A Question Swirling Around Putin’s Big Conference: Could the War End?

At the St. Petersburg economic forum, business and political elites said Russia faced a choice of halting the conflict or sacrificing more. Vladimir Putin seemed to signal more war.
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Putin Tells His Annual News Conference that the Kremlin's Military Goals Will Be Achieved in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine, voicing confidence that the Kremlin's military goals would be achieved. Speaking at his highly orchestrated year-end news conference,
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Putin’s press conference showed he is committed to depravity

Vladimir Putin’s recent end-of-the-year press conference was mostly a self-congratulatory snooze, but there were several moments that revealed the depths of depravity and unreality to which the Russian dictator has sunk. For starters, Putin’s minions ...

Zelensky offers direct peace talks with Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered direct peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an open letter published on Thursday, after US-led efforts to mediate an end to the war

Think about it: Putin listed the points that Armenia will lose from leaving the EAEU

EADaily, . At this moment, Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding a press conference in Astana following his visit to Kazakhstan. In his speech, in the first minutes he touched upon the situation with Armenia's withdrawal from the EAEU and its future prospects.

Short on growth ideas, Putin hosts fifth wartime 'Russian Davos'

By Gleb Bryanski and Darya Korsunskaya ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 1 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his fifth wartime economic conference in St. Petersburg, with his government struggling for a growth strategy as Ukrainian drone attacks hit the economy and businesses see no end to the war.

'Are you listening to me?' Vladimir Putin loses it in public during shocking press conference meltdown

Vladimir Putin confronted journalists during a press conference in Russia on Sunday after being questioned about a drone that reportedly struck an apartment block in neighbouring Romania, snapping, 'Are you listening to me or not?
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Putin hails ‘unprecedentedly high’ relations with China as Gazprom says it signed new gas deal

Putin and Xi Jinping spent hours together on Tuesday, meeting with Mongolia’s president, sitting down for their own formal talks, and sipping tea at the Chinese leader’s official residence – in the latest show of solidarity between the two strongmen seeking to present a new world order.

Why Zelensky's letter wasn't about Putin as Kremlin rejects meeting

President Volodymyr Zelensky's letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin was never meant only for the man whose name was written at the top. According to a senior Ukrainian official familiar with