Russia halts Syria talks, says West supporting rebels
Negotiations to bring an end to the conflict in Syria are on hold because Russia blames the West for not doing enough to stop rebel fighters, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told local media...
View ArticleRussia orders daily pause in Eastern Ghouta fighting
Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a daily pause in the fighting in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta enclave, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The “humanitarian pause” will start Tuesday and run from 9...
View ArticleRussian troops to pull back from Ukrainian border
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday that his country will begin pulling troops back from its border with Ukraine, Bloomberg reported. The withdrawal is set to begin on Friday and will...
View ArticleRussia claims US mercenaries plan chemical attack in Ukraine
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed Tuesday that U.S. mercenaries were preparing Ukrainian special forces and radical armed groups for “active hostilities” in eastern Ukraine, and had...
View ArticleEU to sanction Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu: Document
The European Union is poised to impose sanctions on Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as part of its response to Moscow’s deployment of troops in eastern Ukraine, according to a draft document...
View ArticlePutin puts Russian nuclear forces on high alert
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear forces on high alert Sunday, reminding the world he has the power to use weapons of mass destruction, after complaining about the West’s response...
View ArticleRussia says it plans ‘full control’ of Donbas and southern Ukraine
Russia is seeking “full control” over the Donbas region and southern Ukraine as part of “the second phase” of its invasion, according to a senior Russian military official. Rustam Minnekayev, the...
View ArticleRussian fighter fires missile near UK plane over Black Sea
LONDON — A Russian fighter jet last month “released a missile” near a U.K. aircraft over the Black Sea, which Moscow blamed on a “technical malfunction,” the U.K. defense secretary said Thursday....
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Russia’s breaking point: Putin pushes restive regions to the brink
“Why are you taking our children? Who attacked who? Isn’t it Russia that attacked Ukraine?” The questions hurled at the police by a clamorous group of indignant women outside a theater in Dagestan’s...
View ArticleDirty talk: Putin, without evidence, ramps up Ukraine attack claims
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Ukraine plans to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory to frame Russia for the attack — the latest in a recent series of Kremlin claims, made...
View ArticleUkraine worries Russia has turned Kherson into a ‘city of death’
Unlike previous Russian retreats that turned into panicked flight under Ukrainian fire, the ongoing withdrawal from the region of Kherson is a much more orderly affair. Russian forces are falling back...
View ArticleUkrainians fear Russian forces will now raze Kherson city
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Russia’s retreat from Kherson city is being celebrated cautiously — as it should be. The withdrawal from the only provincial capital the Russian...
View ArticleWagner’s feud with Russian army escalates amid reports of not-so-friendly fire
The feud between the mercenaries of the Kremlin-connected Wagner Group and the ordinary Russian army appears to be escalating, amid reports of exchanges of friendly fire. Russian soldiers shot at...
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We have reached the point of maximum Russian danger
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” History unfolds in bursts — there are...
View ArticleRussia’s put the genie back in the bottle — or has it?
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Nothing to see here — now move along, please. A little over a week after the 36-hour insurrection of Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group...
View ArticleRussian general says he was fired after criticizing military leadership,...
A Russian general accused senior military leadership of acting “treasonously” and claimed he was fired for reporting the difficult frontline conditions faced by Moscow’s forces in Ukraine, amid rising...
View ArticlePutin says ‘Wagner does not exist’ after meeting Prigozhin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his own account of a June 29 meeting with Wagner mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin and his men in the Kremlin after the paramilitary group’s aborted mutiny,...
View ArticleCIA chief: Russia’s elite are questioning Putin’s judgment
ASPEN, Colo. — Russia’s elite are showing increasing anxiety about President Vladimir Putin’s judgment, especially following a brief mutiny that appeared to catch the Kremlin off guard last month, CIA...
View ArticleRussian defense chief will visit North Korea this week to ‘strengthen’...
A military delegation from Russia is set to visit North Korea this week. Led by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the delegation will visit North Korea from July 25 to 27, ahead of state...
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It’s wishful to think Putin’s system is falling apart
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. There was understandable glee in Kyiv when news broke that the Kremlin was turning on the self-styled Club of Angry Patriots — the ultranationalists...
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