The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

January WTI crude oil (CLF25 ) today is up +0.73 (+1.06%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25 ) is up +0.0172 (+0.89%). Crude oil and gasoline prices today are moderately higher. Today's decline in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 2-1/2 week low is bullish for energy prices. Also, expectations...

Elizaveta Krivonogikh is reported to have studied at an art management school in the French capital

Andrey Belousov lands in Pyongyang after Ukrainian defence minister meets South Korean president in Seoul

MI6 chief warns of Russia's dangerous sabotage campaign against Ukraine's allies, urging unified response to prevent escalation.

The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service says Russia is conducing a “staggeringly reckless” sabotage campaign against Ukraine's allies that risks dangerously escalating the conflict

Officials rage at the West for allowing Ukraine to attack deep within Russia as fears simmer on the streets.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson has said responsibility for keeping any deal intact should fall to a group of European peace-keeping forces

Richard Moore said that were Vladimir Putin to succeed in reducing Ukraine to a vassal state, he would not stop there

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