Putin: Russia Has Tested Its Military Capabilities in Ukraine, and Peace Depends on Settlement Terms
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russian forces continue to conduct military operations across multiple fronts in Ukraine, noting that the conflict has provided Moscow with an opportunity to test several of its military systems and evaluate their effectiveness under real combat conditions. Speaking during a meeting with heads of international news agencies in St. […] Read more
Supposedly, Russia’s conflict in Ukraine has had a significant impact on the Kremlin’s extensive propaganda apparatus. Moscow’s long-running effort to sway Western opinion collapsed almost overnight as European governments tightened restrictions on Russian disinformation, forbade the broadcasting of state media outlets like Russia Today and Sputnik, and enacted a number of other measures to curtail […] Read more
President Joe Biden pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call Friday morning to take action to stem recent ransomware attacks from Russia-based groups. “I made it very clear to [Putin] that the United States expects, when a ransomware operation is coming from their soil even though it’s not, not, sponsored by the state, that we expect […] Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of what Russia claims to be the first vaccine for the coronavirus in the world and said one of his daughters had already taken it. “As far as I know, a vaccine against a new coronavirus infection has been registered this morning, for the first time in the world,” he said at […] Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has connected the U.S.′ handling of the coronavirus crisis with the widespread civil unrest and anti-racism protests in the country, according to Russian media reports. Putin said the Covid-19 pandemic had “shone a spotlight” on issues in the country, adding that the protests for racial equality and against police brutality were […] Read more
