Trump, Ukraine and Putin
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As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state media on Monday, one stood out. Near his body, the Kommersant newspaper reported,
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Johnson says House has ‘big appetite’ for bill with new sanctions on Russia and ‘bully’ PutinSens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced new sanctions on Russia in a bid to get the country to end its war with Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin has “played Donald Trump like a violin” over Ukraine, according to a former British intelligence boss. Sir Alex Younger, who was the head of MI6 between 2014 and 2020, said the Russian president is going to make his US counterpart “look like a Muppet” by continuing to bomb its neighbour.
President Donald Trump seems to have learned the lesson painfully gleaned by all his 21st-century predecessors: You can’t reset US relations with Vladimir Putin.
As a step to hold Putin accountable for his invasion of Ukraine in 2022, European leaders launched the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine. The Kremlin has signaled they plan to ignore any international attempts to hold the Kremlin accountable.
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Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, and Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, are expected to promise today to have their nuclear arsenals work together if Europe is threatened. Private equity firms have entered the $40 billion youth sports industry. Their investments could raise costs for families.
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Worldcrunch on MSNHubris In The Kremlin: Vladimir Putin Is Underestimating The West AgainVladimir Putin is convinced his country is strong enough to secure total victory in Ukraine. But the Russian leader is forgetting two crucial things about the current geographic dynamic.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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The Mirror US on MSNNATO country buys 'Iron Dome' missile defence system to send Vladimir Putin a warningRomania has confirmed it has signed a deal with defense manufacturer Rafael to acquire the system to protect the NATO nation from short-range missiles Once a Soviet state, Romania gained independence with the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 and has gone on to become a full member of the European Union and NATO.
Step inside one of the most extravagant and luxurious private jets in the world,Vladimir Putin’s $1.5 billion flying fortress. This custom-designed aircraft is more than just a mode of transportation;
Putin hit squad ‘eliminated’ after cold-blooded daylight assassination of Ukrainian special ops chief - The attack took place in broad daylight in Kyiv’s Holosiivski district