The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

World’s fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases pays lip service to tackling climate crisis and, with fossil fuels central to regime’s legitimacy, it seems happier with status quo

The European Union is targeting Russia with more sanctions over its war on Ukraine

This Dispatches episode about Putin and Trump is a weird rundown of everything we’ve known for a decade – like reading a Twitter thread in 2018. What’s so frustrating is that this really matters right now

In the thrilling finale of the TV series The Americans, set during the Reagan administration, deep-cover KGB operatives Philip and Elizabeth Jennings are faced with a difficult decision. Posing as an ordinary American married couple, for decades they have raised children, filed tax returns and slipped effortlessly into the rhythms…

Russia isn't playing around anymore.

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Germany refuted President Donald Trump's claim that Patriot missile systems are already on their way to Ukraine, stating it has no knowledge of any shipments.

A member of NATO is bombing their own bunkers, testing how well their defenses would hold up in the event of a Russian attack.

Trump casts European purchases of US weapons for Ukraine as a victory as UN warns civilians being killed at record rate.

It seems paradoxical to look to Trump to save Palestinians, yet no recent US president has been better placed to stop Israel

Alexus Grynkewich says Russia will remain a threat even if a peaceful solution to war in Ukraine can be found