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Vladimir Putin

Towards Gerontocracy

The Greek philosopher Plato once said: “It is for the elder man to rule and for the younger to submit.”

A Trumpian Order

A week is a long time in politics, and five weeks have been sufficient for President Trump to upend the world order. Trump has no friends or enemies, only supplicants or targets; one has to become the former if one does not want to turn into the latter ~ as President Zelenskky discovered to his great cost.

Kremlin aide rejects US ceasefire plan on Ukraine

A top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected the US plan of ceasefire in the war against Ukraine even as US President Donald Trump's top negotiator landed in Moscow for talks.

Time to pause

The announcement of a proposed 30-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, to be brokered by the United States, marks a pivotal moment in a war that has defied diplomatic solutions for over three years.