Moscow: Russia could agree to use $300 billion of sovereign assets frozen in Europe for reconstruction in Ukraine but will insist that part of the money is spent on the one-fifth of the country that Moscow’s forces control, three sources told Reuters. Russia and the United States held their first face-to-face talks on ending the … Read more
London: Dozens of Russians are being subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment because of their political views, according to lawyers and human rights groups – a trend they say has gathered pace since the start of the war in Ukraine. The practice carries echoes of a method of control used widely in the Soviet Union and … Read more
As world leaders gathered in Munich, Germany, for Europe’s top annual security conference, placating, pleasing, and managing US President Donald Trump stood as a top agenda. Trump’s phone call to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, US Vice-President J.D. Vance’s disruptive speech challenging Europe, and, by association, the very nature of trans-Atlantic alliances, and demands to end the … Read more
Washington: Following the talks between the United States and Russia on ending the war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump expressed his belief that Russia wants to put an end to the conflict, citing the toll the war has taken on soldiers, including Ukrainians, Russians, as well as North Koreans. He called the war “senseless” and … Read more
Ryadh: Russia and the United States on Tuesday agreed to establish teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine after talks that drew a strong rebuke from Kyiv over its exclusion. Washington noted European nations would have to have a seat at the negotiating table “at some point”, following the first high-level … Read more
Moscow: A Russian delegation including foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov has arrived in Saudi Arabia for high-level talks with US officials, Russian state TV reported Monday. The Rossiya 24 news channel showed the officials disembarking a plane in the Saudi capital Riyadh. “The main thing is to begin a real normalisation … Read more
Moscow: Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of hiding the truth about Navalny’s death in light of his first death anniversary, Al Jazeera reported. Al Jazeera noted that Alexei Navalny’s death was officially attributed to natural causes, in an Arctic penal colony last February. Supporters of the late leading Russian … Read more
The tragic deaths of Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov in a plane crash late last month in Washington have shone a spotlight on the role of Russian- or Soviet-born coaches in the world of competitive figure skating. Their influence has shaped a generation of American skaters, raising the question: Why have these coaches been so … Read more
Washington, United States: The United States has released Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik, as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel, a senior US official said Thursday. The official told AFP that Vinnik, who pleded guilty in May 2024 to conspiracy to commit money laundering, “was handed over to … Read more
Washington: Â U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would like to have conversations with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping about imposing limits on their nuclear arsenals. Answering questions from reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said denuclearization would be a goal in his second term. Russia warned on Monday … Read more
Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national convicted of cybercrime and released by U.S. authorities as part of a prisoner swap, arrived in Moscow on Thursday and thanked President Vladimir Putin and others for arranging the exchange, state news agency RIA said. Vinnik, who pleaded guilty in May 2024 to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering, … Read more
As U.S. President Donald Trump announced talks to end Russia’s war with Ukraine, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer in an exclusive interview with VOA Russian describes how Trump will need to use a carrot and a stick to persuade Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire. Bremmer believes that although Trump has far more leverage … Read more