Blavatnik holds both U.S. and U.K. citizenship and has generously funded election campaigns for both Democrats and Republicans.
Her trip, organized at the invitation of the celebrated Russian actor and director Vladimir Mashkov, became a notable event for Russia’s cultural and political elite.
Since early 2022, amid the war in Ukraine and the wave of sanctions, many assumed Russian tourism in Europe would grind to a halt. However, reality proved otherwise.
Russia is promoting the state-backed messenger Max — a service without end-to-end encryption and with a privacy policy that allows authorities to access messages, contacts, photos, and geodata.
Why Vladimir Putin is sidestepping President Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal.
The debate over the price of money and the risks of cooling the economy is coming to the fore ahead of the next central bank meeting on September 12.
The meeting at the Élysée Palace brought together Volodymyr Zelenskyy and leaders of 35 countries; after in-person talks, the participants held a joint call with the President of the United States.
Europe’s question of the day: what, exactly, will allies put on the table to back Kyiv?
Beijing has moved Russia’s Power of Siberia-2 pipeline closer to reality and signaled its willingness to receive LNG from the sanctioned Arctic LNG-2 project.
Pyongyang signals readiness to support Moscow “to the very end” — against the backdrop of a parade in Beijing seen as a show of unity among China, Russia, and North Korea. President Donald Trump responded with a sharp post on Truth Social.
China showcased on Tiananmen Square a full lineup of new armaments—from hypersonic long-range missiles to autonomous unmanned systems.
Russia and China have moved closer to an agreement on the long-standing Power of Siberia-2 gas-pipeline project, which is meant to significantly increase Russian gas supplies to the PRC.
Today’s proximity between Beijing and Moscow is not a coincidence but a deliberate political choice, underpinned by economic complementarity and a shared anti-Western lens.
