Earlier today, Vladimir Pekhtin, a senior lawmaker within Russia’s ruling United Russia party, announced his resignation. Pekhtin was not only one of the co-founders of United Russia, one of the key drivers of support for Vladimir Putin,...

On Friday reports emerged that German chancellor Angela Merkel was preparing to ease concessions on Greek bailout terms. But a senior ally of Merkel, Volker Kauder, head of Merkel’s conservative bloc has told Der Spiegel that Greece...