Military and diplomatic pressures mount on Russian President Putin

Putin vowed to press attack on Ukraine despite the military setbacks but also faced concerns by India and China over the drawn-out conflict

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The general peace that reigned in the decade after the Iron Curtain came down was, however, unlikely to last forever

Gorbachev’s was an unlikely story of a peasant boy from rural Russia climbing up the greasy pole of Soviet politics

When will good sense prevail in this endless war that is defying Russian military superiority? Not soon enough by the looks of it

The Kremlin has acknowledged that it has lost the Moskva, which sank after ammunition on board exploded

Not buying Russian gas and oil may cause serious problems there. But then, supporting democracy, even nascent ones, always has a price

Moscow has placed its nuclear forces on alert, in an ominous signal of a possibly prolonged confrontation

The US and European allies have promised to hit Russia financially like never before

This is two days ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi for the 21st Annual Bilateral Summit

During Angela Merkel’s 16 years in office, the world’s most powerful woman leader faced one crisis after another