Ukraine will get its first new prime minister of the war on Thursday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tries to wrangle wartime defense spending and win over both Donald Trump and a war-weary public. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/politics/zelenskyy-trump-ukraine-cabinet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump

A U.S. citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops has received a Russian passport in Moscow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/politics/us-citizen-russia-passport/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #us

Russian President Vladimir Putin is unfazed by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of tougher sanctions and intends to keep fighting in Ukraine, three sources close to the Kremlin said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/world/putin-unfazed-trump-threats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #donaldtrump

With his announcement Monday of new arms for Ukraine via Europe and tariff threats on Russia, Trump's bromance with Putin has hit a new low — but it may not have run its course. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/world/politics/trump-putin-ukraine-bromance-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #vladimirputin #donaldtrump #us

Donald Trump threatened to impose stiff financial penalties on Russia if it does not end hostilities with Ukraine even as he pledged fresh weapons supplies for Kyiv. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/world/politics/trump-russia-tariffs-arms-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #markrutte #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his full support on the war in Ukraine during talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Pyongyang said on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-russia-ukraine-lavrov/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #kimjongun #sergeilavrov #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin

Russia fired more than 620 drones and long-range missiles overnight, killing at least six people in the latest wave of strikes, Ukraine said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/world/russian-drone-missile-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy

U.S. President Donald Trump voiced his displeasure with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine and said he’s sending more defensive weapons to Ukraine despite the Pentagon ordering a pause last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/world/politics/trump-putin-weapons-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy

Russia's sacked transport minister was found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound hours after President Vladimir Putin fired him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/world/crime-legal/russia-transport-minister-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #russia #vladimirputin #romanstarovoit

Despite warnings of a looming recession and high inflation, many Russians feel their economy has adapted successfully to Western sanctions, even if it means parting with some well-known Western brands for good. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/07/markets/sanctions-russia-middle-class/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #economicindicators

"Britain’s drug gangs and Moscow’s hackers were just two nodes in a vast criminal super-network [that] included sanctioned oligarchs, Russian intelligence operatives and an Irish crime family."

(and of course that network also now includes the #Trump administration, because Howard Lutnick is/was Tether's money manager)

* #TheEconomist: https://www.economist.com/1843/2025/07/04/how-tether-became-money-launderers-dream-currency
* no paywall: https://archive.ph/NiCRD

#moneylaundering #crime#corruption #crypto #cryptocurrency #iran #russia #uspol#howardLutnick #economist #economics #finance #uk #ukpol #garantex #threatintel #ransomware #cybersecurity #vladimirputin #oligarchs #putin #ukraine #kinahans #kinahan

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a phone call earlier in the day with Vladimir Putin resulted in no progress at all on efforts to end the war in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/world/trump-putin-call-no-progress/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #russiaukrainewar #us #russia #ukraine

North Korea could send up to 30,000 additional troops to Russia over the coming months to aid Moscow in its war against Ukraine, media reports citing intelligence officials and security sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/politics/russia-more-north-korean-troops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #northkorea #kimjongun

A fresh CIA review agreed with earlier conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help President Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton — while criticizing what it called procedural flaws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/politics/trump-cia-2016-assessment-putin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #johnratcliffe #cia #us #donaldtrump #republicans #vladimirputin

Ukraine has warned that a U.S. halt in military shipments could weaken its ability to defend against Russian attacks, while one Ukrainian source said the move came as a "total shock." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/politics/ukraine-us-missile-shipments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy #us #defense

In a rare phone call, French President Emmanuel Macron urged Russian President Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire in Ukraine, but Russia's leader hit back by blaming the West for the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/world/politics/macron-putin-iran-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #emmanuelmacron #france #iran #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin

For U.S. President Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin is a man looking for a way out of his three-year assault on Ukraine, while NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says the Russian leader may be just getting started. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/world/politics/trump-europe-odds-putin-ambitions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nato #us #russia #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #defense

Vladimir Putin will not travel to Brazil for next month's BRICS summit due to the outstanding International Criminal Court arrest warrant on the Russian president. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/putin-brics-brazil-icc-warrant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #brics #brazil #icc

U.S. President Donald Trump indicated he will consider providing Ukraine with more Patriot missiles it needs to defend against mounting Russian strikes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/trump-patriots-ukraine-putin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump #nato