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When I woke up on the morning of February 24 to the news that Russia was invading Ukraine, my first thought was about my brother. He had been in Lviv, in Western Ukraine, on a business trip. In our family group chat, my sister-in-law told us from their home in…

Under threat of Russian attacks in a war that stopped all soccer in Ukraine in February, a new league season starts Tuesday in Kyiv with the goal of restoring some sense of normal life. The elegant Olympic Stadium has staged the biggest European soccer games in the past decade though…

Updated Aug. 23, 2022 6:30 am ET ISTANBUL—Turkey and Russia are stitching their economies more tightly together, heightening concerns among the U.S. and its allies that the burgeoning relationship could undermine sanctions imposed on the Kremlin as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine. Expanding trade and financial ties show how…

OLAF SCHOLZ has been left scrambling to find a solution to Vladimir Putin's gas cut after Germany's Economy and Climate Action Minister ruled out keeping nuclear plants running to save gas. Olaf Scholz is 'imitating Hitler' says Russian MP Mikhail Delyagin Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content…

CHAMP Oleksandr Usyk took aim at “weak” Vladimir Putin after defeating Anthony Joshua. The Ukrainian boxer said of the Russian president: “Everything he shows is just to show that he’s strong, but he’s not. 2 Oleksandr Usyk took aim at 'weak' Vladimir Putin after defeating Anthony Joshua.Credit: Getty 2 He…

MALI-MAURITANIA BORDER—The leaders of Mali’s junta gathered at Bamako airport earlier this month to hail the latest delivery from their new benefactor: the Kremlin. On the northern end of the airstrip stood a line of attack aircraft, including Russian jet fighters and helicopter gunships to send to the front line…

AP 21 Aug, 2022 06:31 PM3 mins to read Russia-Ukraine war: Car blast kills daughter of man known as 'Putin's brain'. Video / Al Jazeera The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as "Putin's brain" has been killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of…

MOSCOW (AP) — The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist who is often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, officials said Sunday. The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said preliminary information indicated a bomb planted in the…

The U.S. State Department on Saturday called on Russia to release imprisoned political leader Alexei Navalny on the two-year anniversary of his attempted assassination. Driving the news: A sharp critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Navalny survived Russian agents’ attempt to poison him in August 2020. After recovering, he was…

“Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has also told me he will come,” Jokowi, as the president is known, said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday. It was the first time the leader of the world’s fourth-most populous nation confirmed both of them were planning to show up…