Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia will work with Ukraine’s new president and wants better ties with the West. However, the US has expressed skepticism as to whether Putin will recognize the presidential election. Russia has refused to recognize the
Russia said all troops on Ukraine’s border will be gone in days, four days after Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to withdraw forces to ease tensions before Ukraine’s presidential election. The election is scheduled for Sunday. This was Putin’s third
The Russian government is planning to sign a contract to build up to eight new nuclear reactors in Iran, according to sources close to the negotiations speaking to Reuters. The news follows reports that Russia had planned to build two
This week at the Council on Foreign Relations, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Russia and China’s recent aggression are directly related to President Barack Obama’s failure to follow through with his threat that a “red line” would be
On May 20 China’s President Xi Jinping called for “the creation of a new Asian structure for security cooperation…that includes Russia and Iran and excludes the United States.” Xi was speaking “to a meeting in Shanghai of the Conference of
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin announced Friday that Russia will recognize the outcome of Ukraine’s presidential vote this weekend but voiced hope that Ukraine would halt its military operation against separatists in the east. In Kiev, Ukraine’s leader urged
A lavish Italianate estate on the Black Sea, popularly known as “Putin’s Palace” and previously suspected to have been built using illicit funding, was built with money from a major healthcare project on the taxpayers’ dime, according to a report
US Vice President Joe Biden visited Cyprus on Thursday to discuss their part in the energy market, but also to put pressure on leaders to support more sanctions on Russia. The tiny island is a member of the European Union,
Thursday, May 21 became incredibly deadly in east Ukraine when pro-Russian forces attacked Ukrainian soldiers at a checkpoint in Donetsk Oblast, which has been a volatile region after parliament ousted Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych. Ukraine’s presidential election is on Sunday.
NATO reports there might be movement by Russian troops on Ukraine’s border, four days after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued his third order to withdraw forces. We’ve seen limited #Russian troop activity vicinity of #Ukraine border that MAY suggest that
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia and China sign ‘historic’ energy deal As reality sets in, east Ukraine public turns against Russian separatists Boko Haram strikes again, this time in northern Nigeria President invokes War Powers Act, sends troops
The attempt by members of the European Parliament to force the European Council – that is, the heads of state and government of the EU member states – to choose their candidate to be the next president of the European
LONDON (AP) — Russia has criticized Prince Charles’ reported comparison of President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler and is protesting the matter with Britain. Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, reportedly compared Hitler’s 1939 invasion of Poland with
On May 20 Russia’s second-largest financial institution, VTB, and the Bank of China signed an Agreement on Cooperation so they could “bypass the dollar and pay each other in domestic currencies.” This was followed by a May 21 announcement of
A flurry of mysterious debris has startled residents in China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang, where residents are reporting seeing unidentified flying objects and some even sharing photographs on social media of the strange debris. The Weather Channel reports that Chinese
Vice President Joe Biden told Russia it will face greater costs if Moscow does not recognize or attempts to disrupt Ukraine’s presidential election on May 25. Russia stated many times the country will not view the new government as legitimate,
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russian troops on Ukraine’s border dismantled all equipment and were returning to their bases. This is three days after his initial declaration the troops would move and NATO and the US still do not see
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ‘Catastrophic’ bombing in Jos Nigeria kills 118 FBI says that Americans are going to Syria for jihad Militants from Russia, Central Asia join Jamaat Sabiri to fight in Syria Use of social media to
SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow’s ties with Asia. Price negotiations on the 30-year deal continued
In what appears to be an effort to undermine the United States sanctions against Russia, China indicated to its state-owned Xinhua news agency that the government will agree during Russian President Putin’s May 20-21st visit to Shanghai to invest $18.46
In what appears to be an effort to undermine the United States sanctions against Russia, China indicated to its state-owned Xinhua news agency that it agreed during Russian President Putin’s May 20-21st visit to Shanghai to invest $18.46 billion in
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has convicted five men of involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, three of whom were acquitted in a previous trial. Tuesday’s jury verdict found that Rustam Makhmudov was the gunman who shot
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev spoke to Bloomberg News about the situation between Ukraine and Russia. He claimed a second Cold War was approaching because of poor decisions made by the Obama administration. He did not say if Russia would
The head of NASA, Charles Bolden, denied implications by Russian space program administrators that the nation could deny the United States access to the International Space Station and shut it down. No partner in the international venture is “indispensable,” Bolden
The Agence France-Presse reported Russian troops moved at least six miles away from Ukraine’s border after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to return to their bases. “The commanders in the exercise areas are now clarifying the routes and movement
