President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing the members of the Russian delegation for the talks with Ukraine scheduled for Thursday, May 15, in Istanbul.
According to the document, which the Kremlin’s press service published on…
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Putin Taps Kremlin Aide Medinsky to Lead New Istanbul Talks With Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed a delegation of senior officials to attend this week’s negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul, according to a directive published by the Kremlin website Wednesday night.
Presidential aide…
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Putin Won’t Attend Istanbul Talks, Taps Kremlin Aide Medinsky to Lead Delegation
President Vladimir Putin has appointed a delegation of senior officials to attend Thursday’s direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul, according to a directive published by the Kremlin late Wednesday.
Presidential aide Vladimir…
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Rewriting Bucha Russian governor promotes paratrooper’s story that flips the narrative of one of the invasion’s most documented atrocities
In December 2022, the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine concluded that Russian forces “summarily executed or carried out attacks on individuals” in the early weeks of their full-scale invasion, resulting in the deaths of…
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Moscow’s wartime porn crackdown How the full-scale invasion of Ukraine has impacted Russia’s adult content industry — Meduza
Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it’s become nearly impossible to “stay out of politics” in Russia. Militarization has permeated every corner of society — even the most intimate spheres, like the porn industry….
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UN secretary-general will not go to Istanbul for Russia-Ukraine talks
The deputy spokesman of the World Organisation’s secretary-general, Farhan Haq, has said that UN Secretary-General António Guterres will not go to Istanbul for possible talks between Russia and Ukraine.
‘The…
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Behind the Diplomatic Curtain: Kremlin Plays for Suspense as World Waits for Putin to Meet Zelensky
President Vladimir Putin has no intention of accepting Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer to meet one-on-one in Istanbul, sources in the Russian government and the Foreign Ministry and…
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Putin Meets With Malaysian Prime Minister in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks focused on economic cooperation amid Western sanctions.
The meeting came two days after the UN’s civil aviation body…
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Yakuts at War
They are like a big friendly family. They fight, rest, bake bread, and remember ‘civilian life’ together. And they hope that their efforts will also bring victory closer.
This is the BARS-2 battalion, and…
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A school director in Ukraine has been sacked for speaking Russian
In Kiev Region, a school director in one of the schools has been dismissed for using the Russian language in conversations with schoolchildren, parents and at public events. This was reported in the Strana newspaper…
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