Bethany Elliott

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  • Aug 11, 2025
    In 1867, Russia’s Tsar Alexander II sold Alaska to America for several million dollars, fearing that his precarious imperial outpost could no longer be adequately defended.
  • Jul 14, 2025
    Russia has confiscated assets worth $50 billion over the past three years. New research reveals the extent of these nationalisations, as Western firms have fled the market...
  • Jun 2, 2025
    This week US President Donald Trump appeared to give his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a two-week deadline to come to the negotiating table in good faith.
  • May 29, 2025
    Yesterday Donald Trump claimed that Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been “playing with fire” — and that had it not been for the US President,...
  • May 23, 2025
    Next week, Ukraine will urge the EU to implement tough new sanctions against Russia. After US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would not impose...
  • May 16, 2025
    Talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations are to take place in Istanbul today, and expectations are not high. That was the message from Marco Rubio last...