Russia, Putin
Washington and the West struggle for a way forward with Putin’s Russia
In the United States and Europe, there is growing uncertainty about how to counter Putin’s aggression without stoking a direct conflict with Russia.
One of Russia's longtime allies says Putin's NATO rival is now a threat to his country
Armenia's prime minister said the CSTO, seen as Putin's NATO, "creates threats" for his country's future existence, after it pulled away from it.
Kremlin offended by NATO's dismissal of Putin's threats over long-range strikes on Russia
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, has stated that NATO's refusal to take Vladimir Putin's statements seriously regarding the supposed consequences of allowing Ukraine to attack Russian territory with long-range Western weapons is "provocative and dangerous".
Putin ally warns West of nuclear war over Ukraine
A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.
Putin makes chilling WW3 threat Russia 'fully ready' to blast nuclear bomb at 'any moment' in Arctic
The explosion would be at an old Soviet test site first used 70 years ago in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago and could be used by Vladimir Putin as a warning to the West over Ukraine
Putin wants Russia’s youth to become ultranationalist patriots. Many are all in.
Young Russians are embracing Kremlin propaganda, reshaping the Ukraine war narrative with ultranationalist views and seeing ...
Putin says Russia is ramping up drone production tenfold
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ramping up drone production by around ten times to nearly 1.4 ...
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Freed Russian dissident Kara-Murza: Putin must not be allowed to win in Ukraine
Western governments and Russia's exiled opposition should begin laying the groundwork for Russia's democratic transition ...
Putin orders Russia to boost size of army by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000, the third ...
Putin is embarking on an aggressive hiring drive to rejuvenate Russia's army. But he can't sustain it, experts say.
The Russian army is set to increase by 180,000, which would make it the second-largest in the world. It's already straining ...
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Kara-Murza Calls for Democratic Preparations in Post-Putin Russia
Murza, a prominent Russian opposition figure, urges Western governments and Russia's exiled opposition to prepare for a ...
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Russia aims to increase drone production tenfold in 2024, Putin claims
In 2023, the Russian army received about 140,000 drones of different types, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Column: Trump talks tough on Russia now, but as president he bowed to Putin
Russian leader Vladimir Putin seized Ukrainian ships and sailors in 2018, and then-President Trump did nothing. The Kremlin ...
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Commentary: Trump talks tough on Russia now, but as president he bowed to Putin
Once again, former President Donald Trump is talking about his candidacy as if he doesn’t have a presidency we can refer to.
Putin Calls for Women To Work and Have 'Many Children' As Birth Rate Falls
In order to achieve "ethnic survival," Putin calls for women to work and have children to combat Russia's falling birth rate.