After setting a record for the longest spaceflight by an American, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei landed in a remote part of Kazakhstan. The 355-day flight, which began April 9, 2021, beat the previous record of 340 days set by Scott Kelly back in 2016. “Beautiful out here,” Vande Hei remarked about what appeared to…

Russia and Ukraine held peace talks this week in Istanbul that some say offered optimism for a possible end to the bloody month-long war. It will be interesting to see what some of the most prominent Republican voices in the country, like Tucker Carlson and former President Donald Trump, have to say about it. I…

As challenges mount for Russian oil refineries in the midst of the Ukraine invasion, their production lines are slowing down sooner than predicted, and this could bring problems that last for decades. Some refineries are already stopping their runs. Why are they cutting back on output? Demand is dropping dramatically. Between a mix of bans…

As Russia and Ukraine prepare for negotiations that the world hopes could bring an end to the month of intense violence in Eastern Europe, the country hosting the negotiations, Turkey, could soon play a key role in Vladimir Putin‘s chess game against NATO. The Turks and Germany could play huge roles in whatever NATO delivers as…

As President Joe Biden traveled to Poland, the United States and European Union (EU) announced a new partnership aimed at reducing Europe’s reliance on Russian energy. Under the partnership, announced Friday, the U.S. and other nations will increase liquified natural gas exports to Europe by 15 billion cubic meters this year. Even larger shipments would…

There’s a saying making the rounds these days in Russian oligarch sanction news: “Freezing is easy, seizing is hard.” The U.S., E.U. and U.K. have all levied sanctions against some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest and richest allies over the Ukraine invasion. “We’re joining with our European allies to find and seize their yachts,…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a statement officially confirming Russia has committed war crimes during its invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden had already called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal last week, with Blinken announcing a day later that the State Department was “compiling the evidence, collecting the evidence, understanding the evidence”…

After a record-long closure, Russia is preparing to reopen some stock trading Thursday. It’s been nearly a month since Russia’s stock market abruptly shut down over the country’s invasion of Ukraine. On February 24, the first day Russia started its attack, stocks tumbled 33% in one day, erasing $189 billion in shareholder wealth. Now, on…

The Kremlin confirmed Anatoly Chubais has resigned from his position as special envoy to international organizations over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. When contacted by Reuters, Chubais reportedly hung up the phone. Two sources told Reuters that Chubais left Russia with no plans to return. Chubais was appointed to his envoy post in 2020. He was…

Hundreds of civilians have already died during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But experts have warned that if Russia decided to engage in “urban warfare,” the death toll would quickly climb.  “In order to be able to survive in urban warfare, you need a lot of that logistical support and you need constant resupply of military…