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…
Putin signs decree on new scheme to service Eurobonds as default looms
LONDON – President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday to establish temporary procedures aimed at fulfilling Russia’s foreign debt obligations as the country teeters on the brink of default. The Kremlin…
Europe Runs Back To Coal After Putin Cuts Off Natural Gas
Europe Runs Back To Coal After Putin Cuts Off Natural Gas Micaela Burrow on June 21, 2022 European nations are firing up idled coal-powered plants to make up for lost energy supplies…
Putin says no Iron Curtain will close off Russia’s economy
LONDON – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that no Iron Curtain would fall over the Russian economy despite the sanctions imposed by the West because Moscow would not close itself off…
Fox News Contributor Says Biden’s ‘Full Scale Attack’ On Energy Enabled Putin Invasion
Fox News Contributor Says Biden’s ‘Full Scale Attack’ On Energy Enabled Putin Invasion Harold Hutchison on June 2, 2022 A Fox News contributor claimed that President Joe Biden enabled the Russian invasion…
Timeline: The Bolsheviks to Putin: a history of Russian defaults
By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON – In 1918, Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky told Western creditors aghast at the Bolsheviks’ repudiation of Russia’s external debt: “Gentlemen, you were warned.” He reminded them that…
Russia’s Putin jokes about being blamed for all the world’s woes
LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped on Monday that he would have a serious talk to the West about its assertions that he was to blame for all the economic chaos…
Putin instructs government to assess actions taken against Russia in WTO
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to assess measures taken by countries in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that restrict trade with Moscow, a document published on the…
Putin says West is triggering a global economic crisis
(Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the West had triggered a global economic crisis and a wave of ruinous inflation by imposing on Russia the most severe sanctions in recent…
Putin tells experts to work on trade payments with allies and ‘unfriendly’ states
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the creation of a working group on international payments whose tasks will include figuring out terms for transactions with “unfriendly” states. Putin said…
Canada’s Trudeau: World determined to make sure Putin loses in Ukraine
By Tom Balmforth KYIV – The world will do everything possible to ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin loses his war in Ukraine, including keeping Moscow under sanctions for years, Canadian Prime…
Israel says Putin apologised for foreign minister’s Hitler remarks
JERUSALEM -Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologised for his foreign minister’s comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Putin also told Bennett in…
Ukrainian prosecutor says Russia uses rape as a war tactic, calls Putin a war criminal
IRPIN, Ukraine – Ukraine’s prosecutor general accused Russia on Tuesday of using rape as a tactic of war and described Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the main war criminal of the 21st…
Don’t assume ‘imperialistic’ Putin won’t attack other countries, Scholz says
BERLIN -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday no-one could assume that Russia would not attack other countries given its violation of international law in Ukraine and Germany would support Finland and…
Wife of Putin ally held in Ukraine accuses Kyiv authorities of beating her husband
(Reuters) – The wife of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top allies in Ukraine said on Friday that he has been beaten by the Ukrainian security service while being interrogated in…
Austrian leader says Putin told him gas payments in euros can continue
By Francois Murphy VIENNA – Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chancellor Karl Nehammer during their meeting this week that Austria’s supply of gas can continue to be paid for in euros, Nehammer…
U.S. envoy Kerry calls for renewables push, says Putin cannot control wind, sun
By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – The conflict in Ukraine shows now is the time to shift to clean and independent energy, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said at a conference on the…
Democrats’ Narrative Blaming Putin For Surging Gas Prices Appears To Be Working: POLL
Democrats’ Narrative Blaming Putin For Surging Gas Prices Appears To Be Working: POLL Thomas Catenacci on April 12, 2022 President Joe Biden and Democrats’ attempt to blame the nationwide gasoline price hike…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy mocks Putin for saying war is going to plan
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday mocked Moscow’s insistence that the war against his nation was going well, asking how President Vladimir Putin could have approved a plan that involved…
Russia will launch a lunar probe and deepen space links with Belarus- Putin
(Reuters) – Russia will launch a lunar probe later this year and deepen cooperation with Belarus on space infrastructure and technology, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting…
U.S. will keep raising economic costs on Putin, Biden says
WASHINGTON – The United States plans to keep raising the economic costs on Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday, as he touted…
Explainer-How could Russia’s Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?
By Jacqueline Thomsen and Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday called for the prosecution of Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes over the discovery in Bucha, Ukraine,…
White House Admits Inflation Projection For Biden’s Massive Budget Is Completely Outdated, Still Blames Putin
White House Admits Inflation Projection For Biden’s Massive Budget Is Completely Outdated, Still Blames Putin Harry Wilmerding on March 28, 2022 The Biden administration’s budget for fiscal year 2023 included a projection…
Putin vows Russia will prevail in Ukraine but glitch hinders TV
LONDON -Russian President Vladimir Putin justified the invasion of Ukraine before a packed soccer stadium on Friday but coverage of his speech on state television was unexpectedly interrupted by what the Kremlin…
Putin gives cenbank rights to determine size of FX operations with non-residents
– President Vladimir Putin gave the central bank rights to determine size of foreign currency operations with non-residents, including limiting FX purchases by foreigners on the Russian domestic market, a presidential decree…
Putin should be recognised as war criminal, Ukrainian defence minister tells EU lawmakers
BRUSSELS – Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov told European Union lawmakers on Wednesday that they should recognise Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal after Russia invaded Ukraine. “I am appealing…
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