"Is this the life you dreamed of?" Which path have you chosen", Questions posed, in Russian, in a dramatic new CIA video released to try to recruit more Russian spies by gaining access to the patriotism of Russians, their discomfort, and the persecution they face under the Putin regime.

One of Hollywood’s most famous power couples score a split decision starring in separate thrillers hitting the market the same day, as Ben Affleck’s lower-profile “Hypnotic” significantly outshines Jennifer Lopez’s just-in-time-for-Mother’s Day Netflix movie, “The Mother,” which comes across as an ultra-violent Hallmark card.

In the largest military celebrations carried out by Russia to celebrate Victory Day under strict security measures, soldiers and tanks gathered in Red Square in the Russian capital, Moscow, for a military parade, as Russia commemorated the victory over the Nazis on the ninth of May, which corresponds to the day of Nazi Germany’s surrender in 1945 is the most important holiday in Putin's Russia.

Russian paramilitary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said yesterday he had received "a promise" of more ammunition from the Russian army after he threatened to pull his frontline Wagner troops out of Bakhmut.