The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia in aggressive display of military power as tensions ramp up with Ukraine

It comes as US officials claim they have evidence of a Russian plan to make a “very graphic” fake video of a Ukrainian attack as a "pretext" for an invasion, something Vladimir Putin denies

Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022

Olympics-Beijing Games burst into life under shadow of COVID and conflict

Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday that not only bear the mark of the global coronavirus pandemic but are also mixing sport and global politics as few others have since the era of the Cold War.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

Putin’s security men: the elite group who ‘fuel his anxieties’

Russia’s growing isolation has strengthened the ‘siloviki’ who surround the president

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2022

Russia and China Hail ‘No Limits’ Partnership to Stand Up to US

China and Russia proclaimed a deep strategic partnership on Friday to balance what they portrayed as the malign global influence of the United States as China's President Xi Jinping hosted Russia's Vladimir Putin on the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In a joint statement, the two countries affirmed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022

Beijing 2022: Winter Olympics opening ceremony – as it happened

Xi Jinping declared the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games officially open after a parade of 91 competing nations and a typically breathtaking show

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2022

France's Macron to Meet Putin in Moscow Next Week, Will Travel to Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Feb. 7 and the leader of Ukraine on Feb.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 4, 2022

Martin Schram: Re-purposing Putin’s off-ramp

Wars and military escalations breed clichés that are exclusive, yet elusive.

Tribune News Service · Feb 4, 2022

Trudy Rubin: Kyiv citizens say they are 'calm' and 'prepared' for Putin

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's Memory Wall of the Fallen Defenders stretches down a city block. It is covered with rows of portraits of the 15,000 young volunteers and bearded veterans who died fighting the Russians over the past eight years.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 4, 2022

Editorial: Hawley posts a fist-pump to ignorance with his position on Ukraine

Something serious appears to have prompted Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., to label a fellow Republican, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a “con artist” and “one of the worst human beings.” Perhaps it was Hawley’s public questioning of the need to defend Ukraine from a Russian invasion. Maybe it was when Hawley…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 4, 2022

Commentary: Why Israel should stay out of the Ukraine conflict

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday. According to the State Department’s readout of the conversation, they discussed “shared challenges, in the face of potential Russian aggression against Ukraine.”

Tribune News Service · Feb 4, 2022