“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 […]
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 […]
In January, Medvedev said if Russia were defeated it could trigger a nuclear war. A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Ukraine war could last for decades, with long periods of fighting interspersed by truces, Russia’s RIA news agency reported on Thursday. It said former President Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Putin’s […]
The plan for the nuclear deployment was announced by Vladimir Putin on March 25. (File) Moscow: Russia moved ahead on Thursday with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, whose leader said the warheads were already on the move, in the Kremlin’s first deployment of such bombs outside Russia since the 1991 fall […]
Russia fired hypersonic Kinzhal missiles at Kyiv on Tuesday. Russia fired hypersonic Kinzhal missiles at Kyiv on Tuesday, with Ukraine saying it had shot down all six, and Russia claiming one got through air defences to destroy a US-built Patriot surface-to-air anti-missile defence system. Reuters was unable to verify either claim, but here are some […]
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 […]
Moscow, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at Moscow’s Red Square Victory Day parade that the world was at a “turning point” and claimed a “war” had been unleashed against Russia. “Today civilisation is again at a decisive turning point,” Putin said at the parade, which included elderly veterans and soldiers from Russia’s […]
Vladimir Putin is unharmed in the drone attack that took place on Wedneday. The Kremlin said on Wednesday it shot down two drones launched by Ukraine and accused Kyiv of attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. The alleged thwarted operation comes on the heels of a series of incidents – including trains sabotage – […]
