Category: Putin

Ukraine Launches ‘Russian War Tribunal’ Telegram Bot to Collect War Crime Evidence

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has launched a service on Telegram to collect evidence of potential war crimes committed by the Russian Federation, as the International Criminal Court prepares to investigate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Russia will definitely answer for the attack on Ukraine! For every day brings new evidence for the Hague Tribunal. Our task…


Seizing The Property Of Russian Oligarchs: Guilt By Association?

Commentary The Western world is united in its response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Western countries, including the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom, have imposed a bevy of sanctions expected to hurt the Russian economy. One such sanction that lately received a great deal of media coverage is the seizure…


US Officials Jeopardized US National Security by Helping to Destabilize Ukraine, Damage Relations With Russia | Truth Over News

There are many possible reasons being put forth as to why Vladimir Putin chose to go to war with Ukraine. They range from the threat of further NATO expansion—which many strategic thinkers and statesmen have been warning about for the past 25 years—to Putin slipping into irrationality, as the White House is now suggesting, or…


China Shares ‘Common Goal’ With Russia to Undermine US; Cannot Be Trusted to Mediate End to Ukraine Crisis: Lawmakers

The Chinese Communist Party is an ally of Russia and cannot be trusted to help resolve the Ukraine crisis, U.S. lawmakers told The Epoch Times. Their warning comes amid rising calls from Ukraine and others urging Beijing to use its influence with Moscow to mediate an end to the conflict. Where China stands in relation…


China Shares ‘Common Goal’ With Russia to Undermine US, Can’t Be Trusted to Mediate End to Ukraine Crisis: Lawmakers

The Chinese Communist Party is an ally of Russia and can’t be trusted to help resolve the Ukraine crisis, U.S. lawmakers told The Epoch Times. The warning comes amid growing calls from Ukraine and elsewhere to urge the regime in Beijing to use its influence with Moscow to mediate an end to the conflict. China’s…


‘Approve Our Permits’: US Oil Industry Responds After Biden Cuts Imports From Russia

On Tuesday, while President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil and gas imports, regular gasoline at one BP on Chicago’s South Side was nearly $5.00 a gallon. “$25 is only giving you half a tank,” said Dacia, who was buying a few dollars of fuel. “I probably have to go to Indiana to…


Russia Again Offers Humanitarian Corridors Leading to Russia, Belarus: Report

Moscow has again proposed to set up humanitarian corridors out of key Ukrainian cities that would lead mostly to Russia and Belarus starting from 9 a.m. local time, Russian news agencies reported. According to Interfax news agency, civilians departing the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, Chernigov, and Kharkiv would travel to Russia, some via Belarus. The…


Australia Rolls Out New Sanctions Targeting Russian ‘Disinformation’

The Australian government is topping up existing sanctions against Moscow with a new round of measures to combat an alleged Russian disinformation campaign. The sanctions were announced on March 8, in a statement by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT). This follows the previous tranche of sanctions already declared on Feb 28. The new…


Russia Warns Sovereign Bond Holders That Payments Depend on Sanctions

LONDON—Russia said on Sunday that sovereign bond payments will depend on sanctions imposed by the West over the invasion of Ukraine, raising the specter of its first major default on foreign bonds since the years following the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. Russia’s finance ministry said it would service and pay sovereign debts in full and on…


Global News Media on Defensive After Putin Signs ‘Fake News’ Law

LONDON/LOS ANGELES—Global news media said they were suspending reporting in Russia to protect their journalists after a new law that threatened jail terms of up to 15 years for spreading “fake news.” Britain’s BBC said Friday it had temporarily halted reporting in Russia, and by the end of the day, the Canadian Broadcasting Company and…