According to Ushakov, Moscow will not have a presence at the inauguration because Russia's possible candidate for Russian ambassador to the U.S.—Alexander Darchiev, the head of the North American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry—has still not received an agrément from Washington.
Trump’s maneuvers to “save TikTok” and the ouster of the hawkish chairman of the House Intelligence Committee evoke a familiar dynamic.
In his final week in the White House, the president has made it much more difficult for his successor to undo Russian sanctions.
Scott Bessent, Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary, said during a confirmation hearing Thursday that he is "perplexed" that the Biden administration did not impose more sanctions and tariffs on Russia's economy.
Just as the inauguration for the second term of President-elect Donald Trump comes closer, the nation and the world wait with bated breath if Trump will enact his campaign promises. One such statement that affects the world at large is Trump’s disdain for NATO and his affiliation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine on Saturday claimed a pair of attacks on oil depots in western Russia, the latest salvo in Kyiv's air campaign against strategic targets on Russian soil. Kyiv's General Staff said its forces had struck storage facilities overnight in the Kaluga and Tula regions.
The Kremlin on Thursday said it is closely monitoring the "dramatic" comments made by President-elect Donald Trump over his desire ... regions in Ukraine that Russia illegally annexed in 2022 ...
Mr Trump’s second term will not only be more disruptive than his first; it will also supplant a vision of foreign policy that has dominated America since the second world war. For decades American leaders have argued that their power comes with the responsibility to be the indispensable defender of a world made more stable and benign by democracy,
President-elect Donald Trump has given voters a hefty list of promises, and many of them come due right away. On many major issues, Trump promises to deliver on Day 1.
Donald Trump has promised to end the Ukraine war as soon as he enters office next week by allowing him to keep the land Russia has taken in Ukraine. But Ben Hodges, a former US Army Europe commander, has told the Sun that this could allow Putin to come back stronger and invade again.