Responding to claims that a luxury pile in the resort town of Gelendzhik belonged to the president, Peskov said that “in reality, this is not true.” He added that the Kremlin had not reviewed a new tranche of allegations around Putin’s supposed personal wealth, but that he was able to …
Read More »‘Putin is enraged I survived’: Navalny accuses Russian president of forcing move to activate suspended prison sentence
Navalny’s comments come after the country’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) submitted an application to a Moscow court, accusing the anti-corruption activist of “failure to fulfill assigned duties” regarding a suspended sentence he received in 2014. Back then, Navalny was found guilty of embezzling 30 million rubles ($400,000) from two companies, …
Read More »In first meeting since bloody 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Putin brings together leaders of Armenia & Azerbaijan for Moscow talks
The four-hour discussion represented the first time Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had met face to face since the end of the six-week war, which concluded in a clear victory for Baku. Following the meeting, Putin revealed that a joint statement on the development of …
Read More »William Burns, ex-envoy to Russia who accused Putin of using judo-like tactics to ‘sow chaos’ in US, named as Biden’s CIA director
Burns, who is currently president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international affairs think tank based in Washington, DC, retired from the US Foreign Service in 2014 after a 33-year career in diplomacy. He served as deputy secretary of state in the Obama administration from 2011-2014, and as …
Read More »Capitol Hill violence was not a ‘victory’ for Putin: In reality, Russian fears consequences of ongoing US political instability
We constantly hear that ‘the Kremlin’ wants to destroy the international order, undermine democracy, and destabilize the West. Add to this the obsession with Russia that has gripped a large part of the political left in America since 2016, and it was no surprise this week that a connection was …
Read More »Russiagate Democrats blame PUTIN for crowd that stormed US Capitol protesting ‘stolen’ US election
As thousands of Trump supporters gathered in Washington, DC on Wednesday for a ‘Stop the Steal’ rally and Congress met to certify the Electoral College votes that would make Democrat Joe Biden the next US president, a group of protesters stormed the Capitol and interrupted the lawmakers. READ MORE: Twitter …
Read More »Renowned ABBA fan Putin tipped by Western media to invade Sweden. Will he start WWIII just to force legendary group to reunite?
According to the Wall Street Journal, the super troopers of the Swedish army, clearly worried that the winner will take it all, are preparing for a potential invasion of the tiny Baltic Sea island of Gotland, which, the local tourist board reports, is home to more sheep than people. The …
Read More »Putin opens door to ‘vaccine passports’ for international travel as growing number of Russians get Covid-19 jab
In a series of instructions to officials, published at the end of 2020, President Vladimir Putin ordered policymakers “to consider issuing certificates to people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 infections using Russian vaccines… for the purpose of enabling citizens to travel across the borders of the Russian Federation and …
Read More »Who is on Putin’s ‘naughty or nice’ list? Kremlin congratulates world leaders at New Year… but not everyone makes the cut
President Vladimir Putin has sent out his annual flurry of New Year messages, telegrams, and calls to foreign leaders, the Kremlin press service reported on Thursday. The list includes around 80 heads of state, ranging from close allies to historic rivals. However, if receiving Putin’s warm wishes is an indicator …
Read More »Russia is our most important ally, say over 50% of Chinese people, as leaders Xi & Putin discuss closer ties between countries
A new poll published by the widely read Global Times newspaper, which has close links to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, found that over half of the nearly 2,000 respondents viewed Russia as the country’s most important relationship. There was a sharp reduction in the number of people saying that …
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