The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on a kleptocratic ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was removed this month as president of the Serb territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina for chipping away at the US-brokered peace deal that ended bloody ethnic violence in the Balkans in the 1990s.

Vladimir Putin tightens grip on power by promoting family members and younger allies to his inner circle as economic strain and opposition threats mount in Russia.

“H ISTORY TEACHES that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap,” argued President Ronald Reagan in 1984. He oversaw a vast increase in America’s defence budget that the Soviet Union could try to counter only by wrecking its economy. By the end of the decade the “evil empire” was collapsing.

The Kremlin’s constant nuclear boasts may have finally struck a chord in the White House, with President Donald Trump ordering the resumption of US nuclear weapons tests.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ protagonist Pavel 'Pasha' Talankin talks threats and upcoming second wave of hate from Russia amid Oscar campaign.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is claiming that Ukrainian forces are surrounded by the Russian army in two key eastern cities and is offering to negotiate a deal for their surrender

In the context of growing geopolitical tensions, the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro formally requested assistance military to the Russian president Vladimir Putin. This move was reported by the Washington Post,

The test comes days after President Vladimir V. Putin announced the previous trial of another Russian nuclear weapon.