Zakharova, a longtime fixture of Russia's foreign policy messaging, is widely known for using undiplomatic and provocative language. Her public comments frequently feature personal insults, sarcasm, and aggressive rhetoric aimed at foreign officials and governments.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has made headlines by saying that if given the chance to kidnap a world leader, he would detain Russian President Vladimir Putin and hold him accountable for war crimes committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Vladimir Putin and sees him as a bigger obstacle to peace in Ukraine than Volodymyr Zelensky, according to sources.

The US raid on Venezuela has exposed the limits of ties between Moscow and Caracas – while pointing the way for potential strategic opportunities for Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Washington’s new era of gunboat diplomacy.

It comes after American special forces launched an audacious operation against another world leader on January 3. Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were snatched from the capital Caracas in the dead of night and flown back to the US to face court charges.

Russia accuses the CIA of orchestrating a drone strike on Putin's residence. Trump denies involvement amid escalating tensions between Moscow and Washington.

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela can be seen as both a benefit and a burden for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

EADaily, January 12th, 2026. One of the main "liberal pillars" of anti-Kremlin propaganda, Yulia Latynina*, continues to demonstrate a radical revision of her views on Russia and Ukraine.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky signs up top spy an arch strategist Budanov as his political enforcer - putting the man Putin fears most of all at the very top of the Kyiv government

A studio official said the president's appearance in Prostokvashino would be a form of "soft power" that would help promote Russia and its culture.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has said that, if he could, he would want to abduct Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.