A billionaire trying to get off Canada’s Russia sanctions list denounced Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine war in a private statement to the government but it didn’t work, Global News has learned. Igor Makarov, an oil and gas magnate whose assets were frozen by Ottawa in 2022 in response to the invasion of Ukraine, condemned … Read more
Emergency workers gather near their vehicles during evacuations in a flooded street after parts of a dam burst, in Orsk, Russia on April 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russians in the city of Orsk gathered in a rare protest on Monday calling for compensation following the collapse of a dam and subsequent flooding in … Read more
Toll of war: A resident walks past the destroyed private houses in the village of Velyka Pysarivka, which lies five kilometres from the Russian border, in the Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Photo Credit: AFP Wandering among the ruins, Svitlana Zavaly was searching desperately for anything that could be salvaged from … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a video address to the nation following a shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, at an unidentified location, March 23, 2024, in this still image taken from video. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 23 that additional security measures have been imposed … Read more
A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: KRISHNAN VV Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election to the top office on March 18 and said that he is looking forward to further strengthening the “time-tested” ties between the two countries. “Warm … Read more
The election comes just over two years since Putin triggered the deadliest European conflict. Moscow: President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his grip on power though thousands of opponents staged a noon protest at polling stations and the United States said the vote was neither free nor … Read more
A woman gets a ballot at a polling station during a presidential election in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to extend nearly a quarter century of rule for six more years on Sunday after wrapping up an election that gave … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an electronic voting during a presidential voting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, on March 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russia began three days of voting on Friday in a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule by six more years … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Russia began three days of voting on Friday in an presidential election that is set to extend the rule of Vladimir Putin by six more years. Two years into the war in Ukraine, Putin dominates Russia’s political landscape and none of the other three candidates on the … Read more
Two years on, where does the Ukraine war stand? Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered its third year. What many thought on February 24, 2022 would be a swift Russian military operation against its smaller neighbour has turned out to be the largest land war in Europe since the end of the Second World War. … Read more