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  Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must have killed” Wagner boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and that there can be no peace negotiation with Putin on Ukraine.   Writing in a Daily Mail op-ed on Saturday, August 27, Johnson speculated about Prigozhin’s last moments, …

Russian paramilitary fighters will have to swear an oath to the Russian flag, a presidential decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday, August 25 stipulates, two days after the reported death of Wagner mercenary group chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin.   The measure is aimed at “forming the spiritual and moral foundations …

Vladimir Putin has finally broken his silence over the horrific plane crash believed to have killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his co-founder Dmirty Utkin.   Until now, Moscow had not discussed the incident, despite mounting speculation the deaths were caused as part of a Kremlin-assassination ploy.   In a …

The five-nation BRICS summit is focused on whether to expand the club and how to be a counterweight to Western powers, but the meeting opened in Johannesburg on Tuesday in the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with President Vladimir V. Putin attempting to rally the members via video to …

Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture occupied territories is failing even with Western military support, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, July 21. Ukraine’s forces have recaptured 300 square kilometers of occupied land as part of their summer counteroffensive, Britain’s defense minister said last month. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces this week …

A roaring, smoky fire at what Russian authorities initially said was a military training ground on Crimea but then later called a landfill forced the evacuation of thousands of villagers in the early hours of Wednesday. Several Russian military bloggers and some news reports in Ukraine said that Ukrainian projectiles …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine against using cluster weapons against Russian forces saying his country has a stockpile of cluster munitions and will consider using them against Ukraine “if they are used against us,” The US’ decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv was controversial and criticized by …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin met with Russia’s Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his fighters after their failed mutiny, the Kremlin confirmed Monday, July 10  Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin had welcomed Prigozhin and 34 Wagner commanders at the Kremlin on June 29. “The commanders themselves outlined …

U.S. President, Joe Biden has warned his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping to ‘be careful’ after the Chinese President met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin because Beijing is heavily reliant on Western investment.   ‘This is not a threat. This is an observation,’ Biden told CNN in an interview aired Sunday, July …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, a longtime admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has said that Russian president Vladimir Putin has been “somewhat weakened” by an aborted mutiny. According to Trump, the front-runner in opinion polls for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, now is the time for the United States …