Four years after Russian dictator Vladimir Putin launched his blitzkrieg "special operation" to seize and annex every square kilometer of Ukraine, the former KGB colonel finds his corrupt, ineffectual but relentlessly murderous regime in a 21st-century military,

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Aug. 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Aug.

From rivalry to military cooperation, the Russia-Iran relationship remains transactional. How Ukraine changed their strategic partnership dynamics.

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With the likely killing of Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin reasserted his power, but Russian history offers lessons on violence

World War 3 fears spike after Russia's Dmitry Medvedev warned a US-Israel strike on Iran that killed Ayatollah Khamenei could trigger global catastrophe.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, supreme leader of Iran for more than 37 years, was killed in his Tehran bunker during the opening salvos of Operation Epic Fury. Mojtaba Khamenei was not there, but his mother, wife and daughter were killed in the bombing blitz.

Report examines Anastasian sect’s quiet expansion in Poland, land purchases, pro-Kremlin ties, and German security concerns.

MOSCOW, March 9 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran had triggered a global energy crisis and cautioned that oil production dependent on transport through the Strait of Hormuz could soon come to a halt.