No European leaders are expected to attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to be held in Moscow this morning, with Russian President Vladimir Putin also absent. Despite London, Paris and Berlin esteeming Gorbachev for his contribution to ending the Cold War, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has heightened tensions between the West […]
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Putin held a lesson with students and promoted Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin held an open class called “Talking about important things” with the winners of school competitions in culture, art, science and sports, promoting the Kremlin’s propaganda about the war in Ukraine to school-aged children. About the purpose of the “special military operation” in Ukraine According to Putin, some people accuse Russia of […]
FAZ: Erdogan’s risky disarmament policy
Erdogan’s closeness to Putin despite international sanctions, the troubled state of the Greek economy and the days of German “energy chaos” in the German press. With this title, the German journalist Rainer Hermann enters her columns Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung through a magnifying glass Erdogan’s policy in Ukrainian with its many aspects. What he notices is […]
Putin boosts Russian forces by 10% as Ukraine prepares for long war
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed an order to increase Russia’s armed forces by 137,000 troops as the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine enters six months and Ukrainian officials warn the war is far from over. The decree boosts Russia’s armed forces from about 1.9 million to just over 2 million personnel in total and […]
Germany-Constitution Protection Service: ‘Some extreme right-wingers are becoming Putin’s mouthpiece’
Putin’s mouthpiece is becoming part of the far-right in Germany according to what the president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang, told Bild am Sonntag. Asked if Russia in the protests is involved in the protests in Germany, Haldenwang states: “Only indirectly. Russia has massively expanded its disinformation activities […]
Russia: Putin signed a decree to provide benefits to those who left Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to provide financial benefits to people who left Ukrainian soil to come to Russia, including pensioners, pregnant women and the disabled, Reuters reported. The decree, published on a government portal, establishes monthly pension benefits of 10,000 rubles ($170) for people forced to leave the territory of Ukraine since […]
Revelations about the life of Putin’s youngest daughter in Germany
Katerina Tikhonova, who is called the youngest daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been flying to Germany for about five years for her appointments, which she booked in spa hotels and Alpine resorts, accompanied by a team of bodyguards from the President’s Security Service (SBP). This revelation is made by the Russian investigative journalism […]
Putin signed a decree to increase the size of the Russian armed forces
LAST UPDATE: 17.40 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree today to increase the size of Russia’s armed forces from 1.9 to 2.04 million personnel as the war in Ukraine enters its seventh month. Moscow has not announced any casualties in the war since the first weeks, but Western officials and the government in Kiev […]
Reuters: Putin bets on Europe’s energy stranglehold to prevail in Ukraine
The Russian winter helped Moscow defeat Napoleon and Hitler, and now Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting that a rally in energy prices and potential shortages during the winter will convince Europe to force Ukraine into a truce – with the Russia’s terms, as reported by Reuters. This is the only path Moscow sees to […]
Putin: The situation with the forest fires east of Moscow is difficult
Russia is facing “a difficult situation” with forest fires due to “unusual” heat, mainly in an area near Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today. “Due to adverse weather conditions, the situation is difficult in many regions of the European part of the country,” Putin said during an online meeting with regional officials on forest […]