Donald Trump got his way after all. For much of March he was claiming he was about to be arrested for allegedly paying hush money to a former adult-film star to keep her quiet in the last stages of his successful 2016 presidential election campaign. Days came and went. Nothing happened. But Trump still used…
A US journalist has been detained in Russia suspected of espionage, the FSB state security service said. Evan Gershkovich, 31, was held in Yekaterinburg in the Urals where he was on an assignment for The Wall Street Journal. The reporter – an accredited foreign correspondent in Moscow – was held over alleged ‘illegal activities’ and…
Trump warns of nuclear escalation after Russia announces it will move tactical missiles into Belarus ‘Here we go!!! Just as I predicted, now we’re playing with the ‘BIG STUFF.’ The ‘N’ WORD is now being used,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social ‘This situation was caused by us – It’s what happens when you have incompetent…
Vladimir Putin is ready to destroy the West with hypersonic nuclear weapons if it attempts to defeat and dismember Russia, his top security aide has warned. Nikolai Patrushev demanded that Moscow must be allowed to dominate Europe after the supposed impending collapse of the EU. The 71-year-old hardline ideologue – seen by some as the…
Russia will station nuclear weapons in its client state, Belarus, as early as July, announced Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a story running in Russian state media, RIA Novosti. Moscow and Minsk agreed to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus, Vladimir Putin said in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on…
Ukrainian fans watching their team’s football match against England at Wembley today let dozens of blue and yellow paper planes loose and sang songs mocking Vladimir Putin as they called for F-16s to aid Ukrainian forces in the war against Russia. In the 24th minute of play the paper planes were hurled into the air…
Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who staged a live anti-war protest on state television, has said the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin has given her ‘some sort of hope’ that resistance might be sparked within the country’s elite. Ms Ovsyannikova worked for the Russian state broadcaster, Channel One Russia TV,…
Oleksandr Zinchenko slips through the door and holds out his hand. He offers an apology for running late. He lays down his coffee. And then this beating heart of Ukrainian football makes one thing clear: after 13 months of war and despair and destruction, he will no longer utter a few dirty words. Russia. ‘I don’t…
Morality Police State 1-1 Ukraine Invaders: The ‘Beautiful Game’ turned ugly as soon as Iran vs Russia kicked off… it’s a DISGRACE the match was allowed to take place Russia drew 1-1 with Iran in an international friendly in Tehran on Thursday The nation is banned from Euro 2024 by UEFA following the invasion of…
From false teeth and different-shaped ears to rumours of plastic surgery and a suspiciously fast walk – could Vladimir Putin really be using a body double? Observers have pointed to the Kremlin strongman’s changing appearance over the years as possible evidence that he uses someone else to stand in for him on engagements he either does…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sought to clean up comments where he called Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine a ‘territorial dispute’ after drawing rebukes against ‘isolationism’ but praise from Fox News host Tucker Carlson. ‘Well, I think it’s been mischaracterized. Obviously, Russia invaded — that was wrong. They invaded Crimea and took that in 2014 —…
Three people were killed and seven wounded in a Russian drone attack that hit a high school in the Kyiv region overnight, authorities said Wednesday. The State Emergency Service said on the Telegram messaging app that two dormitories and an educational facility in the city of Rzhyshchiv had been partially destroyed in the attack, while…
China’s President Xi Jinping told a grinning Vladimir Putin ‘change is coming’ in an ominous parting message as he departed Moscow on Tuesday evening following talks with his Russian counterpart. ‘Change is coming that hasn’t happened in 100 years. And we are driving this change together,’ Xi told Putin via his interpreter – words sure…
A shaky-looking Vladimir Putin praised his ‘dear friend’ President Xi Jinping while he gripped the arms of his chair during the Chinese leader’s visit to Moscow today. Xi today said his first state visit to Russia since Putin invaded Ukraine would aid bilateral ties between the two nations. ‘I am confident the visit will be fruitful and give…
Senator Mike Rounds denounces Ron DeSantis calling Ukraine war a ‘territorial dispute’ and says there is more at stake Sen. Mike Rounds said the Ukraine war is ‘much more’ than a dispute over land Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called the conflict a ‘territorial dispute’ Pro-Ukraine aid lawmakers say if it falls to Russia, China will…
A Russian soprano has won a $200,000 pay-out from the Metropolitan Opera after it cancelled a string of her performances when she refused to denounce leader Vladimir Putin last year. Anna Netrebko – who endorsed Putin for president in 2012 and called his Western critics ‘evil’ – was one of the Met’s biggest stars until she was…
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday rejected a Chinese call for a ceasefire in Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, saying it would result in the Kremlin getting ownership of its conquered territory in the sovereign nation. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the proposal from Beijing is ‘effectively the ratification of Russian…
President Joe Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has committed war crimes and the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for him was justified. ‘Well, I think it’s justified. But the question is – it’s not recognized internationally by us either. But I think it makes a very strong point,’…
The International Criminal court has today issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over his barbaric invasion of Ukraine. The ICC accused Putin of being responsible for war crimes because of his involvement in the abduction of children from Ukraine. The court said in a statement that Putin is allegedly ‘responsible for the war crime…
Kamala Harris said that Ron DeSantis doesn’t understand the complexity of the war in Ukraine and its impact on U.S. sovereignty in a late-night interview where she was caught off-guard when asked to detail the true role of the vice president. President Joe Biden’s No. 2 laughed it off when The Late Show host Stephen…