The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

After years of isolation, Xi’s China looks to dominate world stage

President expected to visit Iran and to meet Vladimir Putin soon as he aims to build ties abroad

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023

Vladimir Putin, Better Than Any Psychotherapist

From the prominent Russian band Leningrad; the video has over 750K views, though it was just posted Wednesday. The band members, as I've mentioned before, aren't themselves particularly pro-Ukraine (see here and here)—they are more cynical and realist than ideological, it seems to me (see this song, which I blogged…

Reason · Mar 13, 2023

Putin opponents and Russian liberals celebrate Navalny’s Oscar success

Director dedicates award to all political prisoners after film about Russian opposition leader wins best feature documentary

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023

Putin’s private Wagner army ‘recruiting soldiers in Russian schools’

Recruiters for Vladimir Putin’s private army are giving "career talks" in Russian schools in a bid to sign up young soldiers to fight in Ukraine, UK intelligence chiefs believe.

Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2023

Alexey Navalny film on fighting the Kremlin wins Oscar

Navalny, 46, fell ill in Siberia in 2020 and was flown to Germany, which said it found evidence he had been poisoned.

Al Jazeera · Mar 13, 2023

Growing foothold: how Russia donates fertiliser to deepen African alliances

Malawi is at the centre of a diplomatic tussle for influence, but as a food crisis looms, farmers are happy to accept desperately needed shipments

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023

Long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms over international order

‘Tell me, how does this end?’ asked US general David Petraeus during first push to Baghdad in 2003

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Xi to visit Russia as early as next week; Moscow says it could agree to shorter Black Sea grain deal – as it happened

China’s president planning to visit Moscow soon and also speak to Zelenskiy; hopes for possible grain deal extension but Russia wants 60-day limit

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2023

‘Navalny’ wins the Oscar, and director Daniel Roher blasts Putin and the war in Ukraine

LOS ANGELES — Daniel Roher just knocked Russian President Vladimir Putin off his high horse, dedicating his Oscar to political prisoners around the world.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 13, 2023

‘Stay strong my love’: Alexei Navalny’s wife delivers heartfelt message to Russian opposition leader at Oscars

‘Alexei, I am dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free’

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023