
An old State Department photograph of White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki wearing a Russian Ushanka hat is circling back. The photo of Psaki and the pink Ushanka featuring a Russian Soviet-era…
Factbox: EU sanctions target Russia’s economy, elites and Putin himself
– The European Union has imposed two packages of sanctions on Russia for launching an “unprecedented and unprovoked military attack against Ukraine”. Further sanctions, including the suspension of Russia’s access to the…
Canada imposes sanctions on Russia’s Putin -PM Trudeau
– Canada is imposing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Canada will also levy additional sanctions on Belarus and its…
White House Spokesman Calls Trump A ‘Nauseating Pig’ Who Hates America After His Comments On Putin
White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates called former President Donald Trump a “nauseating pig” on Thursday for his comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine. “Two nauseating,…
U.N. Secretary-General to Putin: In the name of humanity, stop this war
UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a last-minute plea on Wednesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war ‘in the name of humanity’, after the Russian leader…
Ukrainians on frontline expect worst after Putin move
By Sergiy Takhmazov NOVOLUHANSKE, Ukraine – Zoya, a pensioner, cowered under the stairs in the early hours of Tuesday as fresh shelling shook her home near the frontline of the war in…
Putin Recognizes Separatist-Controlled Ukrainian Territories As Independent
The Kremlin announced Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin will recognize two territories in eastern Ukraine that are under the control of Russian-backed separatists as independent, The New York Times reported. Putin told…
Russia’s Putin pledges uninterrupted gas supplies as sanctions loom
By Katya Golubkova and Oksana Kobzeva MOSCOW – Russia will continue uninterrupted natural gas supplies to world markets, President Vladimir Putin pledged on Tuesday, after Germany halted a key gas pipeline’s certification…
Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine’s two breakaway regions
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin ordered his defence ministry to despatch Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine’s two breakaway regions, according to a decree published early on Tuesday after he said Moscow would…
Putin vents Ukraine grievances as justification for recognising Donbass
By Andrey Ostroukh and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Monday to recognise two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent statelets, defying Western warnings that such a…
In piece of Kremlin theatre, Putin weighs fateful decision on Ukraine
By Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW – Seated at a large white table in an echoing Kremlin hall, Vladimir Putin summoned his top security officials one by one on Monday to…
Biden and Putin agree in principle to Ukraine summit- French presidency
-U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to hold a summit on the Ukraine crisis, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. “The substance…
U.S. VP Harris will meet Ukraine’s Zelenskiy, urge Putin to pull back
By Nandita Bose MUNICH – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy in Munich on Saturday, in what is likely to be a powerful display of…
New Trial For Putin Opposition Figure Alexei Navalny Could Add Over A Decade Of Prison Time
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny faces a new trial that could add over a decade of prison time to his current sentence, BBC News reported Tuesday. He is accused of stealing $4.7…
Biden to Putin: Step back from the brink of war with Ukraine
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to step back from war with Ukraine on Tuesday, speaking starkly of…
Putin gave no indication in Macron call he’s preparing invasion – French presidency official
PARIS -Russian President Vladimir Putin gave no indication in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday that he was preparing to invade Ukraine, a French presidency official said. The…
French President Refused To Take A COVID Test Before Meeting Putin
French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take a COVID-19 test before meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported Friday. The Kremlin gave Macron a choice between taking the Russian PCR test…
Biden says he told Putin not to harm Americans then says he didn’t and Americans should leave Ukraine now
It’s hard to tell these days when President Joe Biden is telling the truth because it doesn’t happen much anymore. As Russia is mounting troops on its border with Ukraine, Biden now…
In Moscow, Macron found a different, tougher Putin
By Michel Rose PARIS – Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of his marathon talks with France’s Emmanuel Macron this week on the Ukraine crisis reciting grievances that date back to the…
Czech minister: Putin gave Europe ‘gift’ as gas crisis showed alternatives exist
By Jan Lopatka and Robert Muller PRAGUE – Liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to Europe late last year showed Russia could not use gas as great leverage over Europe, and the gas…
France Says Putin Promised Not To Escalate Ukraine Crisis Further
The office of French President Emmanuel Macron alleged Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin committed to not launching any new “military initiatives” in Ukraine, ABC News reported. French officials said the promise…
Analysis-Kremlin watchers detect signs Putin wants to defuse Ukraine crisis
By Mark Trevelyan – Behind his latest outbursts against NATO and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid an escalation of…
Putin arrives in Beijing for Winter Olympics with gas supply deal for China
BEIJING – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics and a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, bringing with him a deal to increase natural…
Putin Claims US Is Trying To Pull Russia Into A War
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Tuesday that the U.S. was attempting to pull his country into a war in Ukraine, The New York Times reported. “Their most important task is to…
US prepared to sanction Russian elites close to Putin if Russia invades Ukraine
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON – The United States and its allies have prepared a list of Russian elites in or near Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle to hit with economic sanctions…
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