A deepening spat between Russia and Azerbaijan shows Vladimir Putin's waning influence in the South Caucasus, analysts have ...

Billionaire oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler on Tuesday lost his appeal against British sanctions imposed on him over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine at the UK's Supreme Court, a ruling lawyers said makes it ...

"Putin might use this perceived distraction as an opportunity to obtain further territory," a retired U.S. Colonel told ...

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President Vladimir Putin has asserted that Russia provided crucial support to the American colonists during their fight ...

A problem with lengthy sanctions regimes is that as trade diminishes, they tend to become less effective. As economist Albert Hirschman argued in his seminal work on trade and power, trade is both a ...

In Ukraine, relief that the flow of weapons would restart mixed with concern at the 50-day delay in imposing economic ...

Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in ...

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened Russia with secondary trade tariffs if the Kremlin does not ...

Despite a recent, more aggressive peace overture from President Trump, Vladimir Putin is doubling down on his disastrous war in Ukraine, signaling a commitment driven by “emotional obstinacy.” -The ...

A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, saying the request doesn’t meet any of the ...

China may be only too happy to replace it. U.S. (and Israeli) planners surely noted Russian support for the Assad regime evaporating in its swift end in December 2024, sacrificing a precious ...