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Putin's Russia

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Vladimir Putin saw Europe’s dependence on Russia energy as its vulnerability and as leverage to prevent it from coming to Ukraine’s aid. His gamble has backfired.

Putin stole their businesses, but now they want them back

Vladimir Putin has done something that at first glance seems wholly out of character.

  • Melissa Lawford

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speak to the media in Paris, France.

Russia wants crippling sanctions ditched for Ukraine ceasefire. Europe has other ideas

Speaking in Paris at the so-called Coalition of the Willing summit, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of “playing games and playing for time”.

  • Rob Harris
The Kremlin’s focus on the Arctic comes as melting ice, triggered by global warming, prompts fresh tensions with the US and Beijing over control of new shipping routes, fishing rights and military outposts.

Ice king: Why Vladimir Putin wants to conquer the Arctic

Vladimir Putin is desperate to exploit the Arctic to help provide a lifeline to Russia’s flagging economy. It won’t be easy.

  • Matt Oliver
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was cautiously optimistic following talks in Moscow this week.

Trump asks Putin to hold fire as Ukraine urges US to step up pressure on Moscow

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was “cautiously optimistic” as Donald Trump’s special envoy returned to the US from talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

  • Michael Koziol
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Trump’s Putin charade insults our intelligence

Donald Trump is snatching Western defeat from the jaws of victory in Ukraine. He is extending a lifeline to a struggling war criminal running out of ways to fund his mischief.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following their talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin suggests US ceasefire plan for Ukraine needs serious reworking

The Russian leader says he agrees in principle with America’s proposal for a 30-day truce, but that “there are issues” that need to be discussed.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin on Thursday.

Red flag for Trump as Putin uses classic Russian negotiating tactic

The Russian president’s response to the Ukraine ceasefire proposal should put the US president on notice - or he risks repeating mistakes of the past.

  • Roland Oliphant
Anthony Albanese spoke with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the weekend.

UK welcomes Albanese’s willingness to commit peacekeeping troops

Australia’s top military representative in Europe is preparing to head to Paris for high-powered talks on the future of Ukraine.

  • Matthew Knott
US president Donald Trump welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House before the Oval Office bust-up.

Trump’s Russia-Ukraine approach brings uncertainty to all nations

An end to the war on the terms proposed by Donald Trump’s administration would give Vladimir Putin a victory and change the calculus in conflicts around the world.

  • The Age's View
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday.

America the evil mastermind? Not so fast, Russians are told

As Donald Trump turns US foreign policy on its head, another dizzying swing is taking place in Russia: the US, the new message goes, is not that bad after all.

  • Anton Troianovski

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