Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) joins former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images As Donald Trump celebrated his presidential victory early Wednesday morning, Elon Musk was right…
When Donald Trump first took the United States presidency after winning the 2016 election, there were hopes in Moscow that the billionaire-turned-politician would be friendlier to Russia’s interests. It didn’t exactly play out that way. Despite indictments of multiple Trump associates over allegations that the Kremlin tried to sway elections in Trump’s favour, he amped up sanctions against…
Donald Trump said repeatedly during his campaign to return to the US presidency that he could quickly negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. There’s now concern in Ukraine and among its allies that once Trump is inaugurated in January, the US will back away from supporting the effort to fend off Russian invasion….
Presidential elections in America were front and center in the Russian state-controlled media, due to the widespread belief that Donald Trump’s return will all but guarantee the success of the floundering Russian invasion of Ukraine. During his morning broadcast on channel Solovyov Live, host Sergey Karnaukhov noted, “The new era has started. We’ll see what…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has allegedly congratulated newly re-elected president Donald Trump on his victory in the 2024 election through “mutual friends,” according to Russian news outlet Verstka. The Russian outlet reported that “representatives of the Russian authorities and elite, including President Vladimir Putin” congratulated the 47th U.S. president “through acquaintances,” according to “a high-ranking…
Volodymyr Zelensky was fulsome in his praise for Donald Trump for an “impressive” election night but whether the Republican is as generous in the military assistance he gives the Ukrainian president, remains to be seen. Trump’s insistence he can end the war within a day may be light on detail but for Kyiv, it is…
A Chinese security company and a Russian university have had “extensive interactions” over importing Russian aviation technology, including low-altitude counter-drone technology, according to Chinese state media. A Chinese company specialising in emergency technology and security services – Guangxi Xinhang Shengjie Emergency Industrial Park Management Company – signed a deal on Monday with Russia’s Ufa State…
Russia’s first peace treaty to stop its full-scale invasion of Ukraine offered one-sided conditions that all but demanded Kyiv’s total capitulation, it has been reported. The revelations by investigative outlet Systema citing what it said was a draft agreement show Moscow’s conduct in negotiations at the start of Vladimir Putin‘s invasion. The former U.S. envoy…
A budding alliance between Russia and North Korea is handing Chinese President Xi Jinping another problem, as Beijing comes under growing international pressure to rein in two of its closest diplomatic partners. The revelation last month that Kim Jong Un sent thousands of troops to Russia’s border sparked fears that Europe’s largest conflict since World…
Let’s start with Trump: Since his first presidential campaign, the Republican candidate has enjoyed a certain level of admiration from Moscow. More precisely, Russian President Vladimir Putin admires Trump’s admiration of, well, Putin. “Putin is a short, vain man,” says Nina Khrushcheva, a professor at The New School in New York and the great-granddaughter of…