Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov considers the start of talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia to be progress in resolving the situation.

The new reality has forced the Kremlin to raise taxes and increase debt, and hovers over peace talks with Ukraine.

Talks between envoys from Ukraine, Russia and the United States in recent days in Abu Dhabi were constructive and another round is planned for next week.

The presence of Russian military bases in Syria was discussed during talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.

Detained in a penal colony in Mordovia, the 70-year-old historian, who specializes in the Stalin regime's crimes, is one of Russia's oldest political prisoners. His crime? Refusing to accept historical falsifications that the Kremlin aims to impose on public opinion.

When you wish upon a czar. Move over, Mickey and Minnie — one Moscow politician is plotting to turn his war-mongering and economically failing country into the “Happiest Place on Earth” by building an all-Russian version of Disneyland.

In Russian statements surrounding the latest round of peace talks in Abu Dhabi, a new catchphrase is emerging: “the Anchorage Formula.”

THE KREMLIN FILES / COLUMN — (Note: This is the first in a two-part series on Russian gray zone, or hybrid warfare. In a future article, the author will address the continued evolution of Russian hybrid warfare and its practice in the years immediately leading up to and through Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.)

Pro-war Russian social media channels have reported that Moscow ordered its forces on 28 January to stop strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.