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The Canadian federal government is looking to target the assets of Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch who once owned Chelsea Football Club, by invoking a law that allows it to confiscate assets held by sanctioned people. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly confirmed that Canada would attempt to retrieve $26 million from Granite Capital Holdings, Ltd., a […]
On Thursday, President Joe Biden suggested that the risk of nuclear “armageddon” is the highest it’s been since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Per NBC News, Biden cautioned that it’s the first there has been “direct threat” of nuclear warfare in 60 years following Vladimir Putin’s threats amid military retreats in Ukraine. “We have not […]
On Monday, the Kremlin announced that Ben Stiller and Sean Penn among other notable U.S. citizens have been permanently banned from entering Russia. The two actors have officially been banned from visiting the country amid Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine. Stiller and Penn are among 25 people who have been added to the “stop list,” […]
A Russian energy supplier has halted electricity deliveries to Finland as the country is expected to announce that it’ll be joining NATO. In what Forbes is calling an apparent retaliation to the NATO move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Finnish President Sauli Niinisto that a NATO application could potential harm the relationship between the two countries, because […]
More than 300 civilians were evacuated Saturday from a steel mill in Mariupol, Ukraine, following an ongoing Russian assault at the plant ahead of Victory Day festivities in Moscow. “All women, children and elderly people have been evacuated from Azovstal. This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation has been completed,” Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchu announced via social […]
In a nine-minute video shared to social media and elsewhere this week, Terminator: Dark Fate star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed the people of Russia, as well as President Vladimir Putin directly, amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. At the top of the video, Schwarzenegger explained that he was sharing this message in an […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham is receiving pushback from recent comments he made about assassinating Vladimir Putin—including from the Navy Seal who fatally shot Osama bin Laden. TMZ reports that the Seal, Robert O’Neill thinks the South Carolina Republican shouldn’t have made those remarks on TV. “How does this end? Somebody in Russia has to step up to […]
It’s been nearly impossible to find anyone able to justify Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. And then there’s Pat Robertson. During a recent appearance on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s The 700 Club, which the 91-year-old televangelist returned to as a guest after hosting for 55 years, Robertson said Putin invaded Ukraine because’ he’s “being compelled […]
Joe Biden says he’s now convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine. “We have reason to believe the Russian forces are planning to and intend to attack Ukraine in the coming week, in the coming days,” Biden said Friday during a White House press conference. “We believe that they will target Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, […]
Actor Steven Seagal—known for his work in films Under Siege and Above The Law—has now joined a pro-Kremlin party. A Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth, a merger of three Vladimir Putin-supporting leftist parties, posted a video Saturday showing that Seagal, who became a Russian citizen in 2016, received a membership card. The party will reportedly […]
