The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Dec. 4, 2023, that Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. government employee, had been arrested and faced federal charges for secretly acting for decades as an agent of the Cuban government. Rocha joined the State Department in 1981 and served for over 20…

With LGBTQ+ rights continuing to expand across much of the world, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has doubled down on restricting them – and a new ruling has made the future even more uncertain for Russian LGBTQ+ groups and individuals.

Russian opposition figure has been moved from penal colony and lawyers say they haven’t seen him since last week.

Georgia's imprisoned opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Tbilisi's failure to secure European Union membership would put at risk its very existence as an independent nation.

Allies of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say penitentiary officials are reporting that earlier this month he was moved from the region where he was serving time, but have still not disclosed where he is

Ukrainian president Zelenskiy had hailed opening of accession talks, calling EU decision ‘a victory for all of Europe’

But Hungary blocked a £43 billion package of financial aid for Kyiv

In today’s newsletter: The Russian leader touched on his country’s economy, his political future – and the small matter of his war on Ukraine

The White House says funding for Ukraine has run out and it has been increasing pressure on Congress to pass stalled legislation to support the war against Russia