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In private talks with Putin, Biden cuts the hype

by MK Bhadrakumar February 15, 2022February 18, 2022

The White House readout of US President Joe Biden’s conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday conveys the impression that its leitmotif was Washington’s threat of sanctions against Russia if it attacked Ukraine. But that is a hackneyed message that wouldn’t have taken more than a minute or two to convey. Yet the conversation lasted […]

Russia showing signs of de-escalation on Ukraine

by Nikola Mikovic February 15, 2022February 18, 2022

US shows an exit ramp to Russia

by MK Bhadrakumar January 4, 2022January 10, 2022

Pact secures US bases in Norway as Putin talks tough

by Dave Makichuk April 24, 2021April 25, 2021

Changes coming for Putin’s cabal, sources say

by Dave Makichuk February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

‘Putin majority’ defies and denies rising discontent

by Giovanni Pigni July 2, 2020July 13, 2020

World

Bumbling Trump forced CIA to extract top Russian spy

by DM Chan September 11, 2019February 18, 2020

World

Police arrest hundreds at Moscow rally

by Theo Merz and Romain Colas July 28, 2019February 18, 2020

Concern over plan to build ‘Russian internet’

by Giovanni Pigni February 27, 2019February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Dmitri Lovetsky

Gas, guns and pragmatism: Putin’s foreign policy

by Alexander Kruglov February 11, 2019February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Sergei Bobylev/TASS

Putin’s plan to slowly reclaim Russia’s lost empire

by Alexander Kruglov January 24, 2019February 18, 2020

Australia, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, World

Russia will buy Bitcoin to avoid US sanctions, economist claims

by Luke Thompson January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin's approval ratings have fallen over unpopular changes to the old-age pension. Photo: Flickr.

European Union, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Moscow can handle US sanctions. How far will Washington go?

by Giovanni Pigni September 3, 2018February 18, 2020

5530296 14.06.2018 June 14, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea Kim Yong-nam, left, during a meeting. Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Russia inserts itself into North Korea game

by M.K. Bhadrakumar June 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin during a service at the Kremlin's Cathedral of the Annunciation conducted by Patriarch Kirill after being sworn in as President of Russia on May 07, 2018. Photo: AFP/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/Anadolu Agency

China, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Putin comes out with a ‘Russia First’ strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Airspace is empty over Syria after the European Aviation Safety Agency published a rapid alert notification warning of the possibility of missile activity in the Eastern Mediterranean. Diagram: FlightRadar24

AT Finance, European Union, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Missiles ‘nice and new and smart’ coming to Syria, Trump warns

by Asia Times and Reuters April 11, 2018February 18, 2020

British Ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow arrives at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow. Photo: Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili

Russia, United Kingdom, World

Russia expels 23 UK diplomats as toxic attack row escalates

by Asia Times staff March 17, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam, on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Turkey, Vietnam, World

In from the cold: CIA gesture indicates thawing US-Russia ties

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 18, 2017December 18, 2017

Russia President Vladimir Putin watches judo on the margins of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin

European Union, Russia, World

Is Vladimir Putin losing his grip?

by Anders Aslund October 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin hunts fish underwater in southern Siberia, August 2017. Photo: AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey Nikolsky

European Union, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Putin’s crony-capitalist Russia has its Achilles Heel

by Anders Aslund August 27, 2017February 18, 2020

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