Vladimir Putin
- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
The tables have turned – and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble
The alarm bells are ringing for the Russian president as he tries to hold together an exhausted war economy.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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- Russia-Ukraine war
‘The world should know what happened to her – and why’
Viktoriia left home to investigate a story in August 2023. She was never seen again. Now her parents know what happened.
- Rob Harris
Trump says Ukraine deal discussed in meeting at Pope’s funeral
A new agreement will give America preferential access to Ukraine’s critical minerals, while providing Kyiv with some assurance about continued US support.
- Tom Balmforth, Yuliia Dysa and Trevor Hunnicutt
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
Has he finally realised Putin is playing him, or is Trump just blowing in the wind?
Donald Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US president is prone to adopt the rhetoric of whoever he spoke with last.
- Michael Koziol
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
They came to bury a pope, but ended up negotiating to end a war
Fifteen minutes. No aides. No flags, no formalities – just two men locked in a contest over Ukraine’s future, in the most unlikely of arenas.
- Rob Harris
Kevin Rudd warns against showing weakness on Ukraine
In a Washington Anzac Day speech, Australia’s ambassador to the US says one of the messages from the Anzac story is that defending freedom takes human, physical and individual courage.
- Michael Koziol
Kremlin blames Ukraine after Russian general killed in car bomb explosion
Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow, authorities said.
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
Almost biblical in its timing, Francis’ funeral falls under the same shadow as his papacy
As the world teeters under the weight of war, its leaders, adversaries and allies alike will sit shoulder to shoulder in an extraordinary – and historically charged – gathering.
- Rob Harris
Trump urges Putin to ‘STOP!’ after deadly Russian attack on Kyiv
Russia struck Ukraine’s capital with an hours-long barrage of missiles and drones in the deadliest assault on the city since last July.
- Aamer Madhani and Samuel Petrequin
- Opinion
- World War II
Lest we forget history. Has the next world war already begun?
It’s 80 years since the end of WWII. If we don’t remember how it began, we are doomed to relive it.
- Dennis Glover
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