Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and presidential aide Yuri Ushakov will represent Russia at negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, a former senior Kremlin official told The Washington Post. The newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda had…
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Russia analysts explain why Putin’s peace summit in Turkey poses enormous risks not only for Ukraine but for all of Europe — Meduza
Volodymyr Zelensky says he will fly to Turkey and wait there for Vladimir Putin, aiming to resume direct negotiations on Thursday, May 15. If the Russian president shows up, U.S. President Donald Trump has said he’ll join, too. Put simply, what…
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In the coming days, the IDF will launch a major operation in the Gaza Strip to completely destroy Hamas
He emphasised that even the release of some of the hostages would not be a reason to stop the fighting.
“Hamas can say, ‘Time out – we want to release ten more [hostages].’ OK, bring them in. We’ll take…
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Russia-China ties on full display on Victory Day – but all is not as well as Putin is making out
Chinese troops participating in Russia’s Victory Day parade in Red Square, Moscow, on May 9 is a clear indication that President Xi Jinping is fully committed to his “no-limits” partnership with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin….
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Saudi Arabia will invest $600bn in the US, – the White House
The funds will be used to develop projects in artificial intelligence, energy infrastructure, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, industry, defence and security.
In addition, the investments will cover the creation of new funds and the extraction of…
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Zelenskyy said that the decree banning negotiations with Russia does not concern him
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the decree banning negotiations with Russia does not concern him.
“By the decision of the National Security and Defence Council, I made it so – and the constitution also says…
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Moscow Court Jails Exiled ‘Putin Banker’ Sergei Pugachev 14 Years in Absentia
A Moscow court sentenced exiled businessman Sergei Pugachev to 14 years in prison in absentia on charges of embezzlement and misappropriation on Tuesday, more than a decade after his bank collapsed and…
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Putin Claims Russia Is Recruiting Nearly Twice as Many Soldiers as Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin claimed Tuesday that the Russian Defense Ministry is recruiting nearly twice as many soldiers as Ukraine’s military each month.
Speaking at a Kremlin meeting on economic development, Putin claimed that up to…
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‘Tools of pressure, isolation, and repression’ Russia’s new migrant registry strips ‘illegal’ immigrants of rights — and it’s easy to land on it by mistake
In early February 2025, Russia launched a nationwide registry of “controlled individuals,” a system used to track foreign nationals deemed to be living in the country without legal status. Being added to the list comes with sweeping…
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Ukraine’s course towards the West is ‘suicidal’
Ukraine’s political ambition to become part of the Collective West will lead to the country’s “suicide” and this should be realised by any current or future Ukrainian leadership, Junge Welt magazine says.
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