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In a dramatic incident on May 20, Russian air defenses intercepted a drone suspected of targeting President Putin in Kursk, sparking assassination concerns.

Putin Survives Alleged Drone Attack

On May 20, Russian defenses intercepted a drone thought to be targeting President Putin. This incident during his Kursk visit is being investigated for assassination claims.

A Ukrainian drone allegedly aimed at President Putin during his Kursk visit was intercepted, raising assassination fears.

In a dramatic turn of events, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly faced an assassination attempt involving a Ukrainian drone strike during his visit to the Kursk region on May 20. The claim, made by Russian military officer and air defense unit commander Yuriy Dashkin, suggests that the president's helicopter found itself in the midst of an intensified airspace confrontation.
According to the Russian news agency RBC, Dashkin disclosed that Russian air defense systems successfully intercepted and destroyed a drone allegedly targeting Putin's flight path. This incident unfolded amidst what was described as a massive Ukrainian drone offensive against Russia, occurring from May 20 to May 22, during which Russian defense forces reportedly neutralized a staggering 1,170 drones.
Dashkin highlighted the marked increase in the intensity of drone attacks concurrent with Putin's aerial transit over Kursk, characterizing the encounter as an "unprecedented attack." The air defense unit was engaged in both an aerial skirmish and protective measures to secure the safe passage of the presidential helicopter, according to Dashkin.
The officer asserted that the neutralization of a drone approaching the president&rsquo;s flight path was a critical moment, ensuring Putin's safety during his visit to the region, his first since March.
Despite the gravity of the incident, no injuries or damage were reported, and President Putin&rsquo;s convoy proceeded without delay. The occurrence has nevertheless spurred concerns about the capabilities of Ukrainian drones, leading Russian authorities to investigate whether the strike was a targeted assassination attempt or part of a broader psychological operation by Kyiv.
In a related context, Ukraine had earlier made significant military advances into Russian territory, launching a cross-border incursion into the Kursk Oblast in August 2024. This marked the first major foreign military action into Russia since World War II. While Ukrainian forces managed to maintain control over parts of the region initially, they were pushed back on March 25 during a large-scale counter-offensive by Russian forces, reportedly supported by North Korean troops.
The evolving situation underscores rising tensions and complexities in the region, with both military and strategic implications under scrutiny.

Trump criticizes Putin after deadly drone strikes in Ukraine amid prisoner exchanges. Ukraine seeks global sanctions against Russia. Tensions rise.

Trump Condemns Putin as Russia Strikes Ukraine

In a rare critique, Trump calls Putin 'crazy' after drone strikes in Ukraine. Amidst increasing hostilities, the largest prisoner swap since 2022 is completed.

Trump condemns Putin amid Ukraine drone strikes causing 13 deaths. A record prisoner exchange occurs, while Ukraine urges global sanctions to curb Russian aggression.

