Is a Putin Ally in Eastern Europe Making a Cautious Overture to the West?
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus keeps arresting political opponents, but analysts wonder if a string of unusual ...
Russian gas sales to Europe are 'complicated', Kremlin says after Putin-Fico talks
The situation with European countries that buy Russian gas is very complicated and requires increased attention, the Kremlin ...
Is Europe Already at War With Putin’s Russia?
Call it shadow or hybrid, everything points to war and the reluctance to call it that comes from decades of complacency on ...
Slovak Leader Visits Putin, Breaking With E.U.’s Policy of Isolation
Prime Minister Robert Fico’s surprise visit to Moscow on Sunday, reportedly to discuss natural gas and Ukraine, was a blow to ...
‘Ordinary people with shovels’: Volunteers cleaning Black Sea oil spill ask Putin for help
Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 35 miles of coastline, after at least 3,700 tons of heavy ...
As Putin presses his hybrid war, Europe presses the ‘snooze’ button
That’s a key question as Western officials register a sharp recent intensification of the Kremlin’s hybrid campaign across ...
There is a question no one dares ask about Vladimir Putin
In the final working week before Christmas, EU leaders gathered for a meeting that might prove historic – but not for the ...
Nato cannot defend Europe from Russia without the US, warn alliance’s frontline leaders
Leaders of Finland, Latvia and Estonia tell The Independent that Ukraine’s victory over Russia is vital to the defence of a poorly armed Europe ...
'Traitor…': Slovakia PM faces backlash after Putin meeting; Zelenskyy says 'he weakened Europe'
Russian President Putin met Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Moscow on December 22, as a key Russian gas transit deal nears expiration. Fico's visit has sparked protests in Slovakia, with critics ...
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Zelenskyy accuses Slovak PM Fico of helping Putin weaken Europe
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is weakening Europe by helping Russia's leader ...
Zelenskyy on Fico's visit to Putin: This should concern Slovakia's law enforcement
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's desire to do business with Russia ...