All posts tagged: Putin

Putin speaks to Trump, condemns Israel’s strikes on Iran, Kremlin says

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[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with students during a visit to the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in Moscow, Russia April 16, 2025. Kristina Kormilitsyna | Via Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump for 50 minutes on Saturday, focusing on hostilities between Israel and Iran and calling for efforts to bring them to an end. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin condemned the Israeli military operation against Iran and expressed concern about the risks of escalation. Trump, in his account on Truth Social, said most of the discussion centered on the Middle East, but that he also told Putin that Russia’s war in Ukraine should end. “Vladimir Putin condemned Israel’s military operation against Iran and expressed serious concern about a possible escalation of the conflict, which would have unpredictable consequences for the entire situation in the Middle East,” Ushakov told reporters. Ushakov said Trump described events in the Middle East as “very alarming”. But the two leaders said they do not rule out a return to the negotiating track on Iran’s nuclear programme, Ushakov …

Narcissistic leadership in Hitler, Putin, and Trump shares common roots, new psychology paper claims

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[ad_1] A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology makes the case that the narcissistic traits of Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump—traits that have shaped their political leadership—can be traced back to common patterns in their early childhood and family environments. According to the research, all three leaders experienced forms of psychological trauma and frustration during their formative years, grew up with authoritarian fathers and emotionally supportive mothers, and showed signs of pathological narcissism in adulthood. The study, authored by Yusuf Çifci of Muş Alparslan University in Türkiye, aimed to explore how early childhood conditions and family structures contribute to the development of narcissistic political leadership. The research focused specifically on comparing the upbringings of Hitler, Putin, and Trump to identify shared familial causes of narcissism. Psychological research has long acknowledged the link between narcissism and leadership. Narcissists often seek attention, approval, and admiration, and these motivations can fuel political ambition. But while many previous studies have examined the rhetoric, behaviors, or public personas of political leaders, Çifci’s work focuses on earlier developmental …

Trump Calls Putin ‘Crazy’—And the Kremlin Shrugs

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[ad_1] This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Who could forget the riveting moment, during the high Cold War tensions of the early 1980s, when President Ronald Reagan strode to the White House podium and told the American people that Soviet leader Yuri Andropov had “gone absolutely crazy.” Raising his voice to a yell, Reagan thundered that Andropov was bombarding thousands of people in the middle of Europe “for no reason whatsoever” and warned Moscow that “it better stop.” No one remembers this, of course, because it didn’t happen. Once upon a time, Americans expected their presidents to be steady hands. Times have changed: These quotes are from one of Donald Trump’s latest rhetorical blasts on his Truth Social site. Trump wanted to let everyone know that he is very, very upset with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s continuing campaign of civilian slaughter in Ukraine. Sunday’s outburst …

Finnish Leader Warns Russia: ‘You Don’t Play With President Trump’

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[ad_1] A day after they golfed together in Florida, President Trump said he was “pissed off” at the Kremlin and threatened to impose sanctions on Russia’s oil customers. Hours after they sat next to each other at Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City, Mr. Trump lit into Moscow for shooting missiles at civilian areas in Ukraine. “Too many people are dying!!!” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday, again threatening Russia with sanctions if the Kremlin strung him along. It could be a coincidence. Or Mr. Trump could be listening to Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb, who has emerged as a prominent voice of Europe’s smaller nations on Russia’s war against Ukraine. In an interview with The New York Times on Sunday, Mr. Stubb downplayed his effect on Mr. Trump. He noted that President Emmanuel Macron of France and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain were leading European efforts, with his role being merely to “nudge things in the right direction” and “try to connect the dots.” But Mr. Stubb’s country understands the peril of …

Putin announces 3-day ceasefire in May, Ukraine wants truce now

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[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a nuclear submarine base March 26, 2025, in Murmansk, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in May in the war with Ukraine to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War Two. The Kremlin said the 72-hour ceasefire would run on May 8, May 9 — when Putin will host international leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, for lavish celebrations to commemorate victory over Nazi Germany — and May 10. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, in response, said: “If Russia truly wants peace, it must cease fire immediately. Why wait until May 8th?” A ceasefire should be “real, not just for a parade,” he posted on X. The White House said U.S. President Donald Trump wanted a permanent ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Against a background of increasing U.S. impatience, Putin’s move appeared aimed at signaling that Russia is still interested in peace — something that Ukraine …

Appeasement Won’t Stop Putin – The Atlantic

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[ad_1] Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. A few days ago, my phone buzzed with a message from a friend. She was sheltering in a parking lot during a Russian air strike and wanted to know if I’d seen the news: America was pressuring Ukraine to cede Crimea to Russia. I replied and waited for a follow-up. None came. I tried to picture where she was—perhaps a strip mall at the edge of town. Faded signs, broken glass, cracked pavement. Where people once bought groceries, now they take refuge from missiles. As I write this, I still don’t know if she made it out of that parking lot alive. The news she shared didn’t surprise me. By now, I don’t expect anything else. Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea, Ukraine’s southern peninsula, in 2014, when I was 14 years old. Crimea felt far away from my home in Horlivka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, where I was studying for a history exam. …

Putin Raves About ‘Incredible’ Elon Musk For 1 Reason

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[ad_1] Vladimir Putin has piled praise onto Elon Musk and called him a rare “pioneer” for his ambitions to go to Mars. The Russian president, who has already made his admiration for “courageous” Donald Trump very clear, did not hold back when talking about the president’s adviser – who also happens to be the richest man in the world. According to Russian state-owned media outlet TASS, Putin told students at Bauman Moscow State Technical University: “You know, there’s a man – he lives in the [United] States – Musk, who, one might say, raves about Mars. “It is not often that such people, charged with a certain idea, appear in the human population. “It seems incredible to me today, after a while such ideas often materialise.” Musk runs SpaceX a space technology company which claims it will be able to reach Mars in 2026. Putin continued: “Just like in their time the ideas of Korolev, our other pioneers, got to materialise. They seemed incredible – some of the plans they made. But they all materialised.” …

A Prison Death Highlights Russia’s LGBTQ Crackdown

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[ad_1] The travel agency offered tours aimed solely at men, and that was enough to attract the attention of the police enforcing new Russian laws that restrict the rights of gay people. One night in December, officers stormed the apartment of the agency’s owner and tied him up, he later told a court. “Fifteen people came to my place at night,” said the owner, Andrei Kotov. “They were beating me in the face, kicking me and leaving bruises.” His comments were reported by Russian media and confirmed by his lawyer. Mr. Kotov said the officers pressured him to “confess” that he was running a travel agency aimed at gay people, which he denied. The officers kept beating him, he said, and told him: “No trips for gays.” A few weeks later, Mr. Kotov, then 48, was found dead in his prison cell. Prison officials told his mother that he cut himself with a razor, said his lawyer, Leysan Mannapova. The circumstances of his death could not be independently determined, and Russian officials did not respond …

Defence shortages create ‘temptation for Putin to test us’: EU Defence Commissioner Kubilius

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[ad_1] The EU has just launched an ambitious-sounding defence plan, “ReArmEU”, and it is also publishing a landmark white paper on defence. The person at the heart of these initiatives is our guest on the programme; Andrius Kubilius is the EU Commissioner in charge of defence and space. A Lithuanian conservative who was twice prime minister of his country, he started this crucial job – the first time such a portfolio has been created at the Commission – in early December. But questions remain about the financing of ReArmEU – which would cost 800 billion euros – and on how exactly to incentivise the production of military hardware on European soil.  [ad_2] Source link