Putin envoy confirms new round of talks with US

Kirill Dmitriev is on the way to Miami to discuss a Ukraine peace settlement Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, has confirmed that he is traveling to the US for a new round of talks on the Ukraine conflict. This comes shortly after US officials held negotiations with…

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Bloc members plan to raise €90 billion for Kiev through common debt after failing to agree on using frozen Russian assets as collateral EU taxpayers will have to pay €3 billion a year in borrowing costs to finance Kiev’s collapsing economy and military under a newly approved loan scheme, Politico…

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The US top diplomat pointed out that his briefing took place on the same day as the Russian leader’s Q&A session US Secretary of State Marco Rubio joked on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to overshadow him after learning that his briefing was staged almost simultaneously with…

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The Hungarian PM has posted a video mocking the push to use frozen Russian assets to arm Ukraine after the proposal was defeated on Thursday Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has cast himself and other opponents of the ‘reparations loan’ scheme for Ukraine as ‘EU Ghostbusters’ in a video posted…

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The country’s militarization would degrade security in Northeast Asia, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has said The abandonment of Japan’s long-standing non-nuclear stance would worsen the security situation in Northeast Asia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has warned. Last month, Japanese media reported that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also…

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The country’s militarization would degrade security in Northeast Asia, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has said The abandonment of Japan’s long-standing non-nuclear stance would worsen the security situation in Northeast Asia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has warned. Last month, Japanese media reported that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also…

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The authorities have consistently erased anything deemed Russian from public life The Ukrainian authorities have voted to dismantle a series of monuments and memorials in Kiev, including a monument to renowned writer Mikhail Bulgakov, as part of the country’s ongoing campaign to purge public spaces of symbols tied to its shared…

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The authorities have consistently erased anything deemed Russian from public life The Ukrainian authorities have voted to dismantle a series of monuments and memorials in Kiev, including a monument to renowned writer Mikhail Bulgakov, as part of the country’s ongoing campaign to purge public spaces of symbols tied to its shared…

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US forces struck more than 70 alleged terrorist targets with over 100 bombs, according to CENTCOM The Pentagon has released combat footage showing US and allied forces carrying out large-scale strikes against alleged Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorist targets in Syria as part of Washington’s retaliation for the recent…

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The BND will reportedly be allowed to conduct sabotage and breach suspects’ homes to install spyware The Chancellery in Berlin has proposed granting Germany’s currently mostly surveillance-focused foreign intelligence agency powers to carry out sabotage and other offensive operations abroad, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday. The Federal Intelligence Service (BND)…

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