Czechs opt for pro-Ukraine ex-general president
Czechs have voted resoundingly for Petr Pavel, a former Nato commander, for the presidency over the populist Slovak-born former prime…
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Putin hails reconstruction of Kerch Bridge
The Kerch bridge, linking Russia and the illegally occupied Crimean peninsula and damaged by an explosion in October, is now…
Chechen warlord sends sons to Ukraine and calls for nuclear strikes
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has advised his ally Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine as he revealed he…
Xi to meet pariah Putin at Uzbek summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Vladimir Putin at a summit in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on his first…
Russia blamed for rising Bosnia tensions
Russia is being blamed for stoking tensions in Bosnia and the Kremlin maintains strong ties with Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian-Serb…
Russia deploys Kuril troops to Ukraine war amid apparent manpower crisis
Personnel from Russia’s 18th Machine Gun and Artillery Division appear to have been moved across the vast country from their…
Putin holds talks with Iranian and Turkish leaders
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held talks with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi before…
Russian mother says Kremlin lying about soldiers killed in Ukraine
The mother of a Russian soldier killed in Ukraine says the military authorities repeatedly told her he was alive until…
Putin promises to nuclear-arm Belarus
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin says he will send Belarus nuclear-capable Iskander-M missiles. “In the coming months, we will transfer to…
Lithuania rail checks focus attention on isolated Russian enclave of Kaliningrad
Lithuania is threatening to effectively cut off rail links to Russia’s Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad and isolate it from the…
Kazakh president refuses to recognise Russian-held ‘republics’ in Ukraine
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev caused an uncomfortable moment for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin when he said his giant Central Asian…
Russia denies ditching Serbia over Kosovo independence
Serbia’s media has distanced itself from Vladimir Putin amid suggestions Russia might withdraw its support on Kosovo. Russia vetos Kosovo’s…
Belarus opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya says Lukashenko in weakening position
Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (pictured) has asked for harder sanctions against Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, saying he shares full…
Kazakhstan struggles to maintain relations with Russia amid war with Ukraine
Kazakhstan is struggling to distance itself from Russia which bailed out embattled Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in January with more…
Kazakhstan distances itself from Putin’s war on Ukraine
Kazakhstan’s foreign minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi has said his government will not recognise the independence of Russian-controlled Luhansk and Donetsk, in…
Orban blasts Ukraine president Zelensky as he celebrates heavy election win
In a blow for Europe’s liberals, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has won another parliamentary term with a heavy victory…