The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on a kleptocratic ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was removed this month as president of the Serb territory within Bosnia and Herzegovina for chipping away at the US-brokered peace deal that ended bloody ethnic violence in the Balkans in the 1990s.

Vladimir Putin tightens grip on power by promoting family members and younger allies to his inner circle as economic strain and opposition threats mount in Russia.

The sanctions on Milorad Dodik, an ultranationalist Serbian politician, had attracted criticism from MAGA firebrands.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia that he expected the war in Ukraine to end within a year.

U.S. President Donald Trump announces recommencement of nuclear-weapons testing seemingly prompted by Putin's boasts

Poland and other NATO members sent up fighter jets early on Thursday morning after Russia launched a barrage of overnight attacks on Ukraine

Newsom blasted Trump for running the ‘biggest, most corrupt administration in history’ and tore into the president over his record in office

The original video was recorded on Oct 23 during meeting of Russian Geographical Society’s Board of Trustees in Moscow