Moscow can’t accept having a hostile military bloc in the former Soviet republic, the Russian president said The prospect of Ukraine becoming a member of NATO is an existential threat to Russian national security and will not be tolerated, Russian President Vladimir Putin told representatives of several African countries on Friday.

‘Honey traps’ were one of several alleged security threats on which the UK foreign secretary was reportedly briefed British spies warned UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and his team to be on the lookout for attractive women who could seduce and blackmail them during his delegation’s visit to China, the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.

Negotiations should be based on reality rather than “wants,” the Russian president has said Russia is ready for peace talks to end the Ukraine conflict, but Moscow is looking for meaningful dialogue that would provide security guarantees for the country and wants to be sure that negotiations will not serve as a break to rearm…