• Britain should consider conscription and adopt Finnish model of national service to deter Vladimir Putin, NATO ally says

    Krisjanis Karins said the only way to defend against Russia's aggressive policy was to consider a 'total defence' model which would involve conscripting citizens to fight on the front lines at short notice.

  • Vladimir Putin could be ready to launch war on Nato as early as 2026 says startling new German intelligence analysis

    Shocking new analysis warns of a 'significant intensification' of Russian arms production which could see Russia 'double its military power in the next five years' and war on NATO soil by 2026.

  • Vladimir Putin's election victory

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  • Could Vladimir Putin Be As Clueless As Joe Biden?

    Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, the Western intelligentsia has been busy portraying Vladimir Putin as a man who, unlike, say Lyin’ Joe Biden or Rachel Levine or your local drag queen, has transgressed all the bounds of decency. He’s an authoritarian. He’s an imperialist. He’s an autocrat. He’s a new Hitler.

  • How Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping define democracy

    Shortly after Xi Jinping was reelected as China’s head of state in 2022 — by a vote of 2,950 to zero — the Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang criticized U.S. President Joe Biden for contextualizing the event as part of a battle between Western democracies and non-Western autocracies. Gang proclaimed that China, alongside Vladimir Putin’s Russia, was “committed to promoting a multipolar world and greater democracy in international relations.” Neither politician can be taken at their word, though....

  • Putin warns NATO of World War III

    Russian President, Vladimir Putin, says a direct conflict between Russia and NATO would mean that the planet is one step away from World War Three, according to Reuters. The comments came as Putin claimed a landslide victory in Russia’s presidential election with 87.8 per cent of the votes. The US, Germany, the UK, and other Read More

  • Vladimir Putin wins his 5th presidential term in Russia

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is celebrating a landslide reelection victory after three days of voting that offered no real alternatives. While there were some protests, he used his victory speech to declare Russia is united behind him. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.

  • Vladimir Putin claims landslide Russian election victory

    Russian president uses victory speech to say war in Ukraine and strengthening military will be his main tasksVladimir Putin has claimed a landslide victory in Russia’s presidential vote, as thousands in the country and around the world protested against his deepening dictatorship, the war in Ukraine and a stage-managed election that could have only one winner.In a vote denounced by the United States as “obviously not free nor fair”, Putin won 87% of the vote, according to exit polling published...

  • Where Russians go after speaking out against Vladimir Putin | 60 Minutes

    Sergei Davidis knows very well the risks involved in trying to promote human rights in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Davidis works for Memorial, a human rights organization banned by the Russian government that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. That same year Davidis escaped to Lithuania, two days after testifying on behalf of Alexey Navalny, Putin's leading political opponent. Davidis continues to head Memorial's project to support political prisoners. Memorial has documented that there are...

  • How will the Ukraine war end? Only when Vladimir Putin is toppled

    A ceasefire on Russia’s terms would embolden the tyrant to pick new targets for his expansionist aimsPope Francis’s suggestion that Ukraine’s leaders should admit defeat, find “the courage to raise the white flag” and negotiate a halt to the war with Russia provoked justified fury in Kyiv and eastern Europe. He was wrong to say Ukraine is beaten, and gravely remiss in failing to condemn Moscow’s illegal aggression and war crimes. Yet Francis is not alone in wondering how this conflict ends.Two...

  • Putin Bracing for Potential War With NATO Earlier Than Expected: ISW

    Recent signs suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin is potentially preparing for war with NATO sooner than expected, according to a U.S.-based think tank.In a Wednesday assessment, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote that "several Russian financial, economic, and military indicators suggest that Russia is preparing for a large-scale conventional conflict with NATO, not imminently but likely on a shorter timeline than what some Western analysts have initially posited."The ISW...

  • Vladimir Putin claims victory in Russia’s presidential elections

    The West has criticised the polling process, saying that it was neither free nor fair.