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Russian President Vladimir Putin craves more than just a reunification of the former Soviet Union. He has a preference for several cuisines while at home and abroad, although the former KGB officer hasn’t traveled much internationally since illegally invading Ukraine 13 months ago. His...

Russian President Vladimir Putin may have earned millions from a Russian vodka brand named after him, reports the independent Russian media outlet, Proekt. Putinka vodka was launched in 2002 by a company called Winexim.  As reported by Business Insider, Winexim's co-...

The Finance Director for Russia's Western Military District (WMD) and a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Marina Yankina, is said to have died after falling 16 stories from a building in St Petersburg.  Yankina's body was discovered on Wednesday by a...

According to a column published by a Russian media outlet, a political consultant and ex-speechwriter to Russian President Vladimir Putin has written that Russian military generals are growing increasingly frustrated as their troops continue to suffer defeats in Ukraine. In his ...

George Orwell’s “1984” topped the bestseller list in Russia in 2022, during a year plagued by President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the National Post. The dystopian novel, published in 1949, is a cautionary tale centered around the idea...

An abundance of individuals and groups are still agitated over every aspect of the Brittney Griner-Viktor Bout prisoner exchange. One DEA agent who oversaw the administration's past investigation of Viktor Bout told ABC News that the exchange was "really upsetting...

Former US Marine Paul Whelan who has been in prison in Russia for over four years and recently in bad health told CNN he was frustrated that more has not been done to secure his release. He spoke with CNN in an exclusive interview just hours after WNBA star Brittney Griner ...

Just one day after it emerged that WNBA superstar Brittney Griner was sent to Female Penal Colony IK-2, a Russian diplomat said the prospect of a prisoner exchange for her release had “strengthened” and could likely involve convicted Russian arms...

A Russian court upheld Brittney Griner’s sentence on drug smuggling charges, clearing the way for her to serve nine years in a penal colony unless the U.S. government can negotiate a deal for her release. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan called the decision "...

Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving kicked off the NBA season with a passionate plea to President Biden to bring Brittney Griner home.  “I appreciate us being able to share this floor together, all of us as brothers. But the big picture that’s going on in the world is free our sister...

WNBA star Brittney Griner is turning 32 in a Russian jail cell as she serves a nine-year prison sentence. She released a statement via her lawyer to all her fans and supporters.  “Thank you everyone for fighting so hard to get me home,” she said per ...

The former head of Britain's MI6 secret intelligence service recently said Russian President Vladimir Putin could be replaced as Russian leader by somebody even further to the nationalist right. What Happened: In an interview with BBC, Sir Alex Younger, MI6 chief from 2014...

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from a Moscow-area prison is a priority of President Joe Biden but, apparently, Moscow has other pressing issues on its plate, an aide to President Vladimir Putin said Sunday, reported by USA Today. "In this tense situation, I think that...

The UK's Defense Minister Ben Wallace has said that Russia is cut off from the global supply chain and will soon run out of weapons before Ukraine does.  During an interview with Sky News, Wallace said, “Russia's ability to make and repair weapons and ammunition is...

President Joe Biden has warned that the country may face nuclear Armageddon for the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. He acknowledged that the more Russia troops struggle in Ukraine, the greater the danger of nuclear war.  Biden has said that Putin was "not joking...