On January 20, security forces loyal to Kremlin-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov abducted the mother of lawyer and anti-torture activist Abubakar Yangulbayev in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod and took her by force to Chechnya. She has been held since in isolation without contact with her lawyer or her family.
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A day after saying he still believes there is a diplomatic path to resolving the crisis along the Russia-Ukraine border, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to speak by telephone Wednesday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
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Last week a group of top officials with Russia's ruling party -- including its general secretary, Andrei Turchak, a deputy chairman of the upper house of parliament -- appealed to the Kremlin to provide advanced weaponry to Moscow-backed separatist forces waging war against Kyiv in parts of eastern Ukraine
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Russia's population declined by more than half a million in 2021, and COVID-19 is being blamed as one of the main reasons.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain is considering a “major” deployment of troops, warships, and fighter jets in Eastern Europe to counter Russian “hostility” toward Ukraine.
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NATO Allies are putting forces on standby and sending additional ships and fighter jets to NATO deployments in eastern Europe, reinforcing Allied deterrence and defence as Russia continues its military build-up in and around Ukraine.
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U.S. President Joe Biden has predicted Russia will make a move on Ukraine but that President Vladimir Putin likely hasn't decided and the country would face severe economic consequences should a military offensive occur.
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High-level security talks between NATO and Russia to address a brewing crisis on Ukraine's eastern border have begun at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels amid low expectations for a breakthrough.
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The U.S. and Russia have launched "frank and forthright" discussions aimed at de-escalating tensions between the two powers as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to station an estimated 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, the White House said Monday
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President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev has issued a stark warning to protesters in Kazakhstan that he has given security personnel a green light to “shoot to kill” even as the nation’s police forces, bolstered by a Russian-led troop contingent, appeared to be in control of most cities in Kazakhstan after dozens were killed in unprecedented anti-government demonstrations..
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