Putin's Russia
North Korea raises capsized warship damaged in botched launch
It wasn’t immediately clear what condition the ship is in from lying in the water for several days after the launch failure, which Kim Jong-un labelled “a criminal act”.
- Kim Tong-hyung
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Trump flags Russian retaliation, plays down peace talks after Putin call
The US president foreshadowed a Kremlin response to the weekend’s massive Ukrainian drone attacks on air bases that destroyed billions of dollars worth of equipment.
- Michael Koziol
Putin has laid out his demands. They reveal a mountainous wedge between Moscow and Kyiv
US and Turkey-brokered peace talks, which began without an exchange of handshakes or pleasantries, appeared to bring the sides no closer to a truce.
- Joe Barnes
Putin gave him ice-cream. Xi says they’re best friends. But this bromance has limits
The leaders of Russia and China have cultivated an image of affection that has alarmed Donald Trump, but not all is as it seems, analysts say.
- Lisa Visentin
Ukrainian drones destroyed Putin’s bombers. A secret operation made it possible
For people living in Russia’s remote regions, a once-distant war arrived suddenly and explosively on their doorsteps on Sunday.
- Adrian Blomfield
- Analysis
- China relations
Giant dolls, an empty theme park and semi-trailers: The tourist trap that’s now a lifeline for Russia
We arrive in Manzhouli a day before Xi Jinping is to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It’s a ghost town, where bored attendants man empty rides. But a dusty carpark nearby tells the real story.
- Lisa Visentin
- Opinion
- World politics
MAGA v the monarch: Is King Charles blowing royal raspberries at Trump?
There is a majestic irony to the fact an unelected British king has become a counterweight to American despotism.
- Nick Bryant
Trump says Putin ‘playing with fire’, prompting ‘WWIII’ warning from Moscow
Trump lashed out at the Russian president as Moscow has hit Ukraine with some of the war’s deadliest drone and missile attacks while not moving forward on ceasefire efforts.
- Steve Holland, Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa
‘Putin has been jerking us around’: Republicans pile pressure on Trump over Russia
The US president’s legacy is on the line, some in his party say, as he wrestles with how to respond to Vladimir Putin’s latest assault on Ukraine.
- Michael Koziol
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
A new Stalin sculpture was just unveiled in Moscow. And we’re asking if Putin wants peace?
As missiles rain down on Ukraine and Donald Trump scratches his head over it all, a new public artwork shows the Russian president is done whispering his nostalgia for “empire”.
- Rob Harris
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