The talk in security circles is that Putin has reached a working deal with Xi Jinping: Russia wears down Nato with aerial violations and cyber-strikes, seeking to sow division and scare appeasers, while China stops the Russian economy collapsing and commits to staying the course.

Mr. Putin may have accepted the invitation to Alaska, but not to negotiate in good faith — he wanted to buy time. His long-term goals have not changed: rebuild the Russian empire, undermine trans-Atlantic security guarantees, divide the West, and — last, but certainly not least — weaken the United States.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will attend a CIS summit in Tajikistan on October 10, where leaders of member countries will express their support for him. In practice, however, many of them have distanced themselves from the Kremlin because of the war in Ukraine, wrote Bloomberg.

The Russian president’s annual appearance at the Valdai International Discussion Club provided a window into the president’s thinking.

Russia’s oil empire – has become a sitting duck, and it’s Ukraine’s drones that are pulling the trigger. In the latest episode of Battle Plans Exposed,

President Vladimir Putin’s rare acknowledgment of a Russian military mistake came as relations have deteriorated between the two former Soviet states.

Russia is “planning the use of nuclear weapons” and practising a clash with NATO forces along its tense border with Poland.

Concluding his three-day stay in the Republic of Tajikistan, the President of Russia answered questions from representatives of the mass media.