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  • Why Trump made breakthrough in Gaza but can’t with Putin over Ukraine

    Why Trump made breakthrough in Gaza but can’t with Putin over Ukraine

    Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent

    EPA Ukrainian workers work at the site of an airstrike on a private building in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, 21 October.EPA

    Trump and Putin’s planned talks on the near four-year war in Ukraine have been put on hold

    Reports of an impending US-Russia leadership summit have been greatly exaggerated, it seems.

    Just days after…

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  • Exclusive: Russia reiterated previous Ukraine peace terms to US in private communique, sources say

    Exclusive: Russia reiterated previous Ukraine peace terms to US in private communique, sources say

    WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Russia reiterated its previous terms for reaching a peace deal with Ukraine in a private communique sent to the U.S. over the weekend known as a “non-paper,” according to two U.S. officials and a person…

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  • Trump Again Says Modi Agreed to Ease Russian Energy Buys

    Trump Again Says Modi Agreed to Ease Russian Energy Buys

    President Donald Trump, right, and Narendra Modi last met at the White House in February.

    President Donald Trump stressed that India would wind down its purchases of oil from Russia, claiming for the second straight week…

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  • Russia Is Creating a Legal System For Crypto To Avoid Western Sanctions

    Russia Is Creating a Legal System For Crypto To Avoid Western Sanctions

    russia bitcoin reserve. Photo by BeInCrypto

    Russia is moving to integrate crypto into its international commerce. The government announced today that it will legalize its use for foreign trade settlements.

    This decision is a strategic…

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  • China and Russia repeatedly tried to defund UN human rights work, report says – Reuters

    1. China and Russia repeatedly tried to defund UN human rights work, report says  Reuters
    2. UN Rights Work Facing “Existential Threat” Amid Budget Cuts: Report  NDTV
    3. Defunding human rights: analysis of votes at the Fifth Committee  International Service…

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  • Vladimir Putin’s war machine may finally be running out of fuel

    Vladimir Putin’s war machine may finally be running out of fuel

    As reports of cracks in Russia’s wartime economy continue to mount, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now predicting

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  • Ski federation: Russia, Belarus barred from Olympic qualifiers

    Ski federation: Russia, Belarus barred from Olympic qualifiers

    OBERHOFEN, Switzerland — The International Ski and Snowboard Federation says its council has voted against allowing athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in qualifiers for the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

    The decision Tuesday by…

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  • Chernihiv in total blackout after ‘massive’ Russian assault

    Chernihiv in total blackout after ‘massive’ Russian assault

    Reuters A woman wearing a dark-coloured winter coat stands next to a table with cups, a kettle and plug points on it in an "invincibility centre" -  where people can get an internet connection, charge their devices and warm up, amid a water and electricity supply outage in Chernihiv. A man sits on a chair behind the woman using his phone, while another is standing behind her also holding his phone. They are standing inside a large tent.Reuters

    Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, leading to frequent blackouts

    The Ukrainian city of Chernihiv is in total blackout following what the authorities describe as a “massive” assault by Russian missiles and…

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  • Ukraine: Chernihiv in total blackout after ‘massive’ Russian assault

    Ukraine: Chernihiv in total blackout after ‘massive’ Russian assault

    “I personally heard the drones flying overhead,” 55-year-old Oleksandr Babich said.

    The Chernihiv city resident spoke in matter-of-fact terms about a night filled with the low whine of Iranian-designed Shahed drones, a sound now being increasingly…

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