Tag: Putin, Vladimir V
In Ukraine, Some Ethnic Hungarians Feel Ambivalence About the War
TRANSCARPATHIA, Ukraine — Beneath dark clouds unleashing a summer rain, officials in a southwestern Ukrainian border village gathered…
On Russia, Europe Weighs Competing Goals: Peace and Punishment
BRUSSELS — Losing ground to Russia’s brutal advance in the east, Ukraine on Monday demanded an arsenal of…
Biden Races to Expand Coalition Against Russia but Meets Resistance
WASHINGTON — Even before the start of the war in Ukraine, an international alliance to rally the world…
McDonald’s Is Reinvented in Russia as the Economy Stumbles On
Yevgeny Shumilkin is going back to work on Sunday. To prepare, he pulled the familiar “M” off what…
The Ukraine War Still Holds Surprises. The Biggest May Be for Putin.
In more ways than one. The 27 nations of the European Union, our key ally, are actually the…
Battered by Russian Shells, a Monastery Remains Loyal to Moscow
The monks and nuns cloistered in a monastery complex in eastern Ukraine absorb daily bombardments from Russian artillery.…
Struggling in Ukraine’s East, Russian Forces Strike in Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pressed hard on Sunday to take the town of Sievierodonetsk, one of the…
‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan
AL-IBEDIYYA, Sudan — In a scorched, gold-rich area 200 miles north of the Sudanese capital, where fortunes spring…
Thousands Swept Up as Kremlin Clamps Down on War Criticism
Vladimir Efimov, a local politician on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East, was charged with “discrediting the…
Ukraine Tells Story of War in Museum Show
KYIV, Ukraine — Just days after Russian troops retreated from the suburbs surrounding Kyiv, Yuriy Savchuk, director of…
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Yacht Company That Caters to Russian Elites
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government leveled sanctions against a yacht management company and its owners, describing them as…
Putin’s Threats Highlight the Dangers of a New, Riskier Nuclear Era
WASHINGTON — The old nuclear order, rooted in the Cold War’s unthinkable outcomes, was fraying before Russia invaded…