10 h. ago Putin Scraps Summit Over Lack of Attendance From Arab Leaders

There simply weren’t enough Arab leaders saying ‘yes’ to warrant holding a summit. That’s what forced Russian President Vladimir Putin into a last-minute delay of an event he’d hoped would boost his standing in the region.

Politics

31 h. ago Putin Admits Russian Missiles Caused Azeri Jet Crash in December

President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that a Russian air defense system was responsible for the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that killed 38 people in December, a rare admission that could ease almost yearlong tensions with Baku.

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31 h. ago Putin says Russian air defences were responsible for Azerbaijani jet’s crash last year, killing 38

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first admission of responsibility for the crash in an effort to ease tensions between the neighbors. Putin said the missiles fired by Russian air defenses to target a […]

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7 d. ago Putin praises Trump, warns missile supplies to Ukraine will badly hurt ties

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield, where the Russian army is making slow but steady advances. The potential supply of U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv will […]

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7 d. ago After Trump calls Russia a ‘paper tiger,’ Putin asks ‘then what is NATO?’

Putin said that Russian forces were advancing along the entire front in Ukraine and that almost all of the U.S.-led NATO alliance was now fighting against Russia.

Politics

2 w. ago Putin says Russia will comply with pact on nuclear arms for 1 more year

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country will stick with the terms of the current nuclear arms pact for 1 more year after it expires in February.

Politics

3 w. ago Trump Says Putin ‘Let Me Down’ After Meeting Starmer on Ukraine

President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “really let me down” after meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss efforts to heighten pressure on Russia to enter negotiations that could help bring the Kremlin’s three-year war in Ukraine to an end.

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3 w. ago Chrystia Freeland leaving cabinet to serve as special envoy to Ukraine

Freeland, one of the most staunch supporters of Ukraine in the federal government, has been a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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3 w. ago Zelenskyy calls for a European air defence system as Russian strike wounds 13 in Ukrainian city

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces bombarded the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with rockets overnight, wounding 13 people, including two children, officials said Tuesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged European leaders to make the continent safe by building an ambitious air defence umbrella. With the war grinding on since Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour […]

Economics

4 w. ago Trump Says Losing Patience With Putin, Eying Bank, Oil Sanctions

US President Donald Trump said that his patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin was “running out fast” and threatened Moscow with new economic sanctions as efforts to broker ceasefire talks with Ukraine have faltered.

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last month ‘Reckless and escalatory’: Carney condemns Russian incursion into Poland

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Russian President Vladimir Putin was 'demonstrating once again his total disregard for the path of peace.'

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