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Russia's referendum results in eastern Ukraine has been called a "farce" by Volodymyr Zelensky who has vowed to keep on fighting despite the nuclear threat from Vladimir Putin Video Loading Video Unavailable Zelensky speaks with G7 via video link in June President Volodymyr Zelensky has blasted as a "farce" the…

BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a message of condolence to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over a school shooting incident in the country. In his message, Xi said he was shocked to learn of the shooting in the Russian city of Izhevsk. On…

Those who insist that Putin is bluffing argue that going nuclear would be obvious folly. A tactical nuclear strike against Ukraine would contaminate the region he claims to be liberating – and quite probably Russia itself. It would also invite retaliation from Nato. Even more so, if a Nato member…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted former National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden Russian citizenship by signing a decree, according to government documents. The development comes as Moscow works to conduct a partial mobilization of its population, and sparked speculation that Snowden, who previously worked for the U.S. intelligence community,…

Multiple military recruitment offices in Russia have been attacked in the days since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "partial mobilization" of an estimated 300,000 Russian citizens for the country's war in Ukraine. Driving the news: Local officials said a 25-year-old gunman opened fire at a military draft office in…

The United States would respond decisively to any Russian use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine and has spelled out to Moscow the “catastrophic consequences” it would face, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. After suffering setbacks on the battlefield, Putin is mobilising 300,000 troops while also threatening…

‘Do you want Total War?” Goebbels demanded of the Nazi faithful as the Second World War went south for Germany in 1943. He depicted a Reich surrounded by evil Jewish cosmopolitan conspirators bent on its destruction and he advocated for total mobilisation and to embrace a glory-in-death ideology. Vladimir Putin…

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Even as the West unites against the Russia that Putin built, it finds itself fighting homegrown variants of authoritarian exceptionalism, from Trump to Orbán. September 23, 2022 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates…

Voting began in the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions on whether to become part of Russia.Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky described the vote as a farce.The international community criticised the vote.Moscow-held regions of Ukraine begin voting on Friday on whether to become part of Russia, in referendums that Kyiv and its…