Putin and Abbas agree ‘mutual commitment’ to Russia-Palestine relations

Abbas was the only world leader other than Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who expressed support for the Russian president in the wake of the attempted rebellion.
Putin: ‘I have Jewish friends but Zelensky is a disgrace to Jewish people’

Russia’s president made the remarks in an address at an annual economic forum in St Petersburg on Friday.
Soldiers of Misfortune

The Wagner Group isn’t playing.
Reading Putin’s Mind

What must the Russian dictator be thinking?
How Does Israel Interpret the Russian-Iranian Alliance?

In Israeli eyes, Tehran is allied with Moscow because both are in conflict with the U.S. for different reasons, and that fact is far more important than any ideological overlaps between them.
The U.N. Goes DEFCON 3 on Israel

Global bureaucrats are less angry with Putin, Xi and Khamenei.
What Diplomacy with Putin Would Look Like Now

The day the Russian president knows he can win neither on the battlefield nor through blackmail is the day he may seek a diplomatic solution.
Mr. Putin Goes to Tehran

Iran and Russia further bind their ties—one an authoritarian regime claiming Divine sanction, the other an authoritarian regime promoting nationalist chauvinism, both of them sworn enemies of Western democracy.
Independence for America and None for Ukraine? (Part One)

Where is the alternative press’s usual righteous indignation over censorship, imperialism and unjust war? Why so many apologists for Imperial Putin?
Do Tyrants Heed Their Minions? A Look at Putin and Saddam

The recording reveals a Saddam “at variance with the widespread perception of an unchallengeable tyrant unable to tolerate any dissent and making his decisions arbitrarily and unilaterally.”