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Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to respond to attacks on Belgorod, which are being blamed on Ukraine’s armed forces. Putin claims the attacks are an attempt to derail Russia’s presidential elections. Voting began on Friday and will continue through the weekend, though the result is almost certain to extend Putin rule in Moscow. But as...

The federal government announced new sanctions on Belarusian officials who have been involved with human right violations since the country’s 2020 presidential election. This move comes after a United Nations report that says the number of political prisoners in Belarus has grown since the disputed election. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson sits down with...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that “several dozen” Russian tactical nuclear weapons have been deployed in Belarus under an agreement made between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Lukashenko also reminded his audience that Putin will consider any attacks on Belarus as a direct attack on his country. “It will be an apocalypse,”...

Following the federal government’s announcement of a $15-billion Honda electric vehicle plant in Ontario, ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson asks Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne for a follow-up to his government’s efforts to increase grocery store competition. Minister Champagne discusses his talks with foreign grocery chains, as well as Canada’s electric vehicle infrastructure. Plus, Stephenson...

The polls are now closed in Russia’s first presidential election since the country’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. The results confirmed expectations, with Vladimir Putin winning a fifth term as president. The election commission in Moscow says Putin secured around 87 per cent of votes counted so far. Putin’s most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, died...

Over the weekend, the four suspects, accused of the deadliest attack in Russia in two decades, appeared in court. The Kremlin also said on Monday that it was not taking part in discussions about restoring the death penalty, broached by top allies of President Vladimir Putin.

More than 100 mourners gathered in Ottawa on Sunday to remember six people killed earlier this month inside their suburban home. The funeral service paid tribute to Sri Lankan victims — a mother and her four young children as well as a family friend. The father of the children — the only survivor of the...

Russians united on Sunday for a national day of mourning following Friday’s terror attack at a packed concert hall outside Moscow. The attack, carried out by a branch of the Islamic State, is the deadliest in Russia in over two decades. But Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested links to Ukraine, despite their being no...

WARNING: Video contains disturbing images. Discretion is advised. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that all those responsible for the deadly mass shooting on a concert near Moscow would be punished. “We will identify and punish everyone who stood behind the terrorists, who prepared this attack against Russia, against our people,” he said.

President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said will strengthen the “Fatherland.” The outcome means Putin, 71, is set to embark on a new six-year term that will see him become Russia’s longest-serving leader for more than 200...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he had agreed to a prisoner swap involving opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his death in prison last month, on the condition that Navalny would not return. “Yes, he has passed away. It is always a sad event. We have had other cases where people in prison...

Russian President Vladimir Putin won a fixed re-election with 87.28 per cent of the vote, the highest ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history, according to an exit poll by pollster the Public Opinion Foundation. However, the European Union’s foreign policy chief has criticized the election for taking place in a restricted environment and not being...

More than a hundred million people are eligible to vote in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine. Vladimir Putin looks assured to be declared the winner. Global’s Nathaniel Dove explores how he stays in power and what another term means for the world.

Leonid Volkov, the former chief of staff for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, released a video on telegram on Wednesday, blaming Russian President Vladimir ‘Putin’s gangsters” after he said he was attacked by an assailant armed with a meat hammer.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that the country will treat the U.S. as “interventionists” if they sent troops to Ukraine. “From the technical point of view, of course we are ready,” Putin told a journalist, when asked whether Russia was really ready for a...

Voters in Russia are heading to the polls this weekend in the country’s three-day presidential election, which ends on Sunday. However, experts say the event amounts to little more than democracy theatre. Any serious opposition challenger have either been prevented from running, are in prison, or dead — including Alexei Navalny. As a result, Vladimir...

On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that setting up a nuclear-powered unit in space is a top priority for the country, adding that “This sphere needs to get special attention from us. For it firstly to develop and secondly, to be used in the future in order to fill the tasks that require this...

Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Nalvany’s former chief of staff, has been attacked outside his home in Lithuania. Crystal Goomansingh explains how Volkov says this is a “gangster hello” from Russian President Vladimir Putin; what Volkov said just one day before the assault; and the extent of his injuries.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a law that will force TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the popular platform, or else it will be banned in America. How some influencers are worried about the move, what comes next, and what an American ban could mean for Canadians. GC Strategies was paid $19...

The United States does not have any sign that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon and will continue to monitor carefully, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Thursday. This came after Russian President, Vladimir Putin, warned that Moscow had weapons to strike targets in the West.