US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "crazy" on Sunday after Moscow launched a deadly barrage of drones against Ukraine, even as the warring countries completed a large-scale prisoner exchange.
At least 13 people were killed when Russia launched a record number of drones against Ukraine overnight to Sunday.
"I've always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!" Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
"I've always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that's proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!" he added.
His comments marked a rare rebuke to Putin, who he often speaks of with admiration. The US leader has, however, expressed increasing frustration with Moscow's position in deadlocked truce negotiations with Kyiv.
Earlier Sunday, Trump told reporters he was "not happy" about the latest attack on Ukraine and that he was "absolutely" considering increasing sanctions on Moscow.
"I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all," he said.
 - 'Terror' -
Ukraine's emergency services described Sunday an atmosphere of "terror" in the country after a second straight night of massive Russian air strikes, including on the capital Kyiv.
Those killed in the latest Russian strikes included victims aged eight, 12 and 17 in the northwestern region of Zhytomyr, officials said.
"Without truly strong pressure on the Russian leadership, this brutality cannot be stopped," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media.
"The silence of America, the silence of others around the world only encourages Putin," he said, adding: "Sanctions will certainly help."
In his social media post, Trump also criticized Zelensky, a frequent target of his ire, accusing him of "doing his Country no favors by talking the way he does."
"Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don't like it, and it better stop," he said.
The European Union's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, also called for "the strongest international pressure on Russia to stop this war."
"Last night's attacks again show Russia bent on more suffering and the annihilation of Ukraine," she said on social media.
 - Call for sanctions -
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul also denounced the attacks.
"Putin does not want peace, he wants to carry on the war and we shouldn't allow him to do this," he said. "For this reason we will approve further sanctions at a European level."
Ukraine's military said on Sunday it had shot down a total of 45 Russian missiles and 266 attack drones overnight.
Air force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said 298 drones were launched, adding that this was "the highest number ever."
Four people were reported killed in Ukraine's western Khmelnytskyi region, and four in the Kyiv region.
Two people were killed in the southern Mykolaiv region.
"We saw the whole street was on fire," a 65-year-old retired woman, Tetiana Iankovska, told AFP in Markhalivka village just southwest of Kyiv.
Russia said its strikes were aimed at Ukraine's "military-industrial complex" and that it had brought down 110 Ukrainian drones.
The previous night, Russia had launched 14 ballistic missiles and 250 drones, wounding 15 people, according to Ukrainian officials.
Flights at Moscow airports suffered temporary closures due to Ukrainian drone activity on Sunday but no injuries were reported, officials said.
Ukrainian officials also reported Russian strikes overnight to Monday, but not on the same scale.
Two people were injured and a house was destroyed in the Zaporizhzhia region when "the enemy struck the village of Yurkivka", Ivan Fedorov, the governor of the region, said in a Telegram post.
 - Major prisoner exchange -
The massive strikes on Ukraine came as Russia said it had exchanged another 303 Ukrainian prisoners of war for the same number of Russian soldiers held by Kyiv -- the last phase of a swap agreed during talks in Istanbul on May 16.
That marked their biggest prisoner swap since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, with 1,000 captured soldiers and civilian prisoners in total sent back by each side.
Zelensky confirmed the swap was complete.
An AFP reporter saw some of the formerly captive Ukrainian soldiers arrive at a hospital in the northern Chernigiv region, emaciated but smiling and waving to crowds.
One former captive, 58-year-old Viktor Syvak, told AFP he was overcome by the emotional homecoming.
Captured in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, he had been held for 37 months and 12 days.
"It's impossible to describe. I can't put it into words," he said of the release.

Democratic Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has said that she would not meet with Vladimir Putin for peace talks if Ukraine was not also represented. When asked if she would hold a one-on-one meeting with the Russian leader to negotiate an end to t

Kamala Harris Would Not Meet Putin If Ukraine Wasn't Represented In Peace Talks

Democratic Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has said that she would not meet with Vladimir Putin for peace talks if Ukraine was not also represented. When asked if she would hold a one-on-one meeting with the Russian leader to negotiate an end to the war, the US vice president told CBS's ‘60 Minutes’ program Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine. President Joe Biden's administration has previously rejected any talks with Putin.

Democratic Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has said that she would not meet with Vladimir Putin for peace talks if Ukraine was not also represented.&nbsp;

Democratic Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has said that she would not meet with Vladimir Putin for peace talks if Ukraine was not also represented. When asked if she would hold a one-on-one meeting with the Russian leader to negotiate an end to the war, the US vice president told CBS's &lsquo;60 Minutes&rsquo; program Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine. President Joe Biden's administration has previously rejected any talks with Putin.

 34 Britishers are reportedly moving to Russia from the UK to pursue more 'traditional values' of living. They are leaving Britain for Russia under the new migration law introduced by Putin last month in an attempt to 'save' Westerners from 'destruct

34 Brits File Petitions To Dump UK, Move To Russia After Putin’s Offer To ‘Anti-Wokers’

 34 Britishers are reportedly moving to Russia from the UK to pursue more 'traditional values' of living. They are leaving Britain for Russia under the new migration law introduced by Putin last month in an attempt to 'save' Westerners from 'destructive neoliberal ideology'

They are leaving Britain for Russia under the new migration law introduced by Putin last month in an attempt to 'save' Westerners from 'destructive neoliberal ideology'

&nbsp;34 Britishers are reportedly moving to Russia from the UK to pursue more 'traditional values' of living. They are leaving Britain for Russia under the new migration law introduced by Putin last month in an attempt to 'save' Westerners from 'destructive neoliberal ideology'

Russian President Vladimir Putin took USA, its allies head-on over missile help to Ukraine. Vladimir Putin explained why West’s decision would mean direct war with Russia. 

