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How Xi and Putin Got Closer

In terms of geopolitical bromances, this is it. David Pierson, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times covering China, explains how President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, are closer than ever before. Source link

Xi meets Putin in Moscow as Ukraine reports truce violations | World News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (Image: AP) China’s Xi Jinping was in Moscow on Thursday for a state visit ahead of the Kremlin’s grand Victory Day celebrations, as Ukraine accused Russia’s army of launching air strikes just hours into a supposed truce.More than 20 foreign leaders are in Russia to […]

China’s Xi aims to beef up ‘no limits’ Putin partnership

Chinese President XI Jinping (Left) and Vladimir Putin (AP) MOSCOW: Chinese President Xi Jinping headed to Moscow on Wednesday for a key three-day visit including a grand Victory Day parade and a show of support for Vladimir Putin.Moscow and Beijing declared a “no limits partnership” weeks before Putin ordered Russia’s Ukraine offensive in February 2022. […]

With Acts of Subversion, Some Russians Fight Propaganda in Schools

Some schools in Russia are preparing fake schedules to conceal their efforts to shun patriotic education classes. Some parents school their children at home. Others try to help young people navigate a school system in which they say propaganda is pervasive. Faced with what they say is an ever-growing flood of misinformation about the war […]

Putin says he hopes there will be no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast Sunday that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not. In a preview of an upcoming interview with Russian state television, published on Telegram, Putin said Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict […]

‘Putin would have gotten all of Ukraine if I hadn’t won election,’ Trump claims

US President Donald Trump United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would have gotten all of Ukraine if he hadn’t won the election. In an interview with ABC News’ Terry Moran, Trump said that when former US President Joe Biden got involved in the Ukraine war, it wasn’t good. […]

Russia’s Putin Thanks Kim for North Korean Troops Fighting in Kursk

For months, Moscow and Pyongyang had been vague about the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine, even after Kyiv publicly paraded two North Korean soldiers its forces had captured. Then, in back-to-back statements, the leaders of the two countries confirmed that North Korean troops have been fighting shoulder to shoulder with […]

Russia ready for Ukraine talks without preconditions, says Putin

Russia is ready to hold peace talks with Ukraine “without preconditions”, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday. This came after US President Donald Trump lashed out at Putin saying “maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war.”“During yesterday’s talks with Trump’s envoy Witkoff, Vladimir Putin reiterated that Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine […]

‘Will analyse and decide’: Vladimir Putin on Zelenskyy’s offer to halt strikes on civilian infrastructure

Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said he would “analyse” his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s proposal, under which the warring neighbours would halt airstrikes targeting the other’s civilian infrastructure.“We will analyse everything and take the corresponding decisions,” Putin told state TV reporters in Moscow, according to news agency AFP. […]

‘Silence for silence, strikes for strikes’: Zelenskyy says Ukraine will ‘mirror’ Russia as Putin announces Easter truce

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared it will “mirror” Russia’s actions, following the announcement of an Easter ceasefire by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.Zelenskyy wrote on X, “If Russia is now suddenly ready to truly engage in a format of full and unconditional silence, Ukraine will act accordingly — mirroring Russia’s […]