Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Russian President Vladimir Putin. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images; Contributor/Getty Images Zelenskyy says that he does not think Vladimir Putin is "bluffing" about his nuclear threats. "Maybe yesterday it was bluff. Now, it could be a reality," Zelenskyy told CBS's "Face The Nation." Last week, Putin threatened the use of nuclear […]
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Putin has been called a ‘master procrastinator’ but experts say he wanted to avoid mobilizing troops ‘at all costs’ due to how unpopular it would be in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Novgorod Region Governor Andrei Nikitin during his visit to celebrate the 1160th anniversary of Russian statehood in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo/Associated Press Putin announced Wednesday he was calling in reserves, prompting protests in Russia. Experts said Putin wanted to avoid […]
Putin says Russia’s not responsible for the EU’s energy crisis — it just needs to ‘push the button’ on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to get more natural gas
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Europe's "green agenda" started the bloc's energy crisis. Getty Images Europe is dependent on Russia for natural gas, but Gazprom has turned off the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Russian President Putin said the EU just has to turn on Nord Stream 2 for more natural gas. The Nord Stream 2 […]
A superyacht linked to Vladimir Putin was a Christmas present from oligarchs, Russian opposition website claims
The Scheherazade has been seized by Italian authorities. Federico Scoppa/Getty Images Funds for the Scheherazade were a Christmas gift to Putin from Russian oligarchs, per Dossier Center. The $ 700 million superyacht is said to have been used by his lover Alina Kabaeva, per the report. The vessel features two helipads as well as a […]
US Navy hoping for hypersonic missiles ‘by 2025’ as Putin WATCHES Russia's Avangard glider fly
Worried at Russia and China’s technological edge, the US aims to have a hypersonic weapon by 2025, the US Navy said in a report. A fortnight later, Vladimir Putin was watching the test launch of Russia’s newest hypersonic missile. The state-of-the-art Avangard hypersonic glider was successfully tested December 26. It performed in-flight vertical and horizontal […]
'Perfect performance': Russian prodigy Dubov wins World Rapid Chess title, gets praise from Putin
Russia’s Danill Dubov, 22, has won the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in St. Petersburg, seeing off rivals including world number one Magnus Carlsen to claim the $ 1 million prize and earning praise from Vladimir Putin. Dubov won the World Rapid championship on Friday, in which players are permitted just 15 minutes each […]
Putin may make rare appearance at World Economic Forum in Davos
Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland, the Kremlin has hinted on Wednesday. Putin has not attended the prestigious business and political meeting since 2009. “There is an old, constantly renewed invitation for Putin to come to Davos,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists. He added that the final […]
Burden of repaying IMF loans will fall on future generations of Ukrainians, warns Putin
The IMF’s approval of a new $ 3.9 billion loan for Ukraine has already been hailed as a victory in Kiev. It’s just enough to cover some pension payments but will take a long time to pay off, said Russian President Vladimir Putin. The executive board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) greenlighted a new 14-month […]
WikiLeaks threatens to sue Louise Mensch after posting wild theory about Snowden and Putin
WikiLeaks has suggested it could sue prolific conspiracy theorist Louise Mensch after she tweeted that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden had released his secret US military documents “under Putin’s direct orders.” It all started when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) tweeted a link to an interview it had conducted with Snowden about the concept of […]
Putin talks to media after G20 summit
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has faced reporters during a media conference on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first question was about the communication that Putin had with his American counterpart Donald Trump who cancelled the planned meeting over the tensions between Moscow and Kiev. Putin said that he answered […]