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The head of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has warned the US that it will face retribution if it does not lift sanctions it placed on his mother. Washington imposed financial restrictions and a travel ban on Aymani Kadyrova and several other Russian individuals and entities on August 24, the day Ukraine celebrates its Independence…

The French president made it clear that he himself “wouldn’t use such words.” The escalation of the conflict in Ukraine through words or actions should be avoided, French leader Emmanuel Macron has warned, after US President Joe Biden labeled his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, “a butcher,” who “cannot remain in power.”