(NewsNation) — U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial, authorities said Thursday. “It was disappointing, but not unexpected. Evan had been held for almost 15 months in pretrial detention, so the natural next step was then to move … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted June 14, 2024 7:09 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow and renounced plans to join … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his meeting with scientists while visiting the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research on June 13, 2024 in Dubna, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday set out the requirements for Moscow to start peace talks with Ukraine, more than two years … Read more
A Russian navy frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine churned into Havana harbor on Wednesday, a stopover the U.S. and Cuba said posed no threat but which was widely seen as a Russian show of force as tensions rise over the Ukraine war. Curious onlookers, fishermen and police lined the Malecon seafront boulevard under gray skies … Read more
Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin has a problem. He’s an ardent defender of diversity, you see, but he runs a state that’s bound to totalitarian California emissions standards — including the upcoming internal combustion vehicle ban. Youngkin is trapped enforcing a mandate that reduces the diversity of cars on the road, removing the entire class of … Read more
Nobel laureate and Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk is urging the international community to create a special tribunal to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin, who she calls the “biggest child kidnapper in the world.” “This illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia is part of a genocidal policy,” said Matviichuk in an interview with … Read more
“The United States is standing strong with Ukraine. We will not, I say it again, walk away,” he added. Paris: US President Joe Biden on Saturday pledged Washington’s support for Kyiv in its battle against the Russian invasion, warning that Vladimir Putin would “not stop” at Ukraine. “Putin is not going to stop at Ukraine,” … Read more
Analysis Volodymyr Zelensky has spent the last two years not just leading his country in a war against Russia, but also travelling around the world begging for help. In the kindest of diplomatic terms. D-Day proved to be fertile ground for the Ukrainian President’s campaign to sharpen the minds of Western leaders who may have … Read more
President Vladimir Putin said Friday that he sees no current threat to Russia’s sovereignty that would warrant the use of nuclear weapons but again warned Moscow could send weapons to states or others to strike Western targets. Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said use of nuclear weapons is only possible in … Read more
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gestures as he delivers a speech during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg on June 7, 2024. Anton Vaganov | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that nearly 40% of the country’s trade turnover is now in rubles as the share conducted … Read more
