Russia has completed the registration of candidates for the presidential elections. The only opponent of Putin was removed from the lists
The registration of candidates for the Russian presidential elections in March has ended, the TASS agency announced on Sunday, with President Vladimir Putin on the list, who is expected to win, and three other politicians who all support Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Reuters informs
Donald Trump’s hallucinatory message to the leader of a NATO country: “I will not protect you. I would encourage the Russians to do whatever the hell they want”
Former US President Donald Trump, currently running for a new term in the White House, said on Saturday that he would “encourage” Russia to do “whatever the hell it wants” including any NATO country that falls short of its budget spending targets defense, a shocking admission that if he is re-elected as US president, he will not respect Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, regarding the collective defense of the Alliance, reports CNN.
Russian anti-war election candidate barred from running against Putin
Anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin has been barred from standing in Russia’s presidential election next month, in a move that further clears the country’s political landscape of opponents to Vladimir Putin.
Top UN court says Ukraine case over Russia’s invasion can go ahead
The United Nations’ top court on Friday said that it will move forward with a case brought by Ukraine over Russia’s justification of its February 2022 invasion. Kyiv had asked the court to declare it did not commit genocide in eastern Ukraine – a claim made by Russia as a pretext for launching its attack.
