The Moscow Times
Russia Says Trump Showed ‘Restraint’ Against ‘Scumbag’ Zelensky
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- Russia Says Trump Showed ‘Restraint’ Against ‘Scumbag’ Zelensky
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Friday said U.S. President Donald Trump showed "restraint" by not hitting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during their shouting match in the White House.
"I think Zelensky's biggest lie of all his lies was his assertion in the White House that the Kyiv regime in 2022 was alone, without support," she wrote on Telegram.
#Russia #ForeignMinistry #MariaZakharova #DonaldTrump #VolodymyrZelensky #WhiteHouse #Geopolitics #Ukraine #Diplomacy #PoliticalDebate #InternationalRelations #Restraint #KyivRegime #Telegram #NewsUpdate 📢
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- Tone Down Trump Praise, Kremlin Tells State Media
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russians Arrested at Memorials for Boris Nemtsov on Assassination Anniversary
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Hungary Seeking to Lift EU Sanctions From Russian Billionaires
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Hungary is pushing to remove seven Russian billionaires and one federal minister from the EU’s sanctions listbefore agreeing to extend sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine, the investigative news outlet Systema reported Wednesday, citing two anonymous EU officials.
Reuters previously reported that Hungary had demanded the lifting of EU travel bans and asset freezes on eight Russians but did not identify them by name.
#Hungary #EUSanctions #Russia #UkraineWar #Billionaires #PoliticalMoves #Systema #EUOfficials #TravelBans #AssetFreezes #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy #BreakingNews 🌍📰
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- Rural Russian Schools in Worse Condition Than Those in War-Torn Ukraine, Regional Official Says
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Some schools in rural Russia are in worse condition than those in occupied eastern Ukraine, an official in the republic of Tatarstan said in an interview published Wednesday.
“I wanted to cry after touring all the schools [in the Verkhneuslonsky district]. In some villages, it seemed that schools were in better shape in Lysychansk,” Yevgeny Varakin, a district head in Tatarstan,toldthe regional news website Business Online.
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- French Scientists Admit to Attacking Russian Consulate in Marseille
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Two French scientists admitted to carrying out an attack on the Russian consulate in Marseille using improvised explosive devices, the local newspaper La Provence reported early Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
French police arrested the men just hours after three plastic soda bottles — two of which exploded — were thrown into the consulate’s gardens on Monday, the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. No injuries were reported.
#FrenchScientists #RussianConsulate #Marseille #ExplosiveDevices #UkraineInvasion #Protest #CivilUnrest #WorldNews #BreakingNews #LaProvence #PoliceAction #Arrests #GlobalPolitics #SecurityConcerns
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- Want to Return to Russia? Pay Up $1.3Bln, Avtovaz CEO Tells Renault
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- French automaker Renault would need to reinvest 112.5 billion rubles ($1.29 billion) to regain its former Russian assets, the head of Russia’s top manufacturer, Avtovaz, said Monday.
Renault, which had the largest exposure to the Russian market among Western carmakers, suspended operations at its Moscow plant in March 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
#Renault #Avtovaz #RussianMarket #AutomotiveNews #BusinessUpdates #Investment #MoscowPlant #UkraineConflict #CarManufacturing #GlobalEconomy #WesternCarmakers #Reinvestment 💰🚗
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- Leningrad Siege Survivor Stages Protest in St. Petersburg on Invasion Anniversary
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Invasion of Ukraine Was ‘God’s Will,’ Putin Says
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Turkey Sentences Russian Woman to 15 Years in Jail for Abandoning Newborn in Airport Bathroom
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Explosion Heard at Russian Consulate in Southern France
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Zelensky Offers to Resign in Exchange for Ukrainian NATO Membership
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia Launched 'Record' 267 Drones on Ukraine Overnight
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Zelensky Calls For Strong U.S. Ties After Trump Brands Him a 'Dictator'
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- U.S. and Russia Held Secret Talks on Ukraine in Switzerland – Reuters
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- St. Petersburg to Introduce Ethnicity Recognition Software in CCTV Cameras
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian Lawmakers Pass Bill Outlawing Desecration of Pro-War Symbols
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- U.S. Ukraine Envoy Kellogg Arrives in Kyiv Ahead of Talks With Zelensky
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday ahead of a planned meeting with officials and President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian media reported.