Who Will Fire Storm Missiles? Putin Reasons Why Such Move Will Mean Direct War With USA

Russian President Vladimir Putin took USA, its allies head-on over missile help to Ukraine. Vladimir Putin explained why West&rsquo;s decision would mean direct war with Russia.&nbsp;

Russian President Putin took USA, allies head-on over Ukraine missile help.
&ldquo;If this decision is made, it will mean nothing less than the direct participation of NATO countries, the United States, and European countries in the war in Ukraine.&rdquo; &nbsp;Putin said West-made drones were already striking Moscow. &nbsp;He explained why West&rsquo;s decision would mean direct war with Russia. &nbsp;
Who&rsquo;ll fire missiles, Kyiv can&rsquo;t, said Putin, adding that West providing men and tech.
He said that Russia will be at 'war&rsquo; with West if NATO lifts restriction.
&ldquo;And if this is so, then, bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be created for us.&rdquo; &nbsp;Putin&rsquo;s threat after Antony Blinken&rsquo;s clearest hint ever. &nbsp;UK foreign secy David Lammy informed that Blinken said US wanted it &lsquo;from day one&rsquo;.
Lammy said that West made its decision after Iran allegedly &lsquo;supplied&rsquo; ballistic missiles to Russia.
Iran has denied such reports, summoned EU envoy to Tehran.
According to Guardian outlet, UK has already decided to allow use Storm Shadow missiles.
West so far allowed limited strikes into Russia with their weapons.
But, Ukraine has been urging allies to supply long-range missiles.
In May, Zelenskyy told Biden that your &lsquo;incremental approach&rsquo; costing lives. He had urged Biden &nbsp;to overcome worries &nbsp;of nuclear escalation.

During a panel discussion hosted by the Eastern Economic Forum, Putin said the Salman “played an active role in the first phase of negotiations."

Putin: Saudi Crown Prince Played Active Role In Prisoner Swap With US

During a panel discussion hosted by the Eastern Economic Forum, Putin said the Salman &ldquo;played an active role in the first phase of negotiations."

Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman was among the world leaders who helped Moscow and Washington negotiate a historic prisoner exchange. During a panel discussion hosted by the Eastern Economic Forum, Putin said the Salman &ldquo;played an active role in the first phase of negotiations."

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected a warship at a naval base outside the far eastern city of Vladivostok

After challenging West with Mongolia visit, Putin returns to Russia for warship inspection

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected a warship at a naval base outside the far eastern city of Vladivostok

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected a warship at a naval base outside the far eastern city of Vladivostok, a day after he returned from Mongolia. Vladimir Putin visit comes a day after Ukraine called on Mongolia to arrest Putin on an international warrant when he landed there.

Putin was greeted by Chechnya&rsquo;s self-styled strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov, before visiting a special forces academy.

 Putin Kisses Gold-Encrusted Quran | Chechen Leader Honours Putin For Building Mosque

Putin was greeted by Chechnya’s self-styled strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov, before visiting a special forces academy.

Putin was greeted by Chechnya&rsquo;s self-styled strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov, before visiting a special forces academy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation, his first visit in nearly 13 years, as Ukraine's stunning cross-border incursion into western Russia entered its third week. Putin was greeted by Chechnya&rsquo;s self-styled strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov, before visiting a special forces academy bearing his own name and speaking with volunteer fighters who trained there prior to being deployed in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya for the first time in 13 years and met with volunteers for Ukraine war.


Putin's surprise visit to Chechnya: This Is His Message To Fighters Amid Kursk Incursion | Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya for the first time in 13 years and met with volunteers for Ukraine war.
This was his message for the men who he said are making Russia 'invincible'. ((SOUNDBITE WITH TRANSLATION - "It's one thing to shoot here at the shooting range, and another thing to put your life and health at risk. But you have an inner need to defend the Fatherland and the courage to make such a decision. If you made such a decision, then you have already won. And as long as we have men like you, we are absolutely invincible. I wish you good luck, guys."
Fighters from Chechnya, whose bid for independence after the Soviet Union's collapse led to years of fighting with Russian government forces, are participating on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya for the first time in 13 years and met with volunteers for Ukraine war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya for the first time in 13 years and met with volunteers for Ukraine war.This was his message for the men who he said are making Russia 'invincible'.&nbsp; "It's one thing to shoot here at the shooting range, and another thing to put your life and health at risk. But you have an inner need to defend the Fatherland and the courage to make such a decision. If you made such a decision, then you have already won. And as long as we have men like you, we are absolutely invincible. I wish you good luck, guys."Fighters from Chechnya, whose bid for independence after the Soviet Union's collapse led to years of fighting with Russian government forces, are participating on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine.

