Yevgeny Prigozhin and his faction allegedly harbor ambitions to oust Vladimir Putin from power, aiming to pave the way for Prigozhin’s own leadership bid in Moscow, according to insights from a Russia expert. Prigozhin, known for leading the Wagner Group, a private military entity assisting the Russian military in Ukraine, has not only contributed to operations in Bakhmut but has also, notably,... 

The Prime Minister of Romania revealed he’s using artificial intelligence to advise his administration in what may be the first example of a nation’s government using AI to shape policies. Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca introduced this week an AI bot named Ion who has a “deep voice” and will now be advising his political colleagues. The bot is physically seen on a “mirror-like” screen that... 

Argentina has ripped up a co-operation pact with the UK and demanded new talks over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. But in response, Foreign Minister James Cleverly insisted ‘the Falkland Islands are British’. The Falklands, known as the Malvinas in Spanish, were the subject of a short but brutal war after Argentina invaded in 1982. Britain drove out the invaders after dispatching... 

Hidden from ordinary Russians, Vladimir Putin and his gymnast lover Alina Kabaeva live like a tsar and tsarina with their children, a new investigation claims. The report by the Proekt independent media group reveals their secret life at a forest palace in Valdai, where Kabaeva had her own luxury ‘wooden mansion’, 250 miles north-west of Moscow. The children are ‘underage’... 

Accusing the West of a concerted effort to undermine and dismantle Russia, Vladimir Putin has cited this perceived threat as justification for Russia’s decision to withdraw from a nuclear arms treaty. In a recent interview, Putin cautioned that the United Kingdom’s nuclear capabilities would be factored into Russia’s response to what he characterizes as the West’s aggression. Putin’s... 

The number of Russian losses in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has passed 150,000, according to the latest figures released by Kyiv, as its forces continue to hang on to their positions in the ruined city of Bakhmut. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Thursday that 715 Russian soldiers had been killed since Wednesday’s count, taking the total to 150,605. Its... 

Ukraine is suspected to have struck a major Russian air base in Yeysk after massive explosions at the site, in yet another attack deep behind Moscow’s frontlines. Russian war channel Rybar admitted a hit on Telegram, claiming it was by a Ukrainian long range Tu-141 Strizh drone. Ukrainian sources also claimed the strike at the military airfield in Krasnodar region, and a picture appeared to... 

Muhammad was the most popular baby name in Galway, Ireland’s fourth-largest city, last year, the country’s government has confirmed. A report released by Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Friday has revealed that “Muhammad” has risen to become the most popular name for newborn babies in one of the country’s major cities. The statistic sees Ireland join the likes of France, England,... 

Jens Stoltenberg, who has been head of NATO since 2014, will leave his position in October this year. The resignation has sparked speculation about his successor, as there is no consensus on who should take over as the organization’s top civilian official. It has been suggested that his current nine-year term should be extended to meet the challenges of Russia’s war on Ukraine, but this... 

Amidst escalating tensions and opposition to Vladimir Putin’s regime, Andrey Sidelnikov, a prominent Russian opposition politician, expressed to Express.co.uk that Russia is on the brink of civil war and disintegration as a state. Sidelnikov, a member of the Executive Council of the Congress of People’s Deputies (CPD), advocates for the use of force as the only means to remove Putin and... 

In a CNN Town Hall, Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to the Biden Administration, declared that Vladimir Putin has already lost the war in Ukraine. Sullivan emphasized that Russia’s objectives, including wiping Ukraine off the map, taking the capital, and absorbing Ukraine into Russia, have failed. He stated that Russia is not in a position to achieve these goals moving forward. Despite... 

Russia is in talks with a Chinese manufacturer about buying 100 military drones, with a delivery date of April, German press reported on Friday. The report came as Bejing put forward a twelve-point peace plan for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine – which includes a call for an urgent ceasefire and peace talks. The proposal was met with scepticism by Kyiv and its allies in the West. In... 

President Biden on the segment of his 4-day Ukraine and Poland trip has met with the heads of state of the NATO Eastern flank countries in Warsaw. The New York Times quite dramatically frames the meeting as follows at the opening of its reporting: “If Russian President Vladimir V. Putin were to order tanks into other European countries, the nine nations along NATO’s eastern flank would be... 

The United States has slammed the ‘absurdity’ of Vladimir Putin’s state-of-the-nation speech today, in which he said Russia would suspend its participation in a key nuclear arms treaty and accused the West of starting the war in Ukraine. The despot claimed the West was plotting to achieve ‘limitless power’ and vowed to ‘systematically’ continue with the offensive... 

China has successfully tested a ‘phantom space strike’ – a new tactic to overwhelm and sabotage missile defences by emitting fake target signals from space. Military engineers announced earlier this month they had completed a computer simulation and achieved positive results. The tactic is designed to overwhelm the enemy on the basis that there is only so much a missile defence system...