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Russian leader largely upbeat in year-end phone-in, calling Zelenskyy illegitimate and suggesting US missile ‘duel’

January WTI crude oil (CLF25 ) today is down -0.50 (-0.71%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25 ) is down -0.0275 (-1.42%). Crude oil and gasoline prices today are under pressure, with gasoline falling to a 1-1/2 week low. Today's rally in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 2-year high is...

Tulip Siddiq denies claims that she brokered corrupt deal with Russia to build nuclear power plant

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he's ready to negotiate an agreement with President-elect Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine.

As the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, held his carefully stage-managed annual phone-in and press conference to answer questions from journalists and ordinary Russians, EU leaders were hosting Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels at their final meeting of the year. Unsurprisingly, the war in Ukraine loomed large at both events.

Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner will perform a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk on Dec. 19 to install new equipment outside the ISS. Watch it live here, courtesy of NASA.

EU leaders emphasize Ukraine's role in decisions, wary of Russia's advances. Calls for long-term aid and U.S.-EU unity to counter Russian aggression.

Vladimir Putin says he has not met the deposed Syrian ruler since he fled Damascus for the Russian capital.

A vacuum among his generals is the last thing the president needs. He will be holding his breath for Trump’s inauguration, says political researcher Olga Chyzh

Ukraine targets Russia’s mercenaries saying ‘there is no reason for Koreans to fight and die for Putin.’

Finland's interest in self-defense training, including weapons, surges amid security concerns and historical context.