“This was indeed a hack,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cited as saying. Moscow: Several Russian radio stations were hacked and played a fake President Vladimir Putin speech announcing an invasion from Kyiv’s troops and emergency measures in three regions bordering Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday. The hacking comes amid several reported incursion attempts and […]
Russia has intensified its crackdown on dissenting voices. President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that certain “ill-wishers” were stepping up efforts to destabilise Russia and urged members of his cabinet not to allow this “under any circumstances”. He said Russia’s Security Council would discuss ensuring security in the context of what he said were “extremely […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin once again congratulated Turkey’s leader on his re-election and said it opened up new “new avenues” for cooperation between Ankara and Moscow, the Kremlin said Monday. “The support expressed by the Turkish people for their leader opens new […]
Kyiv almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia. (File) President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered stronger border security to ensure “fast” Russian military and civilian movement into Ukrainian regions now under Moscow control. Speaking in a congratulatory message to the border service, a branch of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), on their Border […]
The leaders last spoke by telephone in early December. Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin “in due course”, holding out the prospect of resuming contact after a near-total breakdown in relations since the Ukraine war. “My last telephone call was some time ago,” Scholz told the […]
Moscow described a drone attack on the Kremlin as a Ukrainian attempt to kill Putin. (File) The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia’s security services knew what they were doing after a top Ukrainian intelligence official said President Vladimir Putin was number one on Kyiv’s kill list. Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence […]
“We will not waver, Putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could,” Joe Biden said. (File) Hiroshima, Japan: Ukraine’s backers “will not waver”, US President Joe Biden said Sunday after talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is in Hiroshima on a surprise visit to the G7 summit. Russia “will not break our […]
Rishi Sunak recently assured support to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday said he wants to show Russian President Vladimir Putin that the G7 stands with Ukraine. He said the G7’s focus has always been to promote peace, global economic security. “The @G7 focus is and always has been […]
Vladimir Kara-Murza’s wife said that they’re just using it as psychological torture against his husband. Geneva: Evgenia Kara-Murza, wife of jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, said authorities were torturing him psychologically by denying him calls with his children while he serves a 25-year sentence on charges he says are politically motivated. Speaking to Reuters […]
Erdogan has maintained good working relations with Putin throughout Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Istanbul, Turkey: President Recept Tayyip Erdogan on Friday defended Russia’s Vladimir Putin from allegations of meddling in Turkey’s crucial weekend election. Erdogan’s secular rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Thursday accused unnamed Russian actors of spreading “deep fakes” and other disinformation aimed at swaying […]
