Vladimir Putin

Even if Putin continues to be thwarted in his attempt to take over Ukraine, the war could settle into a long-term, low-level conflict as Russian troops remain ...

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A report by the Telegram channel "General SVR" alleges that Vladimir Putin is expected to temporarily hand over control of his government to ex-FSB chief ...

“Additionally, the president promised that if his health takes a turn for the worse, actual control of the country will temporarily pass into Patrushev’s hands.” The sickening “antler baths” are an alternative therapy in the Altai region of Russia, which borders Khazakstan and Mongolia. Putin has become so paranoid about his health, the outlet claimed, he has even turned to unconventional, and barbaric, therapies. He is no better than Vladimir Putin. Moreover, he is a more cunning, and I would say, more insidious person than Vladimir Putin. If he comes to power, Russians’ problems will only multiply.” “Patrushev is an outright villain. “Putin is unlikely to agree to hand over power for a longer period of time,” the narrator of the video states, adding that the control of the country will likely be in Patrushev’s hands for no more than two to three days.

Calling the next few weeks in Ukraine pivotal, a Pentagon official said Russia will "have some real decisions to make" if its new offensive fails.

“The death and destruction that's taken place in Ukraine, the atrocities, the dislocation of millions of families, all of this makes it less and less likely that this war will end with a formal settlement,” he said. “He strongly feels that he cannot lose the war. Putin hopes to gain in eastern Ukraine and parts of the Black Sea coastline. The Ukrainians' greatest need is for long-range guns and rockets that can reach deep into Russian lines. Russia is unlikely to be dramatically more successful than major offensives around Kyiv, according to the analysis, because the military probably hasn’t fixed its underlying problems – poor coordination, the inability to conduct cross-country operations and low morale. The aid package included 144,000 rounds of artillery ammunition. He cannot afford to lose it.” “I don’t see an off-ramp. I don’t think Putin is interested in an off-ramp,” said Angela Stent, a senior adviser to the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and author of “Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest.” Their presence would be a destabilizing force as Russia prepares for a new opportunity. The Russian military learned from its mistakes around Kyiv and appears to have focused on supplying its troops in the east with the fuel and ammunition they need to fight, according to a senior defense official. If Russia’s military can enlarge its holdings in Donbas and connect the area to Crimea, creating a strategic corridor between the Crimean Peninsula and Russian positions in eastern Ukraine, that could enable Putin to claim a victory he can sell to the Russian public, said Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University.

Unless the West stands up to him, Russia's war in Ukraine will reverse a decadeslong decline in territorial conquest. · Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks ...

One can only dread how many lives will be lost if the future of war becomes like its past. The parts of Ukraine Mr. Putin is trying to conquer contain roughly $1.4 trillion worth of natural gas and coal. - Opinion: Elon Musk Tweeted My Cartoon Russia’s indiscriminate shelling of civilians, to say nothing of the heinous treatment of Ukrainians in places like Bucha, shows how savage wars for land can be. Supply-chain problems, epidemics, nuclear proliferation—they can all be overshadowed by one man’s desire to capture territory. - Opinion: Elon Musk Tweeted My Cartoon Mr. Putin isn’t the only modern leader with expansionist aims. The Ottomans seized Eastern Europe and Egypt. As political scientist John Vasquez says, “Of all the possible issues states can fight over, the evidence overwhelmingly indicates that issues involving territory . . . are the main ones prone to collective violence.” If Vladimir Putin is allowed to keep the land he has seized from Ukraine, it will violate one of the modern world’s few meaningful protections of peace—its prohibition against taking territory by force. Finally, in 1945, that rule changed. This prohibition has been surprisingly successful. Before 1945, the international rule on territorial acquisitions could be summed up as vae victis, “woe to the vanquished.” Kings, sultans and czars led bloody campaigns to take land from one another and expand their empires abroad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9, a move that would enable the full mobilization of Russia's reserve ...

"I'm quite confident that we'll be hearing more from Moscow in the lead up to May 9," Price added. "He's been rolling the pitch, laying the ground for being able to say 'look, this is now a war against Nazis, and what I need is more people. Western officials have long believed that Putin would leverage the symbolic significance and propaganda value of that day to announce either a military achievement in Ukraine, a major escalation of hostilities -- or both. It would also, under Russian law, allow Putin to mobilize reserve forces and draft conscripts, which officials say Russia desperately needs amid a growing manpower shortage. Officials have begun to hone in on one scenario, which is that Putin formally declares war on Ukraine on May 9. I need more Russian cannon fodder.'"

Europe News: Putin has reportedly been told by doctors that he must undergo an operation, the New York Post reported citing a Telegram channel purportedly ...

"Additionally, the president promised that if his health takes a turn for the worse, actual control of the country will temporarily pass into Patrushev's hands." "Patrushev is an outright villain. "Putin is unlikely to agree to hand over power for a longer period of time," the Telegram channel further claimed, adding that the control of the country will likely be in Patrushev's hands for no more than two to three days.

Russian President Vladimir Putin might undergo cancer surgery while temporarily handing over power to the secretary of the country's Security Council ...

"Additionally, the president promised that if his health takes a turn for the worse, actual control of the country will temporarily pass into Patrushev's hands." "Patrushev is an outright villain. "Putin is unlikely to agree to hand over power for a longer period of time," the Telegram channel further claimed, adding that the control of the country will likely be in Patrushev's hands for no more than two to three days, reported New York Post.

Putin has reportedly been told by doctors that he must undergo an operation, the New York Post reported citing a Telegram channel purportedly run by a ...

The Express Tribune said a student, Bebgar Imdad, had been arrested and transferred to an undisclosed location. Pakistan police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the blast at Karachi University, news agency ANI said Monday citing local media reports from last week. He told reporters gathered on the red carpet at the annual Met Gala in New York that an important measure of success would be whether Twitter could expand its audience significantly. Roe was "Jane Roe," a pseudonym for a single mother pregnant for the third time, Norma McCorvey, who wanted an abortion. "Additionally, the president promised that if his health takes a turn for the worse, actual control of the country will temporarily pass into Patrushev's hands." To this, Elon Musk replied "Making funny faces at the Met."