Tag: Vladimir Poutine
in the Kramatorsk region, the Russian army maintains the pressure
A peace conference for Ukraine begins this morning in Switzerland in the Burgenstock hotel complex, in the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia is not. On the ground, the…
The commemoration of the Landing, a ceremony for the present too?
Were the ceremonies which have just marked the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy more political than usual? The answer is yes. Certainly, the memory of the tens…
Vladimir Putin says his army has conquered 47 towns in Ukraine since the start of the year
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the conquest of 47 Ukrainian localities by the Russian army since the start of the year. Its troops are on the offensive in the East…
Russia plans tax increases for high earners and businesses
The subject, which had already been raised during the presidential election, is now taking a concrete turn: the Russian Ministry of Finance presented on Tuesday evening, May 28, the bill…
Putin warns “states with a small territory and a very dense population”
Is this the latest red line that Westerners could, like the previous ones, end up crossing? In any case, Ukraine urges its allies to allow it to strike Russian territory…
Russian assault in Kharkiv region ‘stopped’, but situation remains ‘difficult’, army says
Ukraine assured Friday May 24 that it had “ stopped » the Russian assault on the Kharkiv region, underway for two weeks, and having started a counterattack in this sector…
Russia conducts tactical nuclear weapons exercises near Ukraine
The Russian army announced this Tuesday, May 21, that it had started military exercises on the use of tactical nuclear weapons, exercises ordered in early May by President Vladimir Putin.…
Shoigu’s replacement at Defense “is a surprise”, Putin changes “horses in the middle of the ford”
In a surprise announcement on the evening of Sunday, May 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed his emblematic Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in office since 2012. Dismissed but also promoted,…
Vladimir Putin fires Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed his emblematic Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Sunday evening, in office since 2012, in a surprise reshuffle, a few days after his inauguration for a…
a modest May 9 military parade, but still hardening with the West
Like every year, the Russian president supervised the May 9 military parade on Red Square, a central piece of the Kremlin’s narrative meant to exalt the country’s power. More than…