The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Oil price jumps to nearly $114; natural gas prices reach record highs – as it happened

US and European shares push higher, while rouble drops 8% and Moscow stock exchange stays shut for third day, as Russia bombards Ukrainian cities

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2022

Former Russian president calls out French finance chief over economic war claim

Former Russian president Dimitry Medvedev has hit out at France's finance minister Bruno Le Maire after he claimed that Europe was waging economic war against Russia.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 2, 2022

Primary schoolchildren behind bars in Putin's Russia for 'waving anti-war signs'

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin shared what appeared to be a picture of three children holding a placard in the back of a police van after they were reportedly arrested at an anti-war protest

Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2022

Oil Tops $110, Equities Sink on Rising Ukraine War Fears

Crude surged past $110 a barrel Wednesday and equities sank with investors growing increasingly fearful about the Ukraine war's impact on global energy supplies and the economic recovery. Vladimir Putin's invasion of his neighbor has sent world markets into a spiral over the past week, further fraying nerves on trading…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022

Five takeaways From Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden opened his first State of the Union speech with a call for harsher punishments on the “dictator” Russian President Vladimir Putin, before pivoting to his biggest domestic priorities of combating inflation and lowering drug prices.

The Times of India · Mar 2, 2022

State of the Union: a moment of unity dissolves into partisan feuding

Democrats and Republicans come together to condemn Putin – then it’s back to politics as usual

The Guardian - US · Mar 2, 2022

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Russian President Agree on Maintaining Energy Market Stability

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held telephone talks on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sheikh Mohammed stressed the need to maintain the stability of the energy market amid the crisis in Ukraine,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022

Zelensky reacts after Russian missiles hit Holocaust memorial site: ‘What is the point of saying never again?’

Five people died and five others were injured in the attack

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

Russian Airborne Troops Land in Ukraine's Second City Kharkiv

Russian forces landed in Ukraine's second biggest city on Wednesday and triggered immediate clashes in the streets of Kharkiv, the military said, following Moscow's relentless air assault across the ex-Soviet state. The airborne operation came as US President Joe Biden branded Vladimir Putin a "dictator", warning the sanction campaign to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022

Biden Rallies Congress behind Ukraine, Says Putin Has ‘No Idea What’s Coming'

US President Joe Biden assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin, barred Russian flights from American airspace and led Democratic and Republican lawmakers in a rare display of unity on Tuesday in a State of the Union speech dominated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Let each of us if you're able to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022