Tag: Vladimir Putin

Kevin Johnson: US boxer fighting for Putin's Russia

US heavyweight Kevin Johnson came close to the top of the boxing world before his star dimmed. Now, he wants to relaunch his...

‘You’ll lose’, Russian agents told Assad as they organised his escape

Russia organised for Bashir al-Assad to flee to Moscow via its air base on the Syrian coast as rebels broke into Damascus on...

Fall of the House of Assad, with a billion-pound fortune and blood on their hands

He didn’t look like a dictator. Awkward and gangly, his mannerisms unassuming, at least until he opened his mouth, Bashar al-Assad exuded none...

Russia ‘will not come to’ Assad’s rescue as it orders citizens to leave Syria

Russia has no plans to rescue Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from advancing rebel forces, according to reports.Bloomberg News quoted a source close to...

Putin's Ukraine drone barrages are increasingly backfiring on his closest ally

"Europe's last dictator" -- as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has often been termed -- thus far appears to have kept his nation out...

Trump's plan for Ukraine comes into focus: Territorial concessions but NATO off the table

By Gram Slattery and Jonathan LandayWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advisers to Donald Trump publicly and privately are floating proposals to end the Ukraine war...