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Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has “sent the message” that he will end the war between Russia and Ukraine with a ceasefire agreement. Trump said in remarks to reporters on Monday night that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “destroying Russia by not making a deal” to end the war. “It’s…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said he is willing to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue guiding bilateral relations towards a new height in the new year. Speaking with Putin in a video meeting, Xi called for coping with uncertainties of the external environment with the stability and resilience of China-Russia relations,…
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New Delhi’s foreign ministry says one Indian apparently recruited by the Russian army has been killed, while another is receiving treatment for injuries at a hospital in Moscow. It said Narendra Modi’s government has “strongly taken up” the matter with the authorities in Moscow and with the Russian embassy in New Delhi. The ministry also…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticised the clean up of a major oil spill in the Black Sea and created a new task force to take over the operation, almost four weeks after the spill began. Dozens of marine mammals have been found dead since the disaster, which began on December 15 when two…
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Vladimir Putin has signed into law stricter penalties for crimes related to security and the armed forces, according to Ukrainian and Russian media. Armed rebellion and terrorism now carry 20 years to life in prison, with no eligibility for parole, Suspilne and Ukrainska Pravda report. Foreign citizens found to have been “aiding the enemy” face…
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I predict the war in Ukraine will end in 2025. Or perhaps more accurately: the fighting will stop and the conflict will be frozen. Both sides have recently indicated a willingness to make concessions in order to achieve a peace agreement. Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Sky News he’d be willing to cede territory, while Vladimir Putin said…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible. Putin’s apology came as allegations mounted that the plane had been shot down by Russian air defenses…
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Russia’s point man for arms control cautioned Donald Trump’s incoming administration on Friday against resuming nuclear testing, saying Moscow would keep its own options open amid what he said was Washington’s “extremely hostile” stance. The resumption of testing by the world’s two biggest nuclear powers would usher in a new and precarious era nearly 80…
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In case you missed it, Joe Biden has asked his defence team to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine. After condemning Russia’s Christmas Day attack, Biden said he has already responded by reaffirming Washington’s commitment to Ukraine’s defence. “The purpose of this outrageous attack was to cut off the Ukrainian people’s access to…
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Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko discussed “regional security and bilateral relations” during a one-on-one meeting on Christmas Day, a spokeswoman for the Belarusian leader says. The pair spoke in private before today’s Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting near St Petersburg (see 16.00 post). “You and I understand that presidents can never sidestep security issues, said…
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Vladimir Putin says there is no time left this year to sign a new Ukrainian gas transit deal, blaming Ukraine for refusing to extend the agreement. The current five-year deal that supplies Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria with Russian gas via Ukraine expires at the end of the year. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv…
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Vladimir Putin has spent his Boxing Day at an economic council meeting in Russia alongside Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The two heads of state were joined by the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia for the bi-annual meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (EAEU). The meeting, held at the Igora ski resort near St…
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In case you missed it, Moscow has denied claims Bashar al Assad’s wife is seeking a divorce and a route out of Russia, where the couple are staying. The deposed Syrian dictator has been in the Russian capital with Asma al Assad since rebels forced him out of power in a lightning offensive earlier this…
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Russia has received proposals from various countries to host talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, according to a Kremlin aide. Yuri Ushakov declined to say which countries had made offers. Trump has said he wants to swiftly end the war in Ukraine but is yet to make public how he intends to do so.…
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Vladimir Putin has repeated his assertion that he should have invaded Ukraine earlier, the Institute for the Study of War reports. In an interview with Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin yesterday, the Russian leader said his country should have started its full-scale invasion before February 2022 but added that it was impossible to say exactly when that should…
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A Russian cyberattack on Ukraine’s justice ministry registries caused a shutdown of online services for marriages and other matters, but no data appears to have been leaked or stolen, the Ukrainian government reports. Deputy prime minister Olha Stefanishyna, who is also justice minister, told reporters at a briefing in Kyiv that Russia took several months…
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