Russia, Putin
Putin Ally Warns Russia's Nuclear Weapons in 'Full Combat Readiness'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia possesses weapons "that will have serious implications for the handlers of the Ukrainian regime."
Washington and the West struggle for a way forward with Putin’s Russia
In the United States and Europe, there is growing uncertainty about how to counter Putin’s aggression without stoking a direct conflict with Russia.
One of Russia's longtime allies says Putin's NATO rival is now a threat to his country
Armenia's prime minister said the CSTO, seen as Putin's NATO, "creates threats" for his country's future existence, after it pulled away from it.
Russia says Putin has sent clear message to the West on long-range missiles for Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin has delivered a clear message to the West about the consequences it will face if it allows Ukraine to hit Russian territory with Western long-range missiles, the Kremlin said on Friday.
Russia expels U.K. diplomats; Putin warns against deep strikes with Western weapons
The Russian president issued his sternest warning to date about the use of Western weapons in Ukraine ahead of a meeting of British and U.S. leaders.
Putin makes chilling WW3 threat Russia 'fully ready' to blast nuclear bomb at 'any moment' in Arctic
The explosion would be at an old Soviet test site first used 70 years ago in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago and could be used by Vladimir Putin as a warning to the West over Ukraine
Putin ally warns West of nuclear war over Ukraine
A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.
Kara-Murza's call for a democratic Russia
Putin wants Russia’s youth to become ultranationalist patriots. Many are all in.
Young Russians are embracing Kremlin propaganda, reshaping the Ukraine war narrative with ultranationalist views and seeing ...
Putin is embarking on an aggressive hiring drive to rejuvenate Russia's army. But he can't sustain it, experts say.
The Russian army is set to increase by 180,000, which would make it the second-largest in the world. It's already straining ...
Putin says Russia is ramping up drone production tenfold
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ramping up drone production by around ten times to nearly 1.4 ...
Putin orders Russia to boost size of army by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000, the third ...
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Russia aims to increase drone production tenfold in 2024, Putin claims
In 2023, the Russian army received about 140,000 drones of different types, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin orders expansion of Russia’s military to 1.5M active troops
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s military to expand to 1.5 million active troops, bringing the total ...
Russia pushes sex-at-work scheme as population crisis escalates
Russian officials are making a huge push across the country to boost birth rates and get women to procreate by encouraging ...
Ukraine-Russia war live: Putin’s troops launch over 100 deadly glide bombs as boy, 12, killed in airstrike
More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from Krasnodar, Russia, as Ukraine launched dozens of drones over the ...