Putin has been in power since the final day of 1999, and victory in the March 15-17 contest will allow him to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030.

Putin set for election coronation in vote with no opposition

Putin has been in power since the final day of 1999, and victory in the March 15-17 contest will allow him to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030.

Vladimir Putin is set to secure another six-year term as Russian leader this weekend in a vote the Kremlin says will show society is fully behind his assault on Ukraine.
In power as president or prime minister since the final day of 1999, Putin has quashed all forms of opposition and dissent, exerting a level of domestic control that ensures the result is in no doubt.
Victory in the March 15-17 contest will allow him to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030, longer than any Russian leader since Catherine the Great in the eighteenth century.
The poll comes at a time of high confidence for the former KGB agent.
Russia's troops in Ukraine have chalked up their first battlefield gains in months.
And Putin's most strident critic, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic prison colony last month.
Though Putin is blasted as a pariah in the West, the Kremlin says the vote will show that Russians at home are unified behind him and his offensive.
"He has no rivals at the moment and cannot have any," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last year.
"Nobody can realistically compete with him," he said.
This year Putin will officially face three other contenders -- Kremlin-approved candidates designed to give a facade of competition.
Anti-Putin politician Boris Nadezhdin was blocked from standing after tens of thousands of Russians backed his surprise bid to run on a pro-peace message.
Despite the ceremonial undertones, the Kremlin takes the electoral process seriously.
Moscow has poured resources into a campaign designed to whip up enthusiasm for Putin.
The president has toured the country and was filmed flying in the cockpit of a supersonic nuclear bomber, burnishing his tough-guy credentials.
The Kremlin is aiming to secure a higher level of support for Putin than in his previous four election wins.
Less than a year after an aborted mutiny by mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin will want to show possible rivals and successors that Putin is secure on his throne.
From exile and behind bars, Russia's remaining opposition figures still hope they can spoil the procession.
They want anti-Putin Russians to form huge queues outside polling stations on the final day of voting.
Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, says the show of dissent could spook Putin.
The Kremlin appears unfazed.
"We will hold the kind of elections that our people need," Peskov said earlier this month, dismissing those who describe the vote as neither free nor fair.
"We won't tolerate any criticism of our democracy. Our democracy is the best."
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Dangerous man, expected him to be more aggressive: Putin on Tucker Carlson interview

'Dangerous man', expected him to be more aggressive: Putin on Tucker Carlson interview

Carlson didn&rsquo;t ask Putin about war crimes Russian troops have been accused of in Ukraine, or about his relentless crackdown on dissent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he expected former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to be more aggressive when he interviewed him last week.
&ldquo;I expected him to be aggressive and ask the so-called tough questions, and I wasn't only ready for it but wanted it because it would have given me a chance to respond sharply,&rdquo; Putin said.
Putin used the interview with Carlson to push his narrative on the fighting in Ukraine, urge Washington to recognize Moscow&rsquo;s interests and press Kyiv to sit down for talks.
Carlson didn&rsquo;t ask Putin about war crimes Russian troops have been accused of in Ukraine, or about his relentless crackdown on dissent.
&ldquo;He didn't allow me to do what I was ready for,&rdquo; Putin said, describing Carlson as a &ldquo;dangerous man.&rdquo;
Speaking in an interview with a correspondent of Russian state television, Putin also talked about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian citizen fighting extradition from Britain on US espionage charges.
"Assange is behind bars and nobody hardly remembers him anymore - only the people close to him", Putin said.
Assange has spent four years in Britain&rsquo;s Belmarsh Prison fighting extradition to the US, where he faces up to a 175-year sentence on espionage charges for publishing classified military and diplomatic cables through WikiLeaks.
The Russian leader also made a remark on historical responsibility.
"I do not believe that today's generation of Germans should bear full political responsibility for everything that Nazi Germany did. It is impossible to shift responsibility for what Hitler and his minions did onto the people of today's generation."
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Russian President will visit Saudia Arabia and UAE on December 06 to discuss the bilateral relations as well as the Israel-Hamas war.