Footage published by the Suspilne news outlet showed Keith Kellogg arriving in the Ukrainian capital by train and being met by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.
#Trump #Ukraine #KeithKellogg #VolodymyrZelensky #Diplomacy #USUkraineRelations #Kyiv #BridgetBrink #SpecialEnvoy #InternationalRelations 🇺🇦✈️
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- Russia-U.S. Talks ‘Went Well,’ Kremlin Aide Says, But No Plans Yet for Trump-Putin Meeting
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian and U.S. officials on Tuesday held their first direct talks since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with negotiators from both sides striking a positive tone while downplaying the chances of a breakthrough.
“Not bad, I think,” Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told state broadcaster Channel One when asked about the 4.5-hour meeting in Saudia Arabia. “It was a very serious discussion on every issue we wanted to address.”
#RussiaUSTalks #UkraineConflict #DiplomaticDiscussions #KremlinNews #PositiveTone #InternationalRelations #SaudiArabiaMeeting #SeriousDiscussion #GlobalPolitics 🌍🤝
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- UN Expert Sounds Alarm on 2,000 ‘Political Prisoners’ in Russia
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- U.S.-Russia Talks Begin in Saudi Arabia
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Thousands Honor Alexei Navalny on the First Anniversary of His Death
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- On the anniversary of Alexei Navalny’s death, thousands worldwide honored his memory. In Moscow, over 5,300 people visited his grave despite heavy police surveillance. Memorial events took place in 130 cities, including church services and film screenings. His family and allies insist his death was no accident.
#Navalny #OneYearWithoutNavalny #AlexeiNavalny #PoliticalPrisoners #Moscow
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- Russia’s Lavrov Says No Point in Inviting European Leaders to Ukraine Talks
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that he saw no reason for European leaders to take part in negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine and accused Brussels of wanting to prolong the conflict.
Lavrov's comments came ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia to meet with top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Meanwhile, European leaders were convening in Paris for an emergency summit on Ukraine amid alarm at Washington's diplomatic outreach to Moscow.
#Russia #UkraineWar #SergeiLavrov #EuropeanLeaders #Diplomacy #SaudiArabia #USForeignPolicy #MarcoRubio #EmergencySummit #Brussels #ConflictResolution #PoliticalTensions #InternationalRelations #Moscow #ParisSummit 🌍🕊️
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- Ukrainian Drones Hit Major Pipeline in Southern Russia, Disrupting Oil Supplies
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Ukrainian drones struck a key pumping station on a major international pipeline in southern Russia, disrupting oil supplies from Kazakhstan, the pipeline operator said Monday.
In the latest attack overnight, seven explosive-laden drones struck a pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which carries Kazakh oil across southern Russia for export via the Black Sea, including to Western Europe.
#UkrainianDrones #CaspianPipeline #OilSupplies #Kazakhstan #SouthernRussia #DroneStrike #EnergySecurity #BlackSeaExports #WesternEurope #Geopolitics #MilitaryAction #InternationalRelations 🚁💥🌍
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- Russian Drone Strikes Chernobyl Nuclear Shelter
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A Russian drone struck a protective shelter at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant overnight, Ukrainian officials and the UN’s nuclear agency said Friday.
"Last night, a Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the shelter protecting the world from radiation at the destroyed 4th power unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on social media.
#Chernobyl #Ukraine #RussianDrone #NuclearSafety #WarInUkraine #Zelensky #ProtectOurPlanet #RadiationProtection #InternationalConcern #UNNuclearAgency #ChernobylAttack #HighExplosiveWarhead #GlobalAwareness 🌍🛡️
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- Vance Threatens