At a traditional year-end news conference, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said a potential meeting with the U.S. was a positive sign, but he also demanded a quick response to his security concerns. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday sounded a positive note about the security talks …

Poland says the EU’s decision reflects a trend towards ‘bureaucratic centralism’ in Brussels that ‘has to be stopped’. The EU has launched legal action against Poland for ignoring the bloc’s law and undermining judicial independence, prompting a sharp rebuke from Warsaw. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Wednesday said the …

If Russian troops massed around Ukraine do invade in the coming weeks, as many fear they will, Dec. 21, 2021, may go down as the day President Vladimir Putin fired the first rhetorical shot. Mr. Putin, seated before a group of high-ranking military officers on Tuesday, laid out an elaborate …