Russia's state polling agency VCIOM has stopped releasing results from 'open-ended' surveys where citizens directly name trusted politicians, after Putin's rating fell to 29.5% in early April, the lowest since the Ukraine invasion.
ロシアで3日から大規模な国際経済会議が開催される。ウクライナ侵攻が続く中、欧米の企業関係者も参加する見通しで、ロシアは経済分野での関係改善をアピールする狙いがある。
Xi Jinping reportedly told Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin might regret invading Ukraine. The comments, made during a meeting in Beijing, were more candid than Xi's previous public statements on the war. The report also touches on global pandemic preparedness, with experts warning the world is less resilient to outbreaks.
China has denied reports that Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that Vladimir Putin might regret invading Ukraine. Russian President Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day visit.
By mid-2026, Russia's Ukraine invasion has transformed into a grinding conflict. Ukraine's successful drone warfare and long-range strikes on Russian infrastructure are reshaping the battlefield. Russia, adapting with infiltration tactics and glide bombs, faces a new, industrialized war of attrition. European aid bolsters Ukraine's defense, while diplomatic progress remains stalled.
The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable. Environmentalists are now being seen for the pragmatists that they areDonald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition in its tracks. But when you back a volatile narcissist, unable to concentrate for more than a few minutes at a time, you shouldn’t expect to control the outcome.It’s not that the fossils are suffering yet. As prices have soared since Trump and Netanyahu attacked Iran, oil executives have been selling shares at gobsmacking prices: the CEO of Chevron, for example, has cashed $104m so far this year. Vladimir Putin has also received a massive boost to his Ukraine invasion budget. As promised, Trump has gutted clean energy rules and programmes, green alternatives and environmental science. A fortnight ago, he stated, with the usual quantum of evidence (zero): “The environmentalists, I mean, they are terrorists … I call them environmental terrorists.”George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
