When Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump on August 15, in Anchorage, Alaska, the geographic significance of the event was not lost on Russian observers. Putin became the first Russian leader to visit the former colony at a time when the Arctic is a high priority in Russia’s foreign policy strategy. However,…
Resource constraints and precedent mean China is unlikely to become one of Ukraine’s security guarantors – despite Russia’s suggestion that it could, according to analysts. With rising expectations for a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, security guarantees for Kyiv have taken centre stage in discussions about a…
On august 16th, a day after his summit with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin summoned Russia’s grandees to the Kremlin’s Hall of the Order of St Catherine. Built in tsarist times to show off the glory of the Russian empire, the hall was the setting for Mr Putin’s account of his achievements during the visit to…
Strange, unsubstantiated reports of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s security team collecting his bodily discharge have reemerged amid his recent Alaska visit for a meeting with American counterpart Donald Trump. The summit on Saturday did not result in an immediate ceasefire of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Unverified Accounts Of Fecal Matter Collection Accounts, first reported in…
Photo/Agencies US President Donald Trump on Sunday said there had been “big progress on Russia,” without giving details. In a brief post on his social media platform, Trump wrote: “BIG PROGRESS ON RUSSIA. STAY TUNED!”The remark comes a day after his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, where both leaders discussed the Ukraine…
After the “historic” Alaska meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, most media outlets tried to capture the mood as the summit ended with no concrete deal on the Ukraine war. Trump said during a joint press conference that no deal was made to end the war in Ukraine, but…
While the call on Friday underscored a high level of coordination between Beijing and Moscow in their approach to Washington, Chinese experts voiced scepticism about the prospects for the Alaska summit and its aim of negotiating an end to the Ukraine war. They cautioned that although Trump’s first in-person encounter in his second term with…