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Putin and Migrants Ring Out 2023
30Dec By adminNo Comments
Health

Putin and Migrants Ring Out 2023

The last week of the year of world disorder known as 2023 offered a clear reminder of the challenge facing President Biden and Congress when they return to work in January. To wit, the problems at the southern border and Ukraine aren’t about to vanish.Russia resumed its bombing of Ukrainian cities with a vengeance on Friday. The drone and missile barrage was the worst in months with Kyiv counting a total of 158 fired at a range of targets across the country. As usual with Russia, civilians weren’t spared. At least 30 people were killed and 160 wounded, according to the Ukrainian government. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Jailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Says He’s Fine After Weeks Missing
26Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Jailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Says He’s Fine After Weeks Missing

Updated Dec. 26, 2023 4:06 pm ETJailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny resurfaced on social media Tuesday, telling his supporters not to worry about him a day after his associates confirmed he has been traced to a remote penal colony in Russia’s Far North.“I am fine,” Navalny said in his first comments since his disappearance almost three weeks ago, posted via his allies on the social-media platform X. “Thanks again to everyone for your support.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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How the American Right Came to Love Putin
17Dec By adminNo Comments
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How the American Right Came to Love Putin

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s requests for more aid from the United States got a frosty reception from many Republicans on the Hill this week. It’s the most recent expression of the American far right’s affinity for Vladimir Putin’s project in Russia and, more recently, for Viktor Orbán’s consolidation of power in Hungary. The New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz joins the Washington Roundtable to discuss his reporting on CPAC Hungary, where far-right political figures gathered in Budapest last year, and on why American conservatives are gravitating toward figures like Putin and Orbán. “You don’t have to be a red-string-on-a-corkboard conspira...
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Putin Vows to Push On With Ukraine War
14Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Putin Vows to Push On With Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to press on with his war on Ukraine during an end-of-year audience in which he said his country’s goals in the conflict hadn’t changed and that peace wouldn’t come until they are achieved.For the first time since launching his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin fielded questions from the international media and ordinary Russians on Thursday, trumpeting the country’s economic resilience amid stringent Western sanctions and U.S. infighting over tens of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Will America Betray Ukraine? – WSJ
14Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Will America Betray Ukraine? – WSJ

Washington is ready to close up shop for the holidays, and so far there’s no deal for more weapons for Israel and Ukraine with changes to border security. The question to start asking is whether the U.S. is really going to let partisan divisions turn into a betrayal of Ukraine.Hard to believe, but perhaps it is. President Biden warned Tuesday that America is “at a real inflection point in history” that could “determine the future” of Europe. He is right on that point. Without more U.S. weapons, Ukraine will lose to Vladimir Putin. One result would be an unstable Europe. The blow to U.S. power and influence would be on the order of Saigon in 1975.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Missing From Prison
12Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Missing From Prison

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading opposition figure, is missing from the penal colony where he has been imprisoned and his whereabouts are unknown, his spokeswoman and other allies said, prompting concern in Washington about his condition. Navalny, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, hasn’t been heard from for nearly a week, his team said on X. In recent weeks he had become ill and was put on an IV by prison staff. The team said that when his lawyers asked on Monday about his whereabouts in two penal colonies in the Vladimir region, east of Moscow, where he had been recently held, they were told he wasn’t at either one.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Putin Confirms Re-Election Bid, a First Step in Likely Stroll to Victory
8Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Putin Confirms Re-Election Bid, a First Step in Likely Stroll to Victory

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed he would run for re-election next year, a widely expected move that could keep him in power until at least 2030.Putin announced his bid on Friday following a ceremony for military personnel and other guests. In a video clip posted on the Kremlin’s Telegram messenger channel, a guest asked Putin to run for re-election and the Russian leader agreed. “I will run for office,” he is heard saying.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Putin Prepares to Extend His Rule as Presidential Election Date Set
7Dec By adminNo Comments
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Putin Prepares to Extend His Rule as Presidential Election Date Set

Russia scheduled March 17 for its next presidential vote, setting the stage for President Vladimir Putin to announce his widely anticipated run at a fifth term in office that could keep him in power until at least 2030.Kremlin watchers say it is a foregone conclusion that the Russian leader, who has been either president or prime minister since 1999, will extend his stay in office. Even before he launched his war in Ukraine he had begun laying the groundwork to ensure he sweeps to victory with virtually no opposition.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Actors Recorded Videos for ‘Vladimir.’ It Turned Into Russian Propaganda.
7Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Actors Recorded Videos for ‘Vladimir.’ It Turned Into Russian Propaganda.

Internet propagandists aligned with Russia have duped at least seven Western celebrities, including Elijah Wood and Priscilla Presley, into recording short videos to support its online information war against Ukraine, according to new security research by Microsoft.The celebrities look like they were asked to offer words of encouragement—apparently via the Cameo app—to someone named “Vladimir” who appears to be struggling with substance abuse, Microsoft said. Instead, these messages were edited, sometimes dressed up with emojis, links and the logos of media outlets and then shared online by the Russia-aligned trolls, the company said. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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