Putin has expressed solidarity with Maduro and his government as the US is escalating aggression on Venezuela.

Japan has scrambled fighter jets to monitor a Russia-China joint patrol amid simmering Tokyo-Beijing tensions.

The new US 'National Security Strategy' pivots from global confrontation to Western Hemispheric dominance, downgrades rivalry with China, reduces West Asia focus, and sharpens pressure on European allies.

Russian senators say any Western effort, particularly by the European Troika, to revive sanctions against Iran is baseless and illegitimate.

A Kremlin spokesperson called the Trump administration’s decision not to label Russia as a direct threat to US security a positive development.

Axios reports Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a “difficult” talk with US negotiators about Ukraine’s territorial issues with Russia.

Founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, slams the European Union for targeting platforms refusing to censor free speech.