Russians' support of Ukraine war collapses, finds poll
Support for the Ukraine war in Russia has hit rock bottom, according to a recent poll.
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Euroviews. In today's Russia, 'unbreakable god of war' Putin is more popular than ever
As Russia prepares for the presidential election scheduled for March of next year, Vladimir Putin is playing a game of will-he-won't-he and is yet to announce his bid for reelection.
Putin's Israel dilemma: How far does Kremlin go in support of Palestinians?
An angry mob last Sunday overran the tarmac in the Muslim-majority Russian Republic of Dagestan. They had caught wind of a flight in transit from Tel Aviv and were searching for Israelis. Why the anger? We about Moscow blaming the incident on Ukraine, whose Jewish president was among the first to denounce the October 7 massacre by Hamas.
French energy companies have betrayed Macron’s promise to stand with Ukraine
In his New Year's address at the end of 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron said France would help Ukraine "without fail" and "until victory itself." The encouraging words were part of a concerted effort by Macron to position France as one of Ukraine’s foremost allies.
The Panama Papers proved encryption is a massive asset for democracy
When the source of the Panama Papers approached us nearly eight years ago to hand over the biggest leak of documents any journalist had ever received, a sentence sent via encrypted chat, stood out: “My life is in danger.”
IOC rejects Putin's 'ethnic discrimination' accusation over Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's accusation that it is using the Olympic Games as a tool of politics and racism.
'Russia benefits from the war in the Middle East': Ukraine's FM Kuleba
Kuleba stressed that while Ukraine stood by Israel in the wake of the brutal Hamas attack, it was a "distorted assessment" to say that Kyiv was biased towards Israel. He called upon "all sides, both in Israel and in Palestine", to "respect the civilian population, to avoid casualties among the civilian population and to respect the status of critical civilian infrastructure".
Cash, corruption, crumbling dams — that's China's Belt and Road Initiative, 10 years in
Xi Jinping’s Third Belt and Road Initiative Forum — and the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) itself — launched on Tuesday, featuring a long guest list that includes Vladimir Putin and the Taliban.