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Vladimir Putin is a tyrant who thinks himself unassailable, so his refusal to even utter the name Alexei Navalny speaks volumes about the profoundly discomfiting effect the opposition leader, presidential candidate and anti-corruption activist has had on Russia’s leader. Referring to Navalny as “that character” and “that person,” Putin’s hatred…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The financial options being considered to punish President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine range from the sweeping to the acutely personal — from cutting Russia off from U.S. dollars and international banking to slapping sanctions on a former Olympic gymnast reported to be Putin’s girlfriend. Publicly,…

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said that Russia has seen how President Joe Biden handled the S.T.A.R.T. treaty, the Colonial pipeline attack, Biden saying that there are only some industries that Russia can’t attack, and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and…

Senator Joni Ernst sharply criticized the Biden administration on Sunday over its response to Russia amassing troops near its Ukraine border. During an interview on ABC's This Week, the Iowa Republican, who sits on the Senate Armed Forces Committee, was asked, "What happens if do invade? Should a NATO military…

MOSCOW—When Vladimir Putin was a young KGB recruit, his intelligence assessment noted a character flaw. Russia’s future president possessed a “lowered sense of danger,” it said, according to his autobiography—meaning that he was prone to take unwarranted risks. In 1989, crowds of East German pro-democracy protesters were poised to storm…

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There are few things more dangerous than the nostalgia of old men. We see the consequences of their longing for time gone by wherever we look around the globe today. In Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro seems to yearn for a country more like that of his youth, when he was…

Russian army trucks near Ukraine in April 2021. Russian social media The Kremlin has used trains—hundreds of them with many thousands of cars, in total—to stage along the Russia-Ukraine border weapons, vehicles and supplies for an army of around 100,000 troops. If Russian President Vladimir Putin pulls the proverbial trigger…

Rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye, is reportedly planning a trip to Moscow later this year to meet President Vladimir Putin, hold Sunday Service performances as his first-ever shows in Russia and expand his business ventures into the country, said his associate. According to a report in Billboard, Kanye…

By Tara McKelvey BBC News, Washington Image source, WHITE HOUSE POOL Wendy Sherman, one of the world's most powerful diplomats, is known as the Silver Fox because of her silver-white mane and her canny deal-making style. On Wednesday, she is helping to lead the US-Russia talks in Europe. Ms Sherman…