Russian President Vladimir Putin

27 Jun

‘Sign contract, return home or go to Belarus’: Putin lays out options for Wagner soldiers

Moscow, June 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged the members of the Wagner private military group to sign a contract with the country's Defence Ministry, return home or go to Belarus. The majority of the fighters of the Wagner group are patriots of Russia, and they were simply used, Putin said in his address to Russian citizens on Monday night, Xinhua news agency reported. "We knew that the vast majority of the fighters and commanders of the Wagner group are also Russian patriots, devoted to their people and state," he said while stressing that they were used without their knowledge…

07 Jun

US knew of Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream gas link 3 months ago: Reports

Washington, June 7 (IANS) US President Joe Biden's administration received an intelligence report that Ukraine had a plan for an attack on the Nord Stream pipelines three months before an underwater explosion disabled the natural gas link from Russia to Germany, media reports said. A European intelligence service told the CIA that the Ukrainian military was planning an attack using a small team of divers who reported directly to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, the Guardian quoted The Washington Post as saying. The six-person team reported directly to General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the report claimed, so that President…