Israel-Hamas war: Putin  shows efforts to become power broker in Middle East conflict 

Russian President will visit Saudia Arabia and UAE on December 06 to discuss the bilateral relations as well as the Israel-Hamas war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused on the Israeli-Hamas war and host the Iranian president in Moscow this week, the Kremlin said Tuesday.
Putin will make working visits to both countries on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The talks will focus on bilateral relations, the war between Israel and Hamas and other international issues, Peskov said. Issues related to oil price caps under OPEC+ will also be on the agenda, he added.
Putin's trip was first announced on Monday by his foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov, who didn't give a date for the visits when he spoke to the Russian news outlet Life.
&ldquo;I hope that these will be very useful negotiations, which we consider extremely important,&rdquo; Ushakov was quoted as saying by Life.
Putin will make the visit at a time when Russia wants to advance its role as a power broker in the conflict in the Middle East.
Putin will host Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in the Kremlin on Thursday, Peskov added.
The Russian president visited China in October and recently made several trips to former Soviet nations.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine.
Since the warrant was issued, Putin chose not to attend a BRICS summit in South Africa because the country would be obliged to arrest Putin upon arrival as it is a signatory to the international court's treaty.
Neither Saudi Arabia nor the UAE have signed the ICC's founding treaty.
The notice against Putin in March was the first time the global court issued a warrant against a leader of one of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. The ICC said in a statement that Putin is accused of the war crime of &rdquo;unlawful deportation" of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia.

Russia court sentences Putin-foe Navalny to 19 years

Navalny was already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated.

A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism and sentenced him to 19 years in prison Friday. The new charges related to the activities of Navalny&rsquo;s anti-corruption foundation and statements by his top associates.
In 2021, authorities outlawed the foundation and the vast network of Navalny&rsquo;s offices in Russian regions, calling them extremist organizations and exposing anyone involved to possible prosecution.
Navalny&rsquo;s allies say the charges retroactively criminalize all the foundation&rsquo;s activities since its creation in 2011.
The 47-year-old opposition leader is President Vladimir Putin&rsquo;s fiercest foe and has exposed official corruption and organized major anti-Kremlin protests.
He was arrested in January 2021 upon returning to Moscow after recuperating in Germany from a nerve agent poisoning.
He blamed that poisoning on the Kremlin, which denied involvement.
The authorities previously sentenced him to two and a half years in prison for parole violations and then to another nine years on charges of fraud and contempt of court.
It wasn&rsquo;t immediately clear if he will serve the new sentence concurrently with those.
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Putin opponents punished but Russia closes criminal probe into Wagner mutiny 

The announcement was the latest twist in a series of stunning events in recent days that have brought the gravest threat so far to President Vladimir Putin's grip on power amid the 16-month-old war in Ukraine.

