Why Putin Is Fighting On, Even as His Problems Multiply

There is little sign that public exhaustion, economic headwinds or increased Ukrainian strikes are changing the Russian leader’s view that he will eventually achieve victory.

‘The choice was prison or exile’: journalists who fled Russia publish grim portrait of Putin

Forensically detailed biography by Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin, who were forced to move abroad in 2021, depicts president as a modern-day tsar
New York Post

Putin could be in danger of losing his grip on Russia, spymaster says — as Moscow tests NATO countries

WASHINGTON — Strongman Vladimir Putin’s grip on power could be in danger, the spymaster of Estonia has claimed — as the Kremlin ramps up aggression against NATO countries. Kaupo Rosin, the Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service ...
Al Jazeera English

Japan protests as Russia’s Putin visits disputed Kuril Islands

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has paid his first-ever visit to a Russian-administered island chain in the Pacific that is also claimed by Japan, drawing condemnation from Tokyo. Putin visited the Kuril Islands on Thursday, meeting with the regional ...
Time

Putin The Puppeteer: How Russia Benefits From Trump’s War in Iran

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