The Russian president is facing pressure not only from a stalemate on the battlefield but also from a battered economy that is fueling discontent.

Pavel Gubarev, the former neo-Nazi paramilitary who declared himself People’s Governor of the Donbas in March 2014 and helped ignite Russia’s war against Ukraine, has now told an interviewer that Russia has lost 1 million men in Ukraine and that the war is no longer a war but a sacrificial offering.

Four years ago, President Vladimir Putin offered Moscow and its business elite a de facto deal: Support my war in Ukraine, and in exchange you won’t have to think about it. In the past week, that deal was broken.

The Russian leader is walking a tightrope: acknowledging public discontent while offering no indication that he might give up on his demands.

President Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Wednesday about Ukraine and Iran.

"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough laid into Donald Trump on Monday morning, accusing the American president of aiding Russian President Vladimir Putin in his ongoing war against the Ukraine. "Trump is doing everything he can do to help Vladimir Putin,

The Kremlin warns of “dire consequences” if the war on Iran resumes, as Putin tells Trump renewed hostilities would be dangerous.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks the war with Ukraine is coming to an end as President Trump brokers a three-day ceasefire and prisoner exchange between both nations.

Russia’s ruble has muscled its way to become the world’s best performer against the dollar so far this quarter, buoyed by a surge in foreign currency receipts from oil sales following the outbreak of war in the Middle East.

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