Russia's Putin First

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, undeterred in anti-Putin mission

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, remains a defiant critic of Vladimir Putin. She understands she risks being kidnapped or poisoned, but says she's not afraid.

Putin Brings Together Economies He Hopes Will Eclipse the West

The Russian leader hopes to use the meeting of the so-called BRICS group, which includes China and India, as a counterweight to the West.

World - The New York Times - October 21

Putin gathers allies to show West's pressure isn’t working

Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcoming more than 20 world leaders to the Brics summit.

Putin's Attempt To Recruit North Koreans In Ukraine War Is 'Desperate,' U.K. Warns

World - Yahoo News - October 22

What to know about the BRICS Summit being hosted by Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting the BRICS Summit this week as he continues to face sanctions from the West and an international arrest warrant over his invasion of Ukraine. CBS News ...

Putin and Xi discuss Ukraine war at BRICS summit, says Kremlin

World - Yahoo News - October 22

Putin disrupting food aid for Gaza by attacking Ukraine ports, says Starmer

Russian president ‘willing to gamble on food security’ by stepping up strikes on grain ships, says UK prime minister. Keir Starmer has accused Vladimir Putin of disrupting food supplies to Gaza ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Financial cooperation and BRICS expansion are on the table as Putin hosts Global South leaders

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is hosting China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and other world leaders at a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, part of Kremlin efforts to ...

World - ABC News - October 23

Putin calls for alternative international payment system at Brics summit

Russian president’s goal to de-dollarize world economy alarms members that do not want bloc to turn against west. Vladimir Putin has opened the expanded Brics summit by issuing a call for an ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

Putin bets on North Korean troops to retake Kursk from Ukraine

‘Storm Corps’ is first foreign army contingent deployed in Russia’s war

Business - Financial Times - October 24

How Erdoğan’s trip to see Putin signals he’s still playing middleman

Also in this newsletter: Parliament’s far right starts to flex its muscles

World - Financial Times - October 24

Putin’s alternative to ‘weaponised’ dollar fails to excite Brics partners

Russian president targets US financial dominance in struggle to reduce impact of sanctions

Business - Financial Times - October 24

North Korean troops fighting Ukraine will be 'fair game,' U.S. warns Putin

SEOUL, South Korea — Some 12,000 North Korean troops will be sent to Russia, a key United States ally said Thursday, vowing it “will not stand by and do nothing” in the face of this significant ...

Politics - NBC News - October 24

Putin Abandons Caution on North Korea in Pursuit of Victory in Ukraine

The invasion of Ukraine has led the Russian leader to jettison cooperation with the West over North Korea’s nuclear arsenal in favor of an ever-deepening military alliance with Pyongyang.

World - The New York Times - October 24

Putin touts growing BRICS alliance as answer to West's "perverse methods"

Hosting a summit of the BRICS alliance, Putin touted the growing club as an alternative to the West's "relentless foreign influence ostensibly promoting democracy."

Putin critic Alexey Navalny's widow urges Americans not to take democracy for granted

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, told ABC's "The View" that Americans should not take their democracy for granted.

Watch: Putin challenged over Ukraine war by BBC's Steve Rosenberg

The Russian president gave a news conference after hosting a summit of world leaders in Kazan.

Trump must not let himself become Neville Chamberlain to Putin

President Trump's approach to ending the war in Ukraine echoes the appeasement of Hitler's aggression in 1938, and his proposed solution of a neutral Ukraine accepting Russian dominion over its ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Vladimir Putin says no Brics plan to create alternative to Swift banking system

World - Yahoo News - October 25

BRICS Summit Offers a Glimpse Inside Putin’s Alternate Reality

At a meeting of emerging economies, Vladimir Putin positioned himself as a respected and powerful leader, ignoring the condemnation he receives from the West.

World - The New York Times - October 26

NASA Head Says WSJ Report of Musk's Talks With Putin Should Be Investigated

Bill Nelson said the account of multiple conversations between the billionaire and the Russian president was concerning.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 25

NASA chief calls for reported Musk-Putin talks to be investigated

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson called for The Wall Street Journal’s recent report on “secret” conversations between tech billionaire Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin to be ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Putin's 'hybrid warfare' pressures neighbors at a crossroads to turn away from the West

The American presidential election isn’t the only vote that the Kremlin has its eyes on — and, arguably, is seeking to get its hands in.

Patriot by Alexei Navalny review – the man who dared to defy Putin

This remarkable memoir by the bold and fearless Russian opposition leader describes an extraordinary life, from a childhood in the shadow of Chornobyl to surviving a novichok attack and his final ...

World - The Guardian - October 27

JD Vance says Putin is ‘clearly an adversary’ but doesn’t call him an enemy

In an interview with Meet the Press, Republican VP candidate JD Vance tells Kristen Welker that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “clearly an adversary” but stops short of calling him an enemy.

Politics - NBC News - October 27

Bernie Sanders says Elon Musk's reported contact with Putin is not 'appropriate'

The Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the last two years. On Meet the Press, Sen. Bernie Sanders says that Musk’s ...