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A prominent Russian television and radio host called nuclear war "inevitable" while discussing Russia's conflict in Ukraine before suggesting that Moscow use its nuclear weapons to give an "ultimatum" to Ukraine's allies. Vladimir Solovyov, a well-known broadcaster and staunch supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, called on Moscow to directly…

A Soviet T-34 tank, the only tank on display in Russia's Victory Day parade on May 9, 2023, rolls through Red Square. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia's scaled-down Victory Day military parade showed not only Moscow's insecurities over possible Ukrainian attacks but also highlighted the country's…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed decrees abolishing visas for Georgian nationals and lifting a 2019 ban on direct flights to the South Caucasus nation. According to the documents, starting from May 15, Georgian nationals will be allowed to enter Russia without visas -- unless they’re…

Last week the world simultaneously witnessed two events in Russia’s war on Ukraine that are significant, including for Australia. First, Vladimir Putin staged a fake drone assassination attempt on himself, according to the independent Institute for the Study of War. This staged event – as Putin doesn’t live in the…

The way mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army have been waging a significant part of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has been well covered in the American media, not least of all because his firm, the Wagner Group, draws most of its men from Russia's prison system. Wagner offers "freedom" from Putin's…

Confidential computing will become the standard for all tasks rather than a specialized feature used for certain sensitive workloads, and Mark Russinovich, Microsoft's Azure CTO, has hailed it as "the future of advertising." Russinovich spelled out his viewpoint in a missive this week relating his participation in this year's Open…

On May 5th, a Moscow court placed two women, the thirty-eight-year-old Zhenya Berkovich and the forty-three-year-old Svetlana Petriychuk, under arrest for an initial term of two months. About a year earlier, I was startled to realize that Berkovich was still in Russia. Most of my extended circle had left in…

Top officials in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska held a parade to mark World War II Victory Day along with pro-Putin Night Wolves bikers and Moscow’s ambassador to Bosnia, who praised Russia’s war against Ukraine. This post is also available in this language: Shqip Bos/Hrv/Srp The Immortal Regiment parade in Banja…

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2023. — AFPRussian President Vladimir Putin during the Victory Day speech in the Red Square Tuesday said that the world has arrived at a "decisive turning point"  and…

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russians were united in a “sacred” fight with the West over Ukraine that would end in victory, and accused the US and its allies of forgetting the Soviet triumph over the Nazis in World War 2. Putin has repeatedly likened the war in…