Category: Vladimir Putin

EU Plans to Cap Russian Gas Price as Putin Warns West of Winter Freeze

BRUSSELS/VLADIVOSTOK Russia—The European Union proposed a price cap on Russian gas on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin threatened to cut off all energy supplies if it took such a step, raising the risk of rationing in some of the world’s richest countries this winter. The escalating standoff could drive up sky-high European gas prices further,…


Xi and Putin to Meet Next Week for First Time Since Ukraine War, Russian Envoy Says

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet next week in Uzbekistan, according to a Russian official. It will mark the first time the two leaders have spoken in person since the Ukraine war began in February. Xi and Putin will meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, which will…


Putin Attends Russia’s Joint Military Drills

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday attended sweeping war games in his country’s far east involving troops from China and other nations, in a show of military muscle amid the tensions with the West over Moscow’s action in Ukraine. The weeklong exercise that began Thursday is intended to showcase growing defense ties between Russia and…


Putin Attends Joint Military Drills With China, Others

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday attended war games in his country’s far east involving troops from China and other nations, in a show of military muscle amid the tensions with the West over Moscow’s action in Ukraine. The weeklong exercise that began Thursday is intended to showcase growing defense ties between Russia and China…


Putin Approves New Foreign Policy Doctrine Based on ‘Russian World’

LONDON—President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the concept of a “Russian World,” a notion that conservative ideologues have used to justify intervention abroad in support of Russian-speakers. The 31-page “humanitarian policy,” published more than six months into the war in Ukraine, says Russia should “protect, safeguard, and advance…


The Tyranny of Utopia

“They’re not calling you racist because they care about eliminating racism,” Konstantin Kisin says. “They’re calling you racist because it works. … It’s a tool to shut people up.” In a recent episode of EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek discusses multiculturalism, self-censorship, and the undermining of Western culture, with Konstantin Kisin, author of…


Putin Pays Tribute to Gorbachev but Won’t Attend His Funeral

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin privately laid flowers at former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s coffin on Thursday. He won’t attend the weekend’s public funeral. Just before departing for a working trip to Russia’s western-most Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Putin visited a Moscow hospital where Gorbachev’s body was being kept before Saturday’s funeral. Russian state television showed…


Putin Orders Russian Military to Beef Up Forces by 137,000

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by 137,000 to a total of 1.15 million amid Moscow’s military action in Ukraine. Putin’s decree, which takes effect on Jan. 1, didn’t specify whether the military will beef up its ranks by drafting a bigger number of conscripts,…


UK, Ukraine Launch Talks on Digital Trade Deal to Help Rebuild War-Torn Economy

The UK and Ukraine have kicked off talks on a new digital trade agreement, which is intended to help Ukraine rebuild its economy following the Russian invasion. The digital trade agreement will aim to support Ukrainian businesses by cutting red tape and helping them to trade with the UK more efficiently through technology such as…


Xi, Putin to Attend November G-20 Summit in Bali: Indonesian President’s Adviser

Chinese and Russian leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will attend November’s Group of Twenty (G-20) summit on the resort island of Bali, a longtime adviser to the Indonesian president said on Friday. Andi Widjajanto, former cabinet secretary and unofficial adviser to President Joko Widodo, who is known as Jokowi, told Reuters the two leaders…