West shouldn’t fall for Putin’s Ukraine bluff
Vladimir Putin seeks to weaken Europe and force Joe Biden to act as an equal. But ultimately his soldiers are more useful to him just looking tough rather than losing their lives in a winter war.
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Taxi for Vladimir after fall of USSR
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet Union spelt the end of ‘historical Russia’.
‘Not a question of if, but when, Russia will invade Ukraine’
Fighting force of almost a million troops on alert because of the constant threat of a Putin-ordered invasion.
The US won’t fight to save Taiwan or Ukraine
America is a superpower no more. Where dictators once quailed at the prospect of a firm US response to their territorial forays, now they mock the declining, ageing ex-imperial power.
Tough stand needed on Ukraine
The test Mr Biden’s leadership faces in deterring the Russian ruler’s aggression could not be more important to the entire free world.
Biden rules out war with Russia over Ukraine
The US President stresses economic sanctions like ‘none that has been seen’ should Russia encroach further on the former Soviet bloc nation.
‘Massacre’ fears as Russia deploys tanks
The world is waiting to see whether Russia will invade the Ukraine after deploying tanks, snipers and bombs.
Biden warns Putin against any invasion of Ukraine
The US president has told his Russian counterpart that any military escalation would be meet with strong measures.
Could what’s happening on the Russia-Ukraine border lead to war?
Alarm bells have been ringing across Europe and the fear is that Russian President Vladimir Putin is contemplating a rerun of 2014. What does Russia want and what can we expect?
Russian ties with India ruffle US feathers
Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded India as ‘a great power’ in New Delhi on Monday night.
Putin ‘prepared to invade Ukraine in the new year’
As satellite images show Russian troops massing on border, US intelligence warns of potential early 2022 invasion.
Ukraine to headline list of issues in leaders’ talks
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will have to negotiate a history of mutual suspicion when they meet virtually on Wednesday.
Biden, Putin set time for summit
Washington and Kiev say Moscow has massed an estimated 175,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders.
Putin buildup near Ukraine raises invasion concerns
The US says Russian President Vladimir Putin is amassing troops expected to total 175,000 near the border with Ukraine.
Russia warns NATO to back off or face a ‘nightmare’
Vladimir Putin has warned that he will aim Russia’s new hypersonic weapons on western countries if NATO moves to support Ukraine.
Putin’s ambitions not to be underestimated
Vladimir Putin is testing how far he can go in the Ukraine before the US pushes back. The moment is more dangerous than we realise.
‘Putin plans Ukraine invasion’
The Russian President says he wants ‘concrete agreements’ from NATO that it would not expand eastwards.
Aussie law to hit Chinese officials
Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses and Vladimir Putin’s cronies will soon face Australian sanctions.
Autocracies are not democracies
China and Russia are very uncomfortable about the gathering of 110 nations to which they were not invited.
For Putin, the great prize is Ukraine
The Russian leader takes pride in having restored his country’s prominence after the Cold War, but he won’t rest until Kiev again becomes Moscow’s satellite.
Putin manipulates migrant crisis
Pressure on the Polish-Belarusian border draws troops to the area.
Putin ‘blameless’ for border crisis
Vladimir Putin has denied claims Moscow is helping to orchestrate a crisis that has left thousands of migrants trapped on the Belarus-Poland border.
Freezing migrants are just pawns in Putin’s cold war
The ‘weird and sick’ tactic used by Belarus’s president is widely seen as part of his Russian protector’s campaign to destabilise the EU.
Kremlin to close rights group
It’s the latest legal effort to silence independent voices critical of President Vladimir Putin.
Bombers sent by Putin to Belarus
Poland expands troop presence to prevent illegal crossings of bloc’s eastern border.
‘Putin using migrants as human shields’
The accusation came as thousands of desperate migrants were trapped in freezing weather on the Belarus-Poland border.
Putin withdraws from climate conference
The Russian president’s absence from COP26 will make it difficult for world leaders to agree to any breakthrough initiative.
FBI closes in on Russian oligarch
FBI agents have raided luxury properties linked to a Russian oligarch who is a close ally of Vladimir Putin.
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Does this now mean that all reports or papers published by JCU academics (peer reviewed or otherwise) must be accepted as Gospel?
Young voters tell Putin it’s time to go
Once some of Vladimir Putin’s most enthusiastic supporters, young Russians’ are now turning on the out-of-touch president in large numbers.
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