Putin's Russia
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Putin’s chilling nuclear threat has one strategic target
Vladimir Putin’s nuclear sabre-rattling is spooking many in the West, but its main purpose may be to shape the approach of the incoming US president.
- by Mick Ryan
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Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
As we mark 1000 days of Putin’s war, Ukrainians know how to force him into peace
Russia must not be rewarded for its aggression against Ukraine or the safety and prosperity of other nations will not be secure.
- by Vasyl Myroshnychenko
Opinion
International affairs
The age of the carnivores is upon us: China, Russia and their war machine
The world is made up of herbivores and carnivores, Emmanuel Macron says. The meat-eaters are circling for a carnivores’ picnic of territorial conquest.
- by Peter Hartcher
Analysis
US Votes 2024
The alarm over Elon Musk and national security has yet to sink in
The prospect of Musk doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin – or any authoritarian leader – would be malign influence at a whole other level.
- by Chris Zappone
$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000: Russia fines Google more than world’s GDP
The judge described the legal battle as “a case in which there are many, many zeros”.
- by Matthew Field
Is the ‘Trump whisperer’ Ukraine’s last hope in defeating Putin?
New NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte is known as master of compromise, especially when negotiations are at breaking point.
- by Rob Harris
Rudd urges Beijing to press North Korea to ‘cease and desist’ over Ukraine
North Korean forces entering Russia’s war with Ukraine could have implications for areas outside Europe, warns former PM Kevin Rudd.
- by Rob Harris
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Russia-Ukraine war
Australian councillor says he was forced to fly back to Russia to speak freely
Adrian McRae, a member of West Australia’s Port Hedland Council, has been told by the WA premier to “resign, stop it, you’re an embarrassment.”
- by Rob Harris
Unable to travel abroad, ‘pariah’ Putin has Xi, Modi come to him
The Russian president received the visitors at the historic Kazan Kremlin. He’s hosting a BRICS summit attended by 30 countries.
- by Valerie Hopkins and David Pierson
Opinion
IMF
The Trump shadow hovers as the global economy breaks apart
In the US and Russia this week, two meetings are being held at a critical moment for the global economy. In the background is Donald Trump.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘Small dogs on a leash’: Putin takes aim at Australia’s NATO links
Vladimir Putin has lashed Australia in a speech that praised China and castigated the West in another sign of deepening ties between Russia and China.
- by Rob Harris
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