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Putin’s Russia, 20 years on
Marc Bennetts is a Moscow-based journalist and author of “I’m Going to Ruin Their Lives: Inside Putin’s War on Russia’s Opposition” (Oneworld, 2016). MOSCOW — Boris Yeltsin had a reputation for the sensational and the unpredictable, from ordering tanks to shell a rebellious Russian parliament to drunkenly hunting for pizza in...
Why Orthodox Christians are losing faith in Putin
MOSCOW — As Vladimir Putin prepared to return to the Kremlin for a third term of office in 2012, Patriarch Kirill, the powerful head of the Russian Orthodox Church, described the ex-KGB officer’s rule as a “miracle of God.” The patriarch’s comments, made during a pre-election televised meeting with Putin, were a stark illustration,...
NATO’s Stoltenberg says he’s “ready” to meet with Putin
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he is willing to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, potentially paving the way for the first high-level talks between the world’s most powerful military alliance and Moscow in several years. “If the context is right, I am, of course, also ready to meet with President Putin,” Stoltenberg told...
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[Ticker] EU winter gas supplies secured in Russia-Ukraine deal
Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz have agreed a last-minute deal on EU gas transit up till 2024, allying fears of a winter supply crunch in Europe. Saturday’s deal after Gazprom agreed to pay $2.9bn (€2.6bn) in an arbitration dispute on old contracts. “Everyone is a winner,” the European Commission said. But...
Šefčovič: Ukraine-Russia gas deal should put Nord Stream criticism in ‘perspective’
A new gas transit deal between Russia and Ukraine should assuage fears over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič said. Ukrainian and Russian officials reached a last-minute agreement on gas supply late on Friday following Thursday’s nine-hour round of talks brokered by the Commission. The two...
‘Family feud’: Trump still grumbling about witness-free impeachment trial
Publicly, President Donald Trump has deferred to a Senate Republican plan to hold an impeachment trial with as few surprises — and witnesses — as possible. But privately, Trump is still harboring a desire to create a flashy, testimony-filled trial, fueled by a belief that such an approach would vindicate him and embarrass Democrats, according to...
[Ticker] Russia and Ukraine reach deal on gas transit to Europe
On Thursday, Russia and Ukraine reached a deal to continue the transit of Russian gas through Ukrainian territory, Deutsche Welle writes. European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic announced the news, saying “after these very intensive talks I am very glad to say that we reached an agreement in principle on all key elements,”...
Trump’s impeachment day: Bruised ego, Twitter eruption, winding rally
His chief spokeswoman said he would be “working all day,” but U.S. President Donald Trump spent much of Wednesday tweeting and re-tweeting about impeachment. He holed up in the White House residence in the morning before coming down to the Oval Office, fixated on a televised House debate about his fate while working the phones for real-time...
Trump gets vindictive at rally after impeachment slap
BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — Six hundred miles away from the epicenter of his own impeachment, U.S. President Donald Trump took the stage at a rally here on Wednesday night and offered one of his longest, most frenetic appearances to date. During an appearance stretching over two hours, Trump mocked the Democrats vying to replace him, while also...
Europe will become a pawn of the major powers | Delovaya Stolitsa – Ukraine
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