The Kremlin has been accused of a series of attacks abroad in recent years, including shooting down a passenger plane in Azerbaijani and cutting underwater cables in the Baltic Sea

During a visit to Moscow, the President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra hails the military assistance provided by "Russian specialists" to his country, where Moscow had sent mercenaries presented as military "instructors".

President Joe Biden told Lawrence O'Donnell he was able to dissuade Russian President Vladimir Putin from using "tactical nukes" during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In an exclusive interview on MSNBC’s The Last Word,

Biden said he discussed Putin's nuclear threats at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “He was concerned about tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, which alarmed everyone, including Russia.