Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was previously skep...

John Crisps column asks How far will Trump really go? (The Columbian, Nov. 26). Really? Trump and his minions have been planning for three years how they would obliterate the checks and balances of our governing system. He has taken lessons from Hungary (and probably Putin) about how to do so. He will attempt to selectively control spending that Congress has appropriated to achieve his Pr...

Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a difficult week as Syria's government collapses, Russian military bases are overrun by rebels, and protests in Abkhazia and Kazakhstan signal a decline in Russian influence in the region.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia and senior Kremlin officials “intentionally and directly” authorized a program of coerced fostering and adoption of Ukrainian children during the war in Ukraine, according to a Yale University report released Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin has approved a new, multiyear budget that sets defense spending for next year at record-high levels, signaling no let-up in Russia's determination to defeat Ukraine. The approved budget, which was published on the governments main website on December 1, calls for 35.5 percent of all spending to be allocated for national defense in 2025. Thats up from a reported 28.3 ...

According to the Yale University report, the Kremlins aircraft and funds were used to remove children from Ukraine to Russia.

Germanys former chancellor, Angela Merkel, in a new interview said President-elect Trump displayed fascination with world leaders who have unchecked power such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leaderKimJong Un. The way he spoke about Putin, the way he spoke about the North Korean (leader) obviously apart from critical remarks he made...

The Russian president is a key backer of Bashar al-Assad, and he has stepped in again with airstrikes on those opposing the Damascus regime.

Konstantin Malofeyev said that if Russia fired a nuclear weapon, the resulting radiation zone would end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Carlsberg has been trying to exit Russia since March 2022, but faced numerous legal and political roadblocks along the way.

Chinese credit institutions do not want to go into business with Russian banks under sanction, Russian newspaper "Izvestia" reported.

"Putin has to be convinced that it's going to be too costly for Russia to continue," ex-U.S. ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker said.

A strange thing happened to Romania on its way to another humdrum post-communist election: A sudden outbreak of the right-wing populist virus, driven by a suspicious TikTok mega-mobilization.

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BERLIN (AP) Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putins power games over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Barack Obama and Donald Trump and says she asked herself whether she could have done more to prevent Brexit, in her memoirs published Tuesday.

“A conservative Russian tycoon and Kremlin confidant said he believes Moscow will turn down any Ukraine ceasefire offer brokered by incoming President Donald Trump,” Bloomberg reports.

The statement echoes a long-standing claim made by Kremlin-affiliated figures in an effort to discredit the Ukrainian president.