Putin’s vocal concern on planetary warming came a day before the beginning of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26. Although the Russian president won’t be attending personally, Moscow has sent a big delegation to the meeting, which starts on Monday in Glasgow, Scotland. “The average annual …
Read More »We need systemic way to update vaccines as mutating Covid-19 will be with us for a long time – Putin at G20
“According to expert opinions, the coronavirus will remain a threat for a long time,” the Russian president said on Sunday while addressing G20 leaders via video link. Putin added that more international cooperation is required in terms of mutual recognition of vaccines and immunization certificates by national governments. “Competition that …
Read More »Eyeing the rise of identity and gender politics in the West, Putin’s new vision for Russia is as Europe’s last conservative nation
The Russian president, it seems, has been working on his own concept of the elusive ‘Russian idea’ – a concept that has long puzzled philosophers and historians. At its heart, it suggests a nation has to have some unifying purpose or values that set it apart from others. Despite the …
Read More »Brink of history: Vladimir Putin congratulates Dina Averina after gymnastics great becomes world champion for 15th time (VIDEO)
Dazzling in this year’s championships in the Japanese city of Kitakyushu, the 23-year-old earned gold medals in the hoop and ball competitions on Wednesday to take her tally to 13 individual world titles, moving level with two-time Olympic gold medalist Evgeniya Kanaeva. Tokyo Games silver medalist Averina performed to AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ on her …
Read More »Amid gas supply shortages & surging prices, Putin directs Gazprom to fill EU storage units once Russian domestic demand satisfied
Russia’s own gas reserves have been under pressure this autumn, due to a perfect storm of negative conditions: an abnormally cold winter last year, and a frosty fall, combined with increased demand as the country’s economy recovered from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. “[Pumping more gas to Western Europe] …
Read More »Putin used Valdai speech to champion ‘moderate conservatism,’ but West’s insistence on seeing Russia as a threat could lead to war
At this particular moment, the Russian President is more interested in energy and “healthy conservatism,” than geopolitical wrangles. We can’t in all seriousness compare this address to his bombastic 2007 Munich speech, slamming NATO expansion, because he was significantly less emotional this time. The emphasis had shifted – we need to preserve and …
Read More »US withdrawal from nuclear treaty risks sparking ‘new arms race’ in Asia, Putin says, after claims China tested hypersonic missile
Speaking at the 16th East Asia Summit on Wednesday, Putin said, “We have repeatedly warned that the termination of the treaty on intermediate and short-range missiles [INF] means the region is now facing the possibility of these strike weapons appearing across its vast space, and a new arms race as …
Read More »Russia and Israel are connected by ‘very deep bond’ & Putin is ‘close, true friend’ of the Jewish people, says Israeli PM Bennett
Speaking to the press at the start of a working visit to Bocharov Ruchey, the Russian presidential residence in Sochi, Bennett suggested that the two countries can work to build up their economic and political relationship. “For the last 20 years, and even more, you have led the process of …
Read More »End of capitalism, transgender kids, NATO, reverse racism, WWII, censorship and more: what Putin spoke about at Valdai
Putin spoke at length at the plenary session of the Valdai Club in Sochi on Thursday, taking questions from the moderator as well as the audience, both those physically present and over video link. NATO on Russia’s doorstep The Russian leader noted the trip by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin …
Read More »Putin rejects Security Council veto reform, says UN would ‘die same day,’ turn into ‘debate club’
“If we remove the veto right of the permanent members, the UN would die the very same day – it would turn into the League of Nations. It would simply become a discussion platform, the Valdai Club 2.0,” Putin said at the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in …
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