Trump says he's working on arranging a meeting with Putin
President-elect Trump said Thursday that he is working to set up a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He wants to meet, and we're preparing for that,” Trump told Fox News' Peter Doocy at Mar-a-Lago during a meeting with Republican governors. . Trump said he has had “a lot of communication” with Chinese President Xi […]
Bolton: Trump's Greenland gambit could help Xi, Putin
John Bolton, former national security adviser to President-elect Trump, said Trump's reluctance to remove military forces from Greenland was a sign that China was trying to legitimize its expansionist vision. He said it could strengthen the positions of Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin. in Interview with CNN's Caitlan Collins Bolton said Tuesday night that […]
Refusal to Sanction Putin ‘Bullshit’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published Sunday that outgoing President Joe Biden was hesitant to preemptively impose sanctions on Russia ahead of a full-scale invasion of his country in 2022. He lamented that he threatened to impose sanctions on Russia only if the invasion became “haphazard.” In a three-hour interview with podcaster […]
Does Putin believe in God?
At a recent press conference, President Vladimir Putin gave a strange answer when asked if he believed the war between Russia and Ukraine would end in 2025. “I believe in God” he said“And God is with us.” A confident leader who believed the war was going well for his side would have answered emphatically with […]
Trump, Putin advisers trade barbs heading into new year
The year is coming to an end with two sharp messages between Russian leader Vladimir Putin's top adviser and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, chosen by President-elect Trump to be his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, condemned Russian missile and drone attacks from last week. “Christmas should be a time […]
Putin offers to pay off debts as recruitment tool in war against Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have taken an excerpt from President Biden's book, proposing to cancel the debt of new recruits joining the country's military for one year. In November, President Putin signed a law that allows those who join the Russian military after December 1, 2024 to have their debts of up to […]
Kazakhstan plane crash survivors say they heard bangs before aircraft went down, Putin issues statement
The crew and survivors of an Azerbaijan Airlines airliner that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day said they heard at least one loud bang before the plane crashed in a fireball, raising suspicions that Russian anti-aircraft missiles may have caused the tragedy. Speculation is mounting. This comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized […]
Putin Apologizes to Azerbaijani Leader for Following Crashed Plane
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to Azerbaijan's president for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. The Kremlin said in a statement that a Ukrainian drone attack hit an air defense system near Grozny, the capital of Russia's […]
Putin apologizes over 'tragic' Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev over the “tragic” Azerbaijani plane crash that killed 38 people on board, but denied responsibility for the incident. According to a Kremlin reading of the call, President Putin told Aliyev: “I apologize for the fact that the tragic incident took place in Russian airspace, […]
Putin Claims He Has Not Spoken to Trump in 4 Years, Contradicts Woodward
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that he has not spoken to President-elect Donald Trump in four years, but this is contrary to reporter Bob Woodward's claim that the two countries' leaders have met several times since Trump left office. This seems to contradict the book. Putin made his point during a lengthy news conference […]