Russian President Vladimir said on Thursday that the international situation had deteriorated and that the world was getting more dangerous but he was silent on the situation in Venezuela and Iran.

Numerous pundits and opinion pieces suggested that Trump’s Venezuela raid would send a welcome signal to Russia and China: Spheres of influence are back, and the U.S. will dominate the Western Hemisphere while allowing China to invade Taiwan and Putin to freely go after the countries that were once part of the Warsaw Pact.

The US raid on Venezuela has exposed the limits of ties between Moscow and Caracas – while pointing the way for potential strategic opportunities for Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Washington’s new era of gunboat diplomacy.

The new year is off to a rocky start for Moscow, and even its most zealous propagandists struggled to put a positive spin on the unpleasant surprises this holiday season brought for the Kremlin. While most of them were off the air until Jan.

The war in Ukraine has lasted as long as Soviet involvement in World War II, with no victory in sight.

It was part of the détente that culminated in the Helsinki Accords, the breakthrough agreement that finally, 30 years after the end of World War II, stabilized relations between the Western alliance and the Soviet bloc.

Donald Trump dismisses idea of U.S. mission to capture Putin after Maduro’s arrest, noting Russia’s heavy losses and economic decline.

V ladimir Putin’s world is shrinking quickly, and no amount of bombast, nuclear saber‑rattling, or choreographed summits can hide that fact. Too many still believe the Russian

This isn’t the first time Russia chose to sit on the sidelines as one of its principal foreign partners got into trouble.

The U.S. and Russia have been on opposing sides in Venezuela, with Moscow providing military and economic support to Maduro.

Vladimir Putin has been lying to Donald Trump and the world about the war in Ukraine, and his false claims have proven costly for both Ukraine and Russia.

Russia’s large-scale attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during extreme cold are intended to generate a new wave of Ukrainian refugees and put additional pressure on EU countries, reports The Spectator.