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 […]
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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, […]
The Russian invasion of Ukraine shakes and rearranges international relations
Russia’s war against Ukraine has been going on for more than a week, but its consequences are already reverberating around the world: it has altered international relations, isolated Moscow, united the West and raised the specter of a nuclear confrontation. Russia, a ‘pariah’ state The Moscow offensive marks a turning point for the entire world. […]
Putin signs law that provides jail sentences for spreading “fake news” about the army
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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 […]
Russia says it will not occupy Ukraine, that its goal is denazification and demilitarization
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Russia does not intend to occupy Ukraine and its troops will withdraw once it has fulfilled its objective of “demilitarizing” and “denazifying” the country, where the people will then be able to decide on their future, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, assured on Friday. . “Our goal is […]
Russia has already launched 500 missiles on Ukraine, US says
Updated on 03/04/2022 12:39 pm Russia It has already fired some 500 missiles at Ukraine since the invasion began more than a week ago, a senior US defense official said Friday. The aforementioned official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, offered the press information on the development of the fighting in Ukraine. He stated that […]
Vladimir Putin denies that Russia has bombed Ukrainian cities
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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, […]
Russia occupies Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant
The russian troops occupied this Friday the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and Europe, after an attack that caused a fire without consequences in radioactivity levels, but that paralyzed the world in fear of a new atomic catastrophe. Russian projectiles hit the facilities of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant located about 150 kilometers north of […]
Vladimir Putin asks his neighbors not to aggravate the situation or impose limitations
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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 […]
The ambiguity of the large emerging countries in the face of the war in Ukraine
With a large majority, the UN General Assembly approved on Wednesday a resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine, while demanding a withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory. Of the 193 member states of the United Nations, 141 supported the text, while only five voted against it: Russia itself, Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea. […]