Tag: Vladimir Putin
Trump Announces Three-Day Russia–Ukraine Ceasefire And Prisoner Swap
According to Reuters, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday, May 8 that Russia and Ukraine...
Putin Asks Russian Oligarchs to Personally Fund the Ukraine War
Putin has asked Russia's oligarch class to voluntarily contribute to the state budget, according to reporting...
Rumors Swirl Over Iran’s New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s Injuries and Whereabouts
As U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran continue to escalate, multiple rumors about Iran...
Trump Claims Iran ‘Close to Surrender’ as War Spreads Across Middle East; Khamenei Vows to Continue Fight
According to a March 13 report by the U.S. news website Axios, during a Group of Seven (G7) video conference...
IEA Member Countries to Release 400 Million Barrels in Historic Oil Reserve Action
International Energy Agency (IEA) announced today, March 11, that its member countries will release...
Reports Say Beijing Expanding Xishan Underground Command Center Amid Fears of ‘Decapitation Strike’
After the United States carried out a decapitation strike on Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, a message circulating...
Russia Failing to Achieve War Goals, Zelenskiy Says as Conflict Enters Fifth Year
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, the course and consequences of the...
US Pushes Multilateral Nuclear Negotiations, Criticizes China Expansion
The United States has called for a new round of multilateral nuclear arms control negotiations, aiming...
The Soviet Union’s 1991 Collapse, Told Through Its Most Embarrassing Moments
By He Zi When people think of the Soviet Union’s collapse, they often picture the fall of the Iron...
From Party Sword to Oligarchs: How the KGB Reinvented Itself After the USSR
By Fu Longshan To understand how the KGB—the Soviet Committee for State Security (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy...
Moscow Claims Ukraine Behind Attack on Putin’s Residence
On Dec. 29, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that Ukraine launched a drone attack on President...
US Intel Warns Putin Still Aims to Control All of Ukraine
By Gao Yun Reuters reported on Sunday, Dec. 21, that, according to six sources familiar with U.S....