Blavatnik holds both U.S. and U.K. citizenship and has generously funded election campaigns for both Democrats and Republicans.
At present, experts see no reason for the Kremlin leader to end the war, despite the high costs and heavy losses.
Officially, 89-year-old Salman remains the monarch. However, his public activity has nearly ceased, and updates on his health have become rare.
Italy and Greece are sounding the alarm: Libya, plagued by instability and increasingly influenced by Russia and Turkey, is becoming a new source of threat to Europe. Yet their EU and NATO allies — focused on Ukraine — are not rushing to respond.
They are shot, poisoned, or fall out of windows: men and women who conspire with those in power live dangerously in Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced he will make a “major statement” about Russia next week.
U.S. investigators suspect the athlete of involvement in the activities of a major hacking group.
Marco Rubio told a senior Russian diplomat about Trump’s frustration with Putin’s war.
Women are given €10 vouchers to help them get home safely after dark.
The shift in President Donald Trump’s rhetoric toward Vladimir Putin came as a surprise to everyone who had been closely following his politics.
Russia has intensified its strikes on mobilization centers in Ukraine, targeting a weak link in the country’s defense system — compulsory conscription.
Pressure is mounting on President Trump as the Justice Department now claims there are no new findings in the Epstein investigation.
Since the spring of 2025, obtaining a full picture of Russia’s demographic situation has become nearly impossible.
