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Hungary’s opposition leader, Péter Magyar, has raised doubts about an alleged plot to destroy a pipeline carrying Russian gas into the region, just one week before Hungarians go to the polls. The choice is between electing Viktor Orbán, who is closest to Russian President Vladimir Putin, for a fifth straight term, or a social-conservative nationalist...

European officials are in Kyiv in a show of solidarity with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as the war with Russia continues. Timothy Frye, political science professor at Columbia University, joins Miranda Anthistle to discuss the significance of that support and international pressures facing both Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On Tuesday, amid the 4th anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine, with the help of other Western intelligence agencies, of trying to sabotage the peace process between the two countries.

Today marks four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On this day in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced what he called a “special operation” and launched multiple attacks on Ukraine. The cost of the war remains high, with massive loss on both sides. Lydia Migus, president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress...

Five European countries are accusing Russia of using epibatidine, a rare deadly toxin found in poison dart frogs, to kill Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024. Vincent McAviney reports on what the toxin does, the reaction to the claims, and the questions about how Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, could carry forth her husband’s fight...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced frustration over what he described as a global justice gap while addressing the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. He noted that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is on trial in the United States, while Russian President Vladimir Putin remains free. Zelenskyy also warned Europe to not allow “little Moscows” to...

Discussions between the Trump administration and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued in Berlin Monday, after the U.S. side said a “lot of progress” had been made on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. In her first public speech as chief of the U.K.’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), however, has cast her doubts that Russian President Vladimir...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that all “misunderstandings” with the United States over Ukraine had been “resolved” following a meeting earlier this month between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.

Russian President Vladimir Putin embarked on a state visit to India on Thursday to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Global’s Nathaniel Dove explains the significance of Putin’s visit to India and where things stand with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Friday to expand and diversify trade beyond oil and defence, despite Western pressure on New Delhi to scale back its decades-old close ties with Moscow. Putin’s trip to India coincides with New Delhi’s talks with the U.S. on a trade deal to cut...

Russian President Vladimir Putin must have ordered the Novichok nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018, in an “astonishingly reckless” act that led to the death of an innocent woman, a UK public inquiry concluded on Thursday.

Ahead of a two-day visit to India on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended India’s right to buy Russian oil, despite pressure from the U.S. for India not to. Though the Republican leader has expressed a desire to mitigate funding for Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, Putin argued that “the U.S. still buys nuclear fuel...

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an ultimatum to European leaders Tuesday, stating that his country is ready if Europe “wants to start a war.” The Kremlin has accused European powers of hindering U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt at ending the war in Ukraine.

American officials were in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the end of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Allies and experts condemned the last U.S.-Russian proposal, saying it amounted to Ukrainian surrender. Nathaniel Dove looks at what the latest meeting means for Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a warm embrace with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday as they met to discuss bringing an end to a nearly four-year war. The war with Russia continues to ravage Ukraine, with at least 40 people injured on Monday in an attack on Dnipro, in the country’s east, as Russia...

A Ukrainian naval drone on Friday struck an aging, unmarked and uninsured vessel in the Black Sea near Turkey that was being used by the Kremlin to circumvent sanctions on its oil exports. A drone attack on a second tanker further dented Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war funds. In scenes that will bring a much...

Russia says it has successfully tested a nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, capable of evading any defence missile. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces, told President Vladimir Putin Sunday that the missile travelled 14,000 kilometres over a period of fifteen hours.

In his latest efforts to end the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. President Donald Trump has slammed Moscow with sanctions targeting two of the country’s biggest oil companies – Lukoil and Rosneft. The decision comes after Trump cancelled a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin – someone the Republican leader is expressing increasing frustration with as...

Days after meeting again with U.S. President Donald Trump about a potential resolution to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Trump’s call to freeze frontlines on both sides was a “good compromise” while negotiations continue. Zelenskyy, however, expressed doubt that his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin would support the idea.

News of a second meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin drew tepid reaction from residents in both countries on Friday. Trump announced that he would meet the Russian president in Hungary in the coming weeks, following a hours-long phone call between the two leaders on Thursday, which he said was...