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A journalist who has spent more than 20 years investigating Russian leader Vladimir Putin and who is recognised as perhaps Russia's finest investigative journalist has told FRANCE 24 that Putin's aim with the war in Ukraine is simply to prolong his power inside Russia. Roman Badanin has just published a book, "Le Tsar en personne" or "The Tsar in person" which delves into exactly how Putin's mind works. Badanin says Putin acts like a gang member, and his attitude is that "if you beat me, I will beat you even harder". The book is so far out in Russian and French, with an English version to follow. He spoke to us in Perspective.
Russian President Vladimir Putin imposed sweeping new restrictions on what can be accessed and reported about the country’s energy trade, adding a fresh layer of secrecy about activity in one of the world’s oil-and-gas producing nations.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Russian President Vladimir Putin is ‘not playing ball’ when it comes to progress on Ukraine peace talks. He also argued that Europeans are ‘prepared’ for Russian hybrid attacks. Rutte spoke with Bloomberg’s Annmarie Hordern on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. (Source: Bloomberg)
Dutch PM Rob Jetten says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be at the UNGA despite an ICC arrest warrant.
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev from Kyiv, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. According to Zalmayev, Russia’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine reflect a broader political logic in which military force, political objectives and territorial ambitions are intertwined as instruments of Russian strategy. He argues that Moscow’s attacks on civilian infrastructure are designed to exert extreme pressure on Ukrainian society while demonstrating fierce retaliation to domestic audiences in Russia. Zalmayev contrasts this with Ukraine’s strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, which he describes as targeting assets that directly sustain Moscow’s war effort.
?? ?? Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "patient zero" for spreading war in the region with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian president also asked world leaders to cut back on buying oil from Russia, in a bid to put pressure on Moscow to resolve the conflict swiftly.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had enlisted fighters from 47 countries including North Korea, Ghana and India to fight against Ukraine. Zelensky warned that his forces could target Russian heating and energy facilities in the winter months if Moscow attacks Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party has tightened its grip on parliament, winning a record 355 seats in Russia’s 450-seat Duma in a tightly orchestrated election.
O partido governista Rússia Unida venceu com facilidade as eleições parlamentares que o presidente Vladimir Putin apresentou como um teste de apoio à guerra na Ucrânia. A informação foi divulgada pela Comissão Eleitoral Central nesta segunda-feira (21), após a apuração de mais de 95% dos votos. O partido Rússia Unida obteve 57,83% dos votos, segundo a Comissão, um aumento em relação aos 49,8% conquistados em 2021, quando foram realizadas as últimas eleições para a Duma Estatal, a câmara baixa do Parlamento. Notícias relacionadas:Rússia relata ataques cibernéticos ao sistema eleitoral.Putin ordena cessar-fogo de três dias em meio a negociações de paz.O resultado garante ao Rússia Unida 355 cadeiras na Duma, que conta com 450 cadeiras, o que permite ao partido manter maioria constitucional, acrescentou a comissão. *É proibida a reprodução deste conteúdo.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party won a large majority in the country's parliamentary elections, marked by cyberattacks and a barrage of Ukrainian drone strikes, according to results published by state media early Monday. Meanwhile, Moscow has vowed to "intensify" its strikes on Kyiv in response to the massive drone attack on the Russian capital. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Washington Capitals captain under fire for appearing in an election campaign video for Putin's United Russia party.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday described voter turnout in the upcoming parliamentary election as a barometer of public support for Russia’s war against Ukraine and urged voters to go to the polls. It will be Russia's first parliamentary election since the Kremlin launched its offensive in February 2022.
An Instagram post from the couple said two nights of their wedding festivities in the Bahamas were partially funded by Umar Kremlev.
The former UK PM said "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".
Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan has been unable to take concrete countermeasures since Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a disputed northwestern Pacific island a month ago. Japan has lodged a strong protest following Putin's Aug. 13 visit to the island of Etorofu, one of the four islands claimed by Tokyo but controlled by Moscow. The four islands, seized by the former Soviet Unio...
President Putin arrived as talks among leaders of the BRICS diplomatic bloc began on Friday in India, amid global geopolitical turmoil, including the war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East.
The two sides discussed steps to increase bilateral trade target to $100 billion by 2030, and discussed projects in the field of civil nuclear cooperation
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed the Ukraine conflict in an “extremely frank” and constructive hour-long phone call, the Kremlin said. It came after US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend in an attempt to kick-start long-stalled US efforts to end the fighting. Washington has been pushing for fresh face-to-face talks between Moscow and Kyiv. Kyiv says the talks could happen as early as this...
Melinda Haring, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, said the war in Ukraine shows no signs of slowing and could drag on for another three to four years. Haring said that Putin is hoping to run out the clock on Ukraine by getting into complicated negotiations and undermining the idea of any Ukrainian sovereignty. (Source: Bloomberg)
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that President Putin will hold a bilateral meeting with PM Modi on Friday (September 11, 2026) on the sidelines of the BRICS summit
US envoy Steve Witkoff on Monday touted progress in weekend discussions with Ukraine and Russia, raising the prospect of reviving three-way peace talks to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II. Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko says that "we don't trust these talks", describing the US envoys' flattery towards Russian President Vladimir Putin as "disgraceful".
The rapport between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was evident when the two met during the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok last week. “My profound apologies for missing this important event due to urgent matters I needed to attend to back home but I’m now here to repay my debt,” Prabowo told Putin on Wednesday, referring to a missed invitation earlier to be the guest of honour at Russia’s National Day celebration on June...
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin and headed to Kyiv as part of Trump's new efforts to broker agreement.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday in their first official visit to Ukraine as part of a renewed push for peace after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Their trip follows a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, seeking to revive peace talks during escalating aerial attacks by both sides. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Kyiv is ready for a “constructive” discussion with US representatives. “We are...
US President Donald Trump's business partner Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner discussed "substantive plans" for next steps to end the Ukraine war during their meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, the White House said, before they headed to Kyiv on Sunday. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the three-hour talks had been "highly useful" but gave no indication that a breakthrough had been reached. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday.