Tag: vladimir putin
SCO summit: Xi Jinping calls for efforts to ‘safeguard peace’, ‘oppose protectionism’
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for efforts to safeguard “regional peace” and said Beijing would “oppose protectionism” as he addressed a virtual…
Russia: Cracking down on dissent, Russia seeds a surveillance supply chain
As the war in Ukraine unfolded last year, Russia‘s best digital spies turned to new tools to fight an enemy on another front: those inside…
Putin Body Double: Jovial Putin taking selfies with fans after averting Wagner coup sparks body double rumors again | World News
NEW DELHI: Russian president Vladimir Putin‘s latest excursion after the failed coup attempt by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner mercenaries has once again sparked rumours…
Biden: Joe Biden’s verbal slip: Putin is ‘clearly losing the war in Iraq’
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden slipped up twice in the last 24 hours by confusing the US war in Iraq with the Russian invasion of Ukraine….
Putin seeks to project strong image as military questions linger
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin continued efforts to reassert his authority and project a sense of business as usual after the mutiny by Wagner mercenaries that…
Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord
WARSAW: Civil war. An evil that must be stopped. Fratricide. A bug about to be squashed.The dramatic weekend rebellion by a mercenary warlord in Russia…
Putin claims he’s back in control. Russia’s elite isn’t so sure
MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin tried this week to show he was firmly in control after the dramatic attempted mutiny by mercenary commander Yevgeny Prigozhin.But among the…
Putin: Putin steps up efforts to undercut Wagner leader after rebellion
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin sought to cast the Wagner leader who rose against him as corrupt, even as he said the Kremlin was financing the…
Prigozhin to be investigated after being paid $2 billion in a year: Putin
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the finances of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin‘s catering firm would be investigated after his mutiny, saying…
Failed Wagner revolt leaves a question in Africa: Will the ruthless mercenaries remain?
BIRAO: The Russian mercenary group that briefly threatened President Vladimir Putin’s authority has for years been a ruthless force-for-hire across Africa, protecting rulers at the…