Russia 2024 Presidential Election: Putin Basks in Victory After Quashing Dissent

Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices. With little margin for protest, Russians crowded outside polling stations at noon Sunday, on the last day of the … Read more

Ukraine launches far-ranging drone attacks on the final day of Russia’s presidential vote

Ukraine launched a new massive wave of drone attacks Sunday as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule for another six years. The Russian Defense Ministry reported downing 35 Ukrainian drones overnight, including four in the Moscow region. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a … Read more

Ukraine launches far-ranging drone attacks on final day of Russia’s presidential vote

Ukraine launched a new massive wave of drone attacks Sunday as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule for another six years. The Russian Defense Ministry reported downing 35 Ukrainian drones overnight, including four in the Moscow region. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there … Read more

Biden says at DC roast that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. ‘The other’s me’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The big news this week, President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party’s nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said. “The other’s me,” Bidden quipped. The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from … Read more

In Russian presidential election, voting is forced at gunpoint in occupied Ukraine

Ukrainians in territories occupied by the Russian military are being forced to vote in the Russian presidential election under the watch of heavily armed, masked soldiers who are accompanying election officials going from house to house, knocking on doors as they seek to compel participation. The staging of the election in occupied Ukraine is a … Read more

As voting begins in Russian presidential election. so do the protests

RIGA, Latvia — On the first day of a presidential election widely seen as the least competitive campaign since the fall of the Soviet Union, some Russian voters expressed their anger in stunning individual protests across the country — setting fire to polling booths or pouring green antiseptic fluid or dye into ballot boxes. At … Read more

Senegal’s top opposition leader freed from prison ahead of presidential election, lawyer says

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was released from jail late Thursday ahead of the country’s presidential election scheduled for March 24, his lawyer said. Sonko and his key ally, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were both set free, his lawyer Bamba Cisse told The Associated Press. An AP journalist saw his car waiting … Read more

Indonesian presidential rivals plan to contest official election results with allegations of fraud

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The camps of the two Indonesian presidential candidates who appear to have lost in an election last month said Thursday they plan to challenge the official results in the Constitutional Court with allegations of widespread fraud. Indonesians voted on Feb. 14 for a successor to popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving … Read more

What to know about Russia’s presidential election, with Putin sure to win

In a three-day election that leaves no room for doubt, Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to win a fifth term on Sunday, allowing him to stay in power until 2030 — and, should he run again, to 2036. But many analysts believe the 71-year-old autocrat will rule this nation of 146 million people for … Read more

Biden or Trump? China can’t pick its American presidential ‘poison’

BEIJING — In the United States, Donald Trump and Joe Biden have launched presidential campaigns focused on how different they and their leadership styles are. But China sees very little contrast between the two of them. Nearly every Chinese foreign policy expert agrees that neither is a great option for Beijing. Whether these experts, when … Read more