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.

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

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.

Political analysts believe a potential US-backed regime change could shift control of Iranian oil, disrupt the supply of Shahed drones to Russia, and significantly weaken Moscow's global standing

Simon Migliano, who compiled the Top10VPN shutdown report, told me “Iran’s current nationwide blackout is a blunt instrument intended to crush dissent, starkly different from the sophisticated, slow-burn digital censorship we’re seeing in Russia.”

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin lied when he claimed earlier this week that Ukraine tried to kill him in a massive drone attack targeting one of his residences, according to US intelligence.

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

Trump has pushed Russia out of Latin America and seized tankers while conceding nothing in Europe.

"The Venezuela operation makes me very nervous. I'm worried about the competence of a lot of the officials involved"