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In a documentary recently aired on French TV, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has confirmed exactly that. You may, of course, disagree with this assessment, or even resent it. But, equally obviously, to ignore it would be stupid. Governments sometimes bluff, it’s true. Yet it would be a reckless …

That’s according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who told Parisian TV channel France 5 about the threat Moscow perceives from the US-led bloc, while also noting that Russia wishes to be a part of a prosperous Europe. “Ukraine’s accession to NATO would be the worst-case scenario,” Peskov told the French …

On Sunday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova hit out at comments from Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama over the country’s potential union with the Kosovo, which broke off from neighboring Serbia in 2008. According to Zakharova, this goes against a long-standing treaty and could heighten tensions in the region. …

At the beginning of this week, US trade representative Katherine Tai delivered a keynote speech that set out the Biden administration’s trade policy concerning China. Predictably, the address came with a litany of complaints against what are frequently described as China’s ‘unfair economic practices’. Tai also said the US would …

Hinckley, 66, had been found not guilty of his crimes by reason of insanity, and spent decades in a psychiatric hospital until he was granted a supervised release in 2016. Restrictions on Hinckley, which will now be removed by June 2022, included having no contact with the Reagan family or …

At a meeting in Sochi as part of a personal visit by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the pair agreed that another move eastwards by the US-led alliance would be met with a strong response, according to the Russian president’s spokesman. Dmitry Peskov added that …

One thing is for certain, Germany will have a new chancellor next week. This is important, not only for Germany, but also for Europe, and, indeed, the world. The German chancellor is not only the highest ranking politician in Germany – the president is largely ceremonial – it also comes …

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the proposals, backed by an influential Congressional committee earlier this week, “would significantly undermine the spirit of Geneva.” Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden met in the Swiss city in June for talks about …

Seven decades after the conflict, the Korean Peninsula technically remains in a state of war as the truce achieved by the North and South back then never transformed into an actual peace treaty, while relations between the neighbors always remained strained. The Korean War between China-backed Pyongyang and Seoul, which …

A Savanta ComRes poll found 19% of Britons would enter a career in pornography if they thought the pay was high enough and the working environment to be safe. More than a third (34%) viewed porn, once considered a shameful indulgence, as an “acceptable part of modern society.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, …