Russian authorities said Tuesday they have closed a criminal investigation into the armed rebellion led by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, with no charges against him or any of the other participants.
The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said its investigation found that those involved in the mutiny &ldquo;ceased activities directed at committing the crime,&rdquo; so the case would not be pursued.
Over the weekend, the Kremlin pledged not to prosecute Prigozhin and his fighters after he stopped the revolt on Saturday, even though Putin had branded them as traitors.
The charge of mounting an armed mutiny carries a punishment of up to 20 years in prison. Prigozhin escaping prosecution poses a stark contrast to how the Kremlin has treated those staging anti-government protests in Russia.
Many opposition figures in Russia have received long prison terms and are serving time in penal colonies notorious for harsh conditions.
The whereabouts of Prigozhin remained a mystery Tuesday. The Kremlin has said he would be exiled to neighbouring Belarus, but neither he nor the Belarusian authorities have confirmed that.
An independent Belarusian military monitoring project Belaruski Hajun said a business jet that Prigozhin reportedly uses landed near Minsk on Tuesday morning.
The media team for Prigozhin, the 62-year-old head of the Wagner private military contractor, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close Putin ally who brokered a deal with Prigozhin to stop the uprising, didn't immediately address Prigozhin's fate in a speech Tuesday.
Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus with an iron hand for 29 years, relentlessly stifling dissent and relying on Russian subsidies and political support, portrayed the uprising as the latest development in a clash between Prigozhin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Their long-simmering personal feud has at times boiled over, and Prigozhin has said the revolt aimed to unseat Shoigu, not Putin.
Lukashenko framed the insurrection by Wagner as a significant threat, saying he placed Belarus' armed forces on a combat footing as the mutiny unfolded.
Like Putin, he couched the Ukraine war in terms of an existential threat to Russia, saying: &ldquo;If Russia collapses, we all will perish under the debris.&rdquo; In a nationally televised address Monday night, Putin once again blasted organizers of the rebellion as traitors who played into the hands of Ukraine's government and its allies. Although he was critical of Prigozhin, Putin praised the work of Wagner commanders.
That was &ldquo;likely in an effort to retain them&rdquo; in the Russian effort in Ukraine, because Moscow needs &ldquo;trained and effective manpower&rdquo; as it faces the early stages of a Ukrainian counteroffensive, according to a Washington-based think tank.
The Institute for the Study of War also noted that the break between Putin and Prigozhin is likely beyond repair and that providing the Wagner chief and his loyalists with Belarus as an apparent safe haven could be a trap.
Prigozhin's short-lived insurrection over the weekend has rattled Russia's leadership.
Putin sought to project stability in his speech, criticizing the uprising's &ldquo;organizers,&rdquo; without naming Prigozhin. He also praised Russian unity in the face of the crisis, as well as rank-and-file Wagner fighters for not letting the situation descend into &ldquo;major bloodshed.&rdquo; Putin returned to this theme in a speech Tuesday to soldiers and law enforcement officers in the Kremlin, praising them for averting &ldquo;a civil war.&rdquo; He again declared that the army and people didn't support the mutiny, but avoided mentioning Prigozhin by name.
On Monday, Prigozhin defended his actions in a defiant audio statement. He again taunted the Russian military but said he hadn't been seeking to stage a coup against Putin.
In another show of projecting authority, the Kremlin showed Putin meeting Monday night with top security, law enforcement and military officials, including Shoigu, whom Prigozhin had sought to remove.
Putin thanked his team for their work over the weekend, implying support for the embattled Shoigu. Earlier, the authorities released a video of Shoigu reviewing troops in Ukraine.
It also wasn't clear whether he would be able to keep his mercenary force. In his speech, Putin offered Prigozhin's fighters to either come under Russia's Defence Ministry's command, leave service or go to Belarus.
Prigozhin said Monday, without elaborating, that the Belarusian leadership proposed solutions that would allow Wagner to operate &ldquo;in a legal jurisdiction,&rdquo; but it was unclear what that meant.&nbsp;

Human rights organisations and Western governments denounced the verdict and demanded his release.

Activist-journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza jailed for 25 years for criticising Putin

Human rights organisations and Western governments denounced the verdict and demanded his release.

A Russian court convicted a top opposition activist of treason on Monday for publicly denouncing Moscow's war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.
It was the latest move in the Kremlin's relentless crackdown on anyone who dares to criticise the invasion.
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr., an activist and journalist who twice survived poisonings he blamed on the Kremlin, has rejected the charges against him as punishment for standing up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and likened the proceedings to the show trials during the rule of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
Human rights organisations and Western governments denounced the verdict and demanded his release.
Amnesty International declared the 41-year-old a prisoner of conscience.
The charges against Kara-Murza, who has been behind bars since his arrest a year ago, stem from a March 2022 speech to the Arizona House of Representatives in which he denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine and other speeches abroad.
Days after that invasion, the country adopted a law criminalising spreading &ldquo;false information&rdquo; about its military.

Four bankers, three Russian-born and one Swiss have been found guilty of financial crimes in Switzerland for assisting Putin's friend in money laundering. 

Four swiss bankers found guilty in Putin money laundering case

Four bankers, three Russian-born and one Swiss have been found guilty of financial crimes in Switzerland for assisting Putin's friend in money laundering.&nbsp;

Four bankers, three Russian-born and one Swiss were charged with breaking Swiss anti-money-laundering law of having assisted a longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin The Wall Street Journal reported.
All four worked for Gazprombank, the main channel of Russian oil and gas payments and the accounts in question were opened in 2014 by companies owned by Sergei Roldugin, a concert cellist close to Putin, reported WSJ.
They face fines ranging from 48,000 Swiss francs to 540,000 francs, and two years of probation, the court said. If they behave in that period, they don't have to pay the fines, reported WSJ.
However, all four of them denied the charges.&nbsp;
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Arrest warrant issued against Russian President Vladimir Putin: report

The Hague-based ICC accused the Russian president of responsibility for war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine during the war that has been ongoing for over a year.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian official Maria Alekseyevna LvovaBelova for the alleged scheme to deport Ukrainian children to Russia, reported CNN.
The Hague-based ICC accused the Russian president of responsibility for war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine during the war that has been ongoing for over a year.
The Hague-based court said in a statement on Friday Putin "is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of the population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation."
It also issued a warrant for the arrest of Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, the commissioner for children's rights in the office of the president of the Russian Federation on similar allegations, reported Al Jazeera.
Russia did not immediately comment following the ICC's move on Friday.

Vladimir Putin's current condition means that he will be unable to actively participate in various activities during the treatment including fully participating in the governance of the military operations in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin's treatment not working, new course soon: report, as Russia-Ukraine war nears 1-year mark

Reports emerge periodically claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin is suffering from serious illnesses like cancer.

As the Russia-Ukraine war nears the one-year mark, more rumours have emerged of Russian President Vladimir Putin suffering from serious illnesses.
In the latest such report, it has been claimed that Putin recently underwent a medical examination. It was found that the current treatment being administered to Putin is not yielding results. A new course of treatment will begin in March, the report claimed.
Reports emerge periodically claiming that the 70-year-old leader is suffering from serious illnesses like cancer.
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"A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people's love of liberty, brutality will never grind down the will of the free," Biden said in Warsaw.

Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia - never: Biden

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Ukraine would "never be a victory for Russia" as he delivered a speech in Poland ahead of the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion.

"A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people's love of liberty, brutality will never grind down the will of the free," Biden said in Warsaw.

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Ukraine would "never be a victory for Russia" as he delivered a speech in Poland ahead of the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion.
"A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never be able to ease the people's love of liberty, brutality will never grind down the will of the free," he said in Warsaw.
"Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia -- never," Biden told the crowd of several thousand people gathered outside the Royal Castle.
Speaking a day after his surprise trip to the Ukrainian capital, Biden said: "Kyiv stands strong, Kyiv stands proud, it stands tall and most importantly it stands free".
Biden also responded to an anti-West speech made by Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier Tuesday.
"The West is not plotting to attack Russia as Putin said today," Biden said.
"Millions of Russian citizens who only want to live in peace with their neighbours are not the enemy."
Biden stressed the West's continued support for Ukraine.
Putin "thought autocrats like himself were tough and leaders of democracy were soft and then he met the iron will of America and nations everywhere that refused to accept a world governed by fear," he said.
"There should be no doubt: our support for Ukraine will not waver, NATO will not be divided and we will not tire."
The official visit to Poland is Biden's second in the past 12 months.
On Wednesday, he will meet in Warsaw with the leaders of nine countries on NATO's eastern flank.

India has not yet condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been maintaining that the crisis must be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue.

NSA Ajit Doval meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow

India has not yet condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been maintaining that the crisis must be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held wide-ranging discussions in Moscow and agreed to continue working towards implementing the strategic partnership between the two countries.
The Indian embassy in Moscow said the discussions were focused on bilateral and regional issues, but it did not elaborate on the issues.
"NSA Ajit Doval called on HE President Putin. Wide-ranging discussion on bilateral and regional issues. Agreed to continue work towards implementing the India-Russia strategic partnership," the embassy tweeted.
Doval began his two-day visit to Russia on Wednesday.
On Monday, Russian Ambassador to New Delhi Denis Alipov said Russia wants to further diversify its relations with India.
The NSA's visit to Russia came three months after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar travelled to the country during which the two sides vowed to expand their economic engagement including India's import of petroleum products from its "time-tested" partner.
On Wednesday, Doval attended the fifth meeting of Secretaries of Security Councils/NSAs on Afghanistan which was hosted by Russia.
In the meeting, Doval said no country should be allowed to use Afghan territory to export terrorism and asserted that India will never abandon the people of Afghanistan in their time of need.
Besides Russia and India, the meeting was attended by representatives from &nbsp;Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Doval's visit to Moscow comes weeks ahead of the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to travel to India to attend the meeting on March 1 and 2.
The ties between India and Russia remained strong notwithstanding Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
India's import of Russian crude oil has gone up significantly in the last few months despite increasing disquiet over it in many Western countries.
India has not yet condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has been maintaining that the crisis must be resolved through diplomacy and dialogue.

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