‘Did he push the button?’

Pauline Hanson says she supports penalty rate cuts and calls the Labor party a 'bunch of hypocrites'. Courtesy: ABC Insiders ONE Nation leader Pauline Hanson has used a television interview to praise Russian President Vladimir Putin and label the government's vaccination policy "blackmail".

US slams Russia’s move to recognize Ukraine rebel documents

United States Vice President Mike Pence, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, left, as Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko looks on, centre, during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. America's commitment to NATO is "unwavering," Pence said Saturday, reassuring allies about the direction the Trump administration might take but leaving open questions about where Washington saw its relationship with the European Union and other international organizations.

Is Russia Decriminalizing Domestic Violence?

... that should follow the Russian proverb, "If he beats you, it means he loves you," into the dustbin of history. Legally Weird delves into the world of strange legal happenings, odd laws and legal curiosities of all types . Have a comment or tip? ...

CNN panel: Trump’s ‘utterly bizarre’ Putin…

In the wake of Trump's comments that drew moral equivalence between what Putin's government does and what the United States government does, a panel of CNN reporters tried to make sense of what they called his "fetish" for Putin. According to panelist John King, both Republicans and Democrats in Congress are simply floored by Trump's repeated public praise for Putin, and they are hoping that Vice President Mike Pence will at some point stage an intervention to get Trump to see the Russian president for what he really is.

The Russian-Turkish-Iranian axis: Strange bedfellows

Russia has fulfilled a long-held dream of reaching the warm water of the Mediterranean and is casting itself as the hegemon in the region. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a joint news conference following their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, last year..

Russia-US ties hard to mend, interests differ sharply

U.S. Army soldiers hold an American flag as they attend the official welcoming ceremony of the U.S. troops in Zagan, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. The ceremony comes 23 years after the last Soviet troops left Poland and also marks a new historic moment - the first time any Western forces are being deployed on a continuous basis to NATO's eastern flank.

The Bizarre Trump Dossier

In his first press conference since being elected president, Donald Trump thanked the media. He praised news outfits that didn't publish a story about a document that describes alleged Russian efforts to compromise him, even though many of those news organizations had the story for months and held on to it.

Trump calls for closer ties with Russia

A day after the release of a damning intelligence report on Russia's wide-ranging efforts to influence the U.S. election, President-elect Donald Trump called Saturday for a closer relationship between the two nations, saying only "stupid" people or "fools" would think this is unwise. The United States, Trump wrote in a series of Twitter messages Saturday, has "enough problems around the world without yet another one."

Report on election hacking says Russia plans to do more

A part of the declassified version Intelligence Community Assessment on Russia's efforts to interfere with the U.S. political process is photographed in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to influence the American presidential election in favor of electing Donald Trump, according to the report issued by U.S. intelligence agencies.

Why does Trump go googly-eyed for Putin?

Coming from a presidential candidate, Donald Trump 's misty-eyed admiration of Russia and its autocratic leader was weird. Coming from a president-elect, it's nothing short of alarming.

The Latest: Putin rejects accusations of meddling in US vote

Russian President Vladimir Putin is praising U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for keenly feeling American voters' mood to win the election, and he rejects the White House's accusations of meddling in the vote. Speaking at an annual news conference, Putin said Friday that Russia hopes to develop "businesslike and constructive relations that would benefit both Russia and the United States."