In a matter of days, United States and his allies used the economy as a weapon of war against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and caused enormous destruction. The sanctions immediately put Russian President Vladimir Putin on the defensive, forced to fight runaway inflation. The Russian Central Bank, without access to its foreign reserves, […]
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The boredom of young Russians who have only known Putin as president
Shame, anger and pain is what many young Russians, who have only known Vladimir Putin as president, feel when talking about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These young people, who say that they are horrified, that they cannot express themselves and are not listened to, chose for security reasons not to mention their last name when […]
Will Putin be able to circumvent the Western economic blockade?
The severe sanctions imposed on Russia have caused a fierce fall in the ruble and are forcing the Kremlin to look for ways to keep the economy afloat. For Vladimir Putin, this means finding a way to somehow circumvent the Western economic blockade while his forces continue to invade Ukraine. Experts say that Russia will […]
Putin: Unstable temperament or cunning manipulator?
For two decades, Vladimir Putin has been seen by his rivals as reckless and impulsive. Now that he has ordered the invasion of Ukraine and put Russia’s nuclear forces on standby, many in the West are wondering if he is dangerously unstable. In recent days, Putin has been incoherent when talking about Ukraine on television, […]
Putin signs law that provides jail sentences for spreading “fake news” about the army
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Friday that provides harsh prison sentences and fines for those who publish “false information” about the army, in a new twist of the internal repression in the midst of the invasion of Ukraine. The deputies of the lower house of the Russian Parliament (the Duma) had unanimously […]
War in Ukraine: these are the companies that have limited or stopped working in Russia
Once the obvious has been clarified, that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will not send troops to Ukrainea country surrounded by the forces of RussiaWestern support has two channels: in addition to war equipment, United States and its allies—certainly the European Union—will remain emphatic about economic hardship. It is intended to isolate the Kremlin […]
Vladimir Putin denies that Russia has bombed Ukrainian cities
Updated on 03/04/2022 12:12 pm The Russian President, Vladimir Putindenied that Russian troops had bombed Kiev or other Ukrainian cities, calling those accusations “gross falsehoods.” “Reports about the alleged bombing of Kiev and other big cities are gross propaganda falsehoods,” Putin said in a telephone conversation with the head of the German government, Olaf Scholz, […]
Vladimir Putin asks his neighbors not to aggravate the situation or impose limitations
Updated on 03/04/2022 08:06 am the president of Russia, Vladimir Putinrecommended to his country’s neighbors “not to aggravate the situation, not to impose limitations” and assured that “he has no bad intentions” towards neighboring states. “I want to emphasize again, and we have always said it, that we have no bad intentions in relation to […]
US sanctions Putin’s “front man”, his spokesman and other Russian oligarchs
United States announced this Thursday sanctions to eight oligarchs russians and their relatives, including the alleged “figurehead” of the president Vladimir PutinAlisher Usmanov, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov. The State Department also banned 19 Russian oligarchs and their relatives from entering the United States, while the Treasury blocked the potential assets under US jurisdiction of […]
Putin says Russian military campaign in Ukraine ‘progressing successfully’
Updated on 03/03/2022 02:19 pm Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the Russian military campaign in Ukraine is going “successfully”, he highlighted “the heroism of russian soldiers” and denounced that Ukrainian fighters have used foreigners as hostages. “The special military operation is proceeding in strict accordance with the schedule, according to plans. All the proposed […]