A Vladimir Putin state visit to the Philippines may be in the offing if former senator Bongbong Marcos becomes the country’s next president. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo from Lakas-CMD Media, AFP) In his guesting on The Deep Probe: The...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will ask Russian leader Vladimir Putin to be an "architect of peace" and stop the war in Ukraine, Turkish media reported Friday. Erdogan, who has been trying to broker peace between Moscow and Kyiv, made the comments while returning from a...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of making a "big mistake" by invading Ukraine, as leaders gathered to discuss overhauling the alliance's eastern defences. "President Putin has made a big mistake and that is to launch a war...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine on Monday rejected an ultimatum to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol, its deputy prime minister told local media, demanding Moscow instead allow hundreds of thousands of terrified residents safe passage out. "We can't talk about surrendering weapons," Iryna Vereshchuk...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused Ukrainian authorities of stalling talks, but added that Moscow was ready to search for solutions as he spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. "It was noted that the Kyiv regime is trying in every possible way to stall...
Rock musician Sting recently unearthed his 1985 hit “Russians,” dedicating it to “brave Ukrainians fighting against brutal tyranny” as with “Russians who are protesting this outrage despite the threat of arrest and imprisonment." He added, "We, all of us, love our children. Stop the...
Ukraine is bleeding but has not fallen. Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (Screengrab from MFA of Ukraine Facebook Page) This was what Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Sunday, March 6, as he called on every country in the world to demand Russia to stop the ongoing war. "As you...
MOSCOW, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that any country imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered by Moscow to have entered the conflict, while threatening his ex-Soviet neighbour's continued existence. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has pleaded...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid Ten days ago, the invasion of Ukraine, described as perhaps the largest refugee crisis in this century, started. Should the second round of diplomatic talks between the two countries fail, we could expect this conflict to escalate into the largest war in...
As he prays that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia will not get worse, President Duterte reiterated that the Philippines is neutral in the dispute in Eastern Europe but said reality will push the country to pick a side someday. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Is Vladimir Putin the ferocious and aggressive tiger that the world was expecting, though in a merely metaphorical sense, upon the entry of the Year of the Tiger? Ah, but a yoga teacher who is feng shui advocate Lillian Too’s representative/ambassador in the Philippines...
Saying that the Russia-Ukraine conflict will cross political lines, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV insisted that the Duterte administration should also listen to the opinions of those outside the current administration. A staunch critic of President Duterte, the former Navy officer asked the...
