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  • Russia Loses Bid To Nix $219M Award Enforcement Suit

    Russia Loses Bid To Nix $219M Award Enforcement Suit

    By Caroline Simson ( April 18, 2025, 7:10 PM EDT) — Russia must face litigation filed by a subsidiary of one of Ukraine’s largest privately owned energy distributors to enforce a $219 million arbitral award it won after its Crimean…

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  • Russia court removes Taliban regime from terrorist list – JURIST

    Russia court removes Taliban regime from terrorist list – JURIST

    The Russian Supreme Court officially lifted the designation of the Taliban as a terrorist organization on Thursday, marking a significant shift in Moscow’s diplomatic stance toward Afghanistan’s de facto rulers.

    The move was confirmed by the…

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  • Ukraine is ‘90%’ ready to agree to US peace proposal — now it’s up to Russia: official

    Ukraine is ‘90%’ ready to agree to US peace proposal — now it’s up to Russia: official

    WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s defense minister has told American officials that Kyiv is “90%” on board with President Trump’s peace framework presented in Paris this week by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the two special envoys…

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  • Trump Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks

    Trump Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks

    “If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on.”

    Those were the stark words of Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, as he prepared to leave a conference of allies in Paris, warning that the cease-fire deal that…

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  • Trump ranted to aides about washing his hands of Russia-Ukraine – Axios

    1. Trump ranted to aides about washing his hands of Russia-Ukraine  Axios
    2. Trump Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks  The New York Times
    3. Trump threatens to ‘take a pass’ on Ukraine peace talks  Sky News
    4. Marco Rubio Has…

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  • What North Korea Could Be Getting for Sending Troops, Weapons to Russia’s War

    What North Korea Could Be Getting for Sending Troops, Weapons to Russia’s War

    Since North Korea went all-in on supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, sending weapons and even troops, US officials have been speculating what it could be receiving in return.

    Last week, two top US military leaders in…

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  • US Open to Recognizing Crimea as Russian in Ukraine Deal – Bloomberg.com

    1. US Open to Recognizing Crimea as Russian in Ukraine Deal  Bloomberg.com
    2. Trump Admin Prepared to Recognize Crimea as Russian Territory: Report  Newsweek
    3. Russia jails 19-year-old activist for quoting Ukrainian poet, criticizing war.  The Kyiv…

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  • Russia sentences 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after poetic anti-war protest

    Russia sentences 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after poetic anti-war protest



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    A St Petersburg court has sentenced a 19-year-old woman to nearly three years in a penal colony after she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian…

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  • Opinion | As Ukraine-Russia talks founder, Trump’s attention wanders – The Washington Post

    1. Opinion | As Ukraine-Russia talks founder, Trump’s attention wanders  The Washington Post
    2. Trump says US will ‘pass’ on Ukraine peace talks if no progress soon  BBC
    3. Trump Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks  The New…

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