The Russian American Daily team is in Russia this week, attending the World Youth Festival in Sochi alongside 20,000 other participants from 180 countries.
While here, we hope to gauge public opinion on current events shaping the world and gain insight into Russian life under sanctions.
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❗️Avdiivka, which has been a major stronghold for Ukraine since 2014, falls to Russia amid reports of widespread disarray and despair in the Ukranian forces.
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Navalny’s wife takes the stage at the Munich Security Conference and calls on the West to unite in defeating Putin’s “evil regime.”
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Video recording of a Feb. 15 court hearing shows a cheerful and seemingly healthy Navalny just hours before his death.
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NYT: NATO is viewed as an outdated burden by a significant segment of the American public, signifying a rejection of the post-WWII security architecture led by the U.S.
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Tucker Carlson expresses amazement over the beauty and cleanliness of the Moscow metro.
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President Putin says he didn’t fully enjoy the interview with Tucker Carlson because it lacked tough questions.
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❗️Reuters: Putin approached the U.S. via intermediaries with a proposal to freeze the war in Ukraine at the current lines, but the offer was rejected.
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German Chancellor Scholz accuses Putin of lies and imperial ambitions, calling his interview with Tucker Carlson “ridiculous.”
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Trump says he would encourage a Russian attack on delinquent NATO members and not come to their defense.
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White House: People shouldn’t believe anything Vladimir Putin has to say.
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❗️Zelensky sacks Gen. Zaluzhny, appoints commander of the ground forces Gen. Syrsky as Ukraine’s new army chief.
According to the Washington Post, Syrsky is especially disliked by rank-and-file soldiers, and the decision to name him as Zaluzhny’s replacement is expected to be unpopular among Ukraine’s troops.
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The much discussed Tucker-Putin interview is scheduled to air on Thursday night.
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Elon Musk speaks out in support of the Tucker-Putin interview and slams American journalists for softball coverage of Zelensky.
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Tucker Carlson announces major interview with Vladimir Putin to discuss Ukraine and the collapsing U.S.-led global order.
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“The frontline [in Ukraine] is crumbling, left, right and center,” says a British-South African combat medic in an emotional plea to Western governments.
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❗️Pentagon: Ukraine’s entire defense is at risk of collapse.
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In 2021, Biden said that he warned Putin of “devastating consequences” for Russia in the event of Navalny’s death.
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❗️Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, according to prison authorities.
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A mixed review: Putin praises Tucker Carlson for patience but voices disappointment over a lack of tough questions during their interview.
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Putin says he prefers Biden to Trump.
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Ukraine sinks Caesar Kunikov large landing ship, dealing another blow to the battered Russian Black Sea fleet.
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Finland’s new president: The path to peace goes through the battlefield, and the West must do “whatever it takes” to help Ukraine.
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Stoltenberg: Europe must shift to wartime weapons production to supply Ukraine, refill own stocks, and brace for decades of confrontation with Russia.
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Boris Johnson slams Tucker Carlson’s interview with the Russian president as a “ludicrous tissue of lies,” adding that Putin is “doomed to fail” in Ukraine.
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Tucker Carlson releases full interview with Vladimir Putin.
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❗️Ukraine’s defense lines risk collapse due to a critical shortage of soldiers, front-line infantry units tell Washington Post.
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“Useful idiots” and “a fifth column” — Hillary Clinton scorns Tucker Carlson and other Americans who challenge the anti-Russia narrative.
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Fiona Hill: Tired of U.S. crimes and hypocrisy, the non-Western world is rallying behind Putin to topple American hegemony.
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President Putin: Russia has shown the middle finger to those who sought to crush its economy with sanctions.
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