Tag: Putins
The guns are not silent – What Putin’s “Christmas Silence” means for the war – an analysis
Ukrainian soldiers at the front The Ukrainians attack positions of the Russian occupiers with howitzers. (Photo: Reuters) Vienna Russia’s unilateral ceasefire, widely heralded as a “humanity gesture” to avoid deaths…
Putin’s “Christmas Silence” is already being broken – an analysis
Ukrainian soldiers at the front The Ukrainians attack positions of the Russian occupiers with howitzers. (Photo: Reuters) Vienna Russia’s unilateral ceasefire, widely heralded as a “humanity gesture” to avoid deaths…
Putin’s ceasefire eagerly awaited
Ukraine War – Russia’s President Putin President Putin’s ordered one-day ceasefire by Russia would be the first along the entire frontline since the war began. (Photo: dpa) Moscow At 10:00…
Putin’s ceasefire eagerly awaited
Ukraine War – Russia’s President Putin President Putin’s ordered one-day ceasefire by Russia would be the first along the entire frontline since the war began. (Photo: dpa) Moscow At 10:00…
Oil price falls – despite Putin’s sales ban
Oil production in Russia At the beginning of this week, the Russian energy minister announced that he would reduce oil production by five to seven percent in the coming year.…
Putin’s soldiers are increasingly complaining about leadership
Russian recruits board a train at a train station in Prudboi in the Volgograd region. Reports from soldiers suggest that commanders cover up injuries to their soldiers to avoid being…
Putin’s partial mobilization drives thousands of Russians to Telegram
Berlin With the Russian partial mobilization at the end of September, Vladimir Putin actually wanted to influence the Russian war in Ukraine in his own way. However, a new study…
What Putin’s loud propagandist wants
Dimitri Medvedev (left), Vladimir Putin The Kremlin leader and Medvedev share a long history. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Always these word salvos. Those Russians who left the country after the partial…
What Putin’s loud propagandist wants
Dimitri Medvedev (left), Vladimir Putin The Kremlin leader and Medvedev share a long history. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Always these word salvos. Those Russians who left the country after the partial…
Putin’s ‘special operation’ becomes ‘holy war’
Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church In Russia, the Orthodox Church functions as a “cultural identification” that unites the many Christians in the country. (Photo: AP) Moscow Chechen leader…
How Ukraine and the West are Responding to Putin’s Cold War
Berlin By Thursday at the latest, the effects of the ongoing Russian drone and rocket attacks had hit every Ukrainian: the energy supplier Ukrenergo switched off the electricity in each…
Ex-agent and Wagner mercenaries want to testify about Putin’s war crimes
Moscow People from Moscow want to testify about war crimes, including a Wagner mercenary and a former agent. According to the Russian dissident and human rights activist Vladimir Osechkin, former…
Darling of the hardliners – this is Putin’s new Ukraine commander
Sergey Surovikin The Russian commander is the new overall commander of the troops in Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin For Vladimir Putin, brute force is now supposed to turn the tide…
Why Putin’s offer to Erdogan could become a no-brainer
Istanbul This weekend Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the construction of a transshipment point for gas from Russia. Turkey and Russia would first make preparations together, after which action would be…
Why Putin’s offer to Erdogan is an air act
Istanbul This weekend Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the construction of a transshipment point for gas from Russia. Turkey and Russia would first make preparations together, after which action would be…
Darling of the hardliners – this is Putin’s new Ukraine commander
Sergey Surovikin The Russian commander is the new overall commander of the troops in Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin For Vladimir Putin, brute force is now supposed to turn the tide…
Putin’s escalation worries sections of the Russian elite
Berlin Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has satisfied the hardliners with his widespread airstrikes on Ukraine and the appointment of a general known for his brutality as supreme commander of Russian…
Vladimir Putin’s missiles are powerful, but a crime
While German intellectuals are currently discussing whether the men in the West are becoming “real men” again through the glorification of the Ukrainian war violence in their sense of themselves…
“Barefoot bastards to the front” Strife in Putin’s inner circle of power
Berlin After the Russian withdrawal from the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, displeasure is growing in Putin’s power apparatus. Influential allies of the Kremlin chief, such as the Chechen ruler…
Should the West take Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threat seriously?
Wladimir Putin Putin has taken his place in history – as a failed aggressor. (Photo: AP) Pro: Dangerous and ignorant Of Christian Rickens With impressive self-confidence, Western commentators interpret Vladimir…