Vladimir Putin is currently entangled in a major international controversy, after Syria’s former media chief and top aide to Bashar al-Assad has claimed that the Russian President 'tricked' his Syrian colleague during his last phase of reign,

Assad's request to Putin was for him to personally handle the secure aerial transportation necessary to deliver military aid to suppor

Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday he had secured Slovakia's gas supply during a visit to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last month, just before Ukraine halted the transit of gas from Russia at the start of 2025.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said that the reason for his trip to Russia in late December was Ukraine's refusal to extend Russian gas transit after 2024. Source: Fico in an speech on Wednesday,

Ukraine rejected Slovakia's claims that it had refused to participate in trilateral talks with the EU and Slovakia on Russian gas transit. Slovak, Ukrainian, and European Commission representatives were scheduled to meet on Jan.