The country’s economy has tanked as a result of Western sanctions implemented in response to Russians’ unjustified invasion of Ukraine, raising fears of food shortages among people. As a result, Russians are resorting to last-minute food purchases. A video of dozens of Russians fighting for sugar packets in a Russian supermarket has gone popular on … Read more
According to defence experts, Vladimir Putin may only have ten days to win the war in Ukraine before his forces collapse. When the Russian tyrant ordered the invasion on February 23, he expected a quick victory, but his forces encountered fierce resistance, with 150 Kremlin troops killed overnight in Mariupol. Russian pilots have been shot … Read more
WASHINGTON – Russia is recruiting Syrians and other foreign fighters as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, the Pentagon said Monday. Moscow entered the Syrian civil war in 2015 on the side of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and the country has been mired in a conflict marked by urban combat for more than a decade. … Read more
PARIS – The French government on Thursday said it had seized a superyacht owned by a company linked to Igor Sechin, chief executive of Russian energy giant Rosneft and close confidant of President Vladimir Putin. The vessel, Amore Vero, was seized at a shipyard at La Ciotat, near Marseille, the finance ministry said. “French customs … Read more
MOSCOW – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused Western politicians of fixating on nuclear war, one week after Moscow launched the invasion of Ukraine. “It’s clear that World War Three can only be a nuclear war,” Lavrov said in an online interview with Russian and foreign media. “I would like to point out that … Read more
MOSCOW – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny urged Russians to stage daily protests against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, saying the country should not be a “nation of frightened cowards” and calling Vladimir Putin “an insane little tsar.” “I am urging everyone to take to the streets and fight for peace,” he said in a statement … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the EU to impose stiffer penalties on Russia in response to its invasion, after the body refrained from using its entire arsenal of sanctions against Moscow. “Not all possibilities for sanctions have been exhausted yet. The pressure on Russia must increase,” Zelensky tweeted after talking to EU chief Ursula von … Read more
MOSCOW: Walking through a freezing market in Moscow earlier this month, 60-year-old Sergei Borisovich recalled that he rang in the last New Year at a table laden with festive delicacies. This year, the factory worker, who declined to give his last name, said a spike in prices meant he would have to forego caviar and other … Read more
