Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
EU targets Russians with sanctions over the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children | PBS News
"Russia is trying to erase their identity," Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže said Monday at a meeting with EU counterparts in Brussels, where the sanctions were endorsed. "When you look at the Genocide Convention, it's one of the features of the genocide crime. So, it's very serious."…
Friday, May 8, 2026
Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling
Exclusive: Documents obtained by consortium of journalists show role of Moscow university in training operatives in military intelligence…
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Friday, April 10, 2026
US ignoring evidence Russia is helping Iran because it trusts Putin, says Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s president tells podcast he has tried to draw White House’s attention to collaboration between Moscow and Tehran over strikes on US bases…
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Russia fires 400 drones at Ukraine, signaling its spring offensive has started | PBS News
Russia also launched 23 cruise missiles and seven ballistic missiles at Ukraine during the night, hitting at least 10 locations across the country, according to the air force. Daytime strikes injured 13 people, including three children, in the central Ukraine city of Dnipro, and another daylight attack hit an apartment block in the center of the western city of Lviv, near the Polish border, where 13 people were injured, regional officials said...
Friday, March 20, 2026
Russian oil tanker heading to Cuba amid US economic blockade
Vessel with 730,000 barrels of crude set to reach Cuba on 23 March, according to maritime data, after Donald Trump said he expects to have 'honour of taking' country
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Carney joins European leaders in criticizing US easing of Russian oil sanctions - POLITICO
"The lifting of sanctions means that [Russia] will receive more money and there will be more drone attacks" in the Middle East, Zelenskyy said, standing alongside French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris...
Carney joins European leaders in criticizing US easing of Russian oil sanctions politico.com
US temporarily lifts sanctions on Russian oil at sea as Iran war sees global prices surge
Trump administration announces 30-day waiver on Russian oil stranded at sea as concerns over US-Israel war on Iran unsettles markets…
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Ukraine retakes territory as Russia’s buffer zone strategy falters, official says – POLITICO
Officials say Ukraine has regained almost full control of the Dnipropetrovsk region...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts
Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with Russia being most prolific…
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Ukraine to help US and allies counter Iranian drones
Ukrainian president orders equipment and expertise to be provided to US in return to diplomatic support against Russia, saying 'we help to defend from war those who help us'…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/06/ukraine-zelenskyy-iran-war-help-us-israel-fight-drones
Monday, March 2, 2026
Moscow gloats over potential oil price spike from Iran war – POLITICO
In addition to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. President Donald Trump has taken control of Venezuela's oil. This mean major importers such as India and China could have to look to Russia to provide even more crude supplies, helping Moscow's coffers as it enters its fifth year of war with Ukraine.
"For our budget [the attack on Iran] is a big plus," prominent Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov told his viewers.
"If Trump strikes Iranian oil fields, then, as unfortunate as it sounds, we [Russia] would become one of the few remaining [oil] producing countries."
"So we are gaining a trump card in this complex game," he concluded…
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-oil-price-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz/
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Europe's worries about Trump in spotlight as Macron heads to French nuclear sub base | PBS News
French President Emmanuel Macron, the person with the power to unleash France's nuclear arsenal, will on Monday update French thinking on the potential use of warheads carried on submarines and planes, if it ever came to that. This in the context of concerns in Europe that Russian war-making could spread beyond Ukraine, and uncertainty about U.S. President Donald Trump's steadfastness as an ally...
Thursday, February 12, 2026
WELT: Without US backing, Europe would struggle to defend against a Russian invasion - POLITICO
"Russia could become even more dangerous to NATO after some sort of peace in Ukraine, especially if it's a bad peace, if it is a Ukrainian capitulation," Lungescu told WELT. She called the wargame "very realistic, unfortunately."…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/11/welt-war-games-simulation-germany-00776446
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Trump prepares to let go of arms control with Russia - POLITICO
The expiration this week of a core U.S.-Russia arms control treaty could touch off a global nuclear weapons race for the first time since the Cold War.
Russia made initial overtures about a renewed pact in September, but the Trump administration has not formally responded, according to two people familiar with the negotiations. The New START treaty, which will expire on Thursday, was struck in 2010 and limited how many deployed nuclear-capable missiles, bombers and warheads both the U.S. and Russia could have...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
‘Mother of all deals’: EU and India sign free trade agreement
The trade deal is part of a flurry of agreements announced at a summit on Tuesday, as the EU and India grapple with Donald Trump's tariffs, China's economic heft and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The two sides are due to sign a security pact to deepen joint work on maritime security, hybrid threats and counter-terrorism...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/27/eu-and-india-sign-free-trade-agreement
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