Category: World

President Vladimir Putin will not be traveling to Istanbul for the direct negotiations with Ukraine scheduled for Thursday, as stated in a directive released by the Kremlin late Wednesday. Instead, Vladimir Medinsky, a presidential aide who previously oversaw the unsuccessful negotiation rounds with Ukraine in March and April of 2022, will head the Russian delegation. […]

Law enforcement officials conducted a raid on the offices of Russia’s largest publishing company and detained several employees over accusations of disseminating LGBTQ+ “propaganda” and “extremism,” as reported by Russian media and human rights organizations on Thursday. The state-run TASS news agency indicated that 11 individuals from Eksmo Publishing House were taken into custody on […]

Russia is enhancing its military facilities close to the Finnish border, a development that NATO officials are characterizing as the initial phase of a prolonged military expansion, as reported by The New York Times on Monday. This construction effort follows Russia’s declaration of plans to expand its armed forces and establish new military units in […]

Rustem Umerov, the Ukrainian defense minister leading Kyiv’s delegation in peace discussions with Russia on Friday, is recognized by his peers as an adept and pragmatic negotiator. At 43 years old, Umerov, a former businessman, assumed the role of defense minister in 2023, a year and a half into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and has […]

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated on Sunday that he, along with the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and Poland, intends to communicate with Donald Trump before the U.S. president’s scheduled call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. Merz mentioned that he had conversations with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during the inaugural […]

Pavel Durov, the creator of the Telegram messaging platform, announced on Sunday that he had declined a request from an unnamed Western government to “muzzle” conservative voices in Romania as the country approached a presidential election run-off. On Sunday, Romanian voters are casting their ballots in a run-off election that features a far-right eurosceptic against […]

Polish customs authorities confiscated five metric tons of tires intended for civilian Boeing airplanes that were being transported to Russia via Belarus, as reported by the National Revenue Administration (NRA) on Monday. “During an inspection of a truck in Koroszczyn, officials discovered that the driver was carrying tires meant for Boeing civil aircraft, instead of […]

President Vladimir Putin has authorized a series of urgent support initiatives aimed at stabilizing Russia’s beleaguered coal industry, which includes transportation discounts and assured export agreements for key mining areas, as reported by Russian media on Wednesday. The Russian coal sector has faced significant challenges due to Western sanctions, increased production costs, declining global prices, […]

The most significant drone assault launched by Russia since the onset of the full-scale war in 2022 resulted in the death of a woman in the Kyiv region and left at least three others injured, according to Ukrainian officials early Sunday. This escalation by Moscow followed peace discussions that took place on Friday. By 8 […]

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has landed in Istanbul as negotiations are set to commence in an effort to resolve the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Originally scheduled for Thursday, the talks were postponed to Friday to give time for the Ukrainian delegation’s arrival. While Rubio is not anticipated to partake in the first round […]