Tag: Putin, Vladimir V
Unity in a Foreign Policy Crisis, but Questions Still to be Answered
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s challenge on Tuesday night was to unite Americans behind his confrontation with a brutal…
Russian Troop Deaths Expose a Potential Weakness of Putin’s Strategy
WASHINGTON — When Russia seized Crimea in 2014, President Vladimir V. Putin was so worried about Russian casualty…
Gérard Depardieu, Friend of Putin, Denounces ‘Fratricidal War’
For the past decade, the French actor Gérard Depardieu has been one of the closest Western celebrities to…
War in Ukraine Hits Home for Taiwanese
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Justin Huang, a 23-year-old recent university graduate in Taiwan, has been…
Russian Forces Hit Harder in Ukraine After a Fumbled Start
Many experts say that Mr. Putin appeared to miscalculate in assuming that a quick strike on Kyiv could…
Putin Has Made Sure the World Will Never Be the Same
The musician and actress Selena Gomez has twice as many followers on Instagram — over 298 million —…
US Escalates Sanctions With a Freeze on Russian Central Bank Assets
The Treasury Department on Monday moved to further cut off Russia from the global economy, announcing that it…
Putin Declares a Nuclear Alert, and Biden Seeks De-escalation
WASHINGTON — When Vladimir V. Putin declared Sunday that he was putting his nuclear forces into “special combat…
Ties That Bind Putin and Xi Tested by Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
They visited a hockey rink in Beijing and the panda enclosure at the Moscow Zoo. They shared blinis…
Why the Chinese Internet Is Cheering Russia’s Invasion
The countries’ friendship has “no limits,” they declared.Given that the leaders met just weeks before the invasion, it…
Biden and Putin, Children of the Cold War, Face Off in New Conflict
WASHINGTON — As President Biden tells the story, he was blunt with Vladimir V. Putin during a meeting…
Russia’s War With Ukraine Already Costing Russian Economy
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin has ushered in a crisis for his country — in its economy…