Vladimir Putin

May 9 is celebrated as Victory Day in Russia and some former states of Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact to commemorate the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 i.e. win in the second World War. 

The Russian military is using trained dolphins during its invasion of Ukraine to protect a Black Sea naval base.

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Kyiv on Thursday; he admitted that the Security Council failed to go far enough in its efforts to "prevent and end" Russia's war in Ukraine.

On the 20th of April, the United States rolled out new sanctions against more than 40 individuals and entities, including the Russian privately-owned commercial bank, the Transkapitalbank.

The Russia-Ukrainian war is set to enter in its second phase in the east: The Battle of Donbas.

Over the last 22 years of Putin's rule in the country, there's only one thing that we undoubtedly learnt about him is the fact that he has systematically and repeatedly tried to weaken and undermine the West.

Russia is the world's biggest exporter of oil and petroleum products. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the steep rise in gas prices are responsible for most of the record increase in US inflation last month."

Amidst sweeping international sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, India is planning to boost shipments to Russia by an additional $2 billion as the two nations work out a payment system in local currencies to continue bilateral trade.

Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.

On Saturday, the 9th of April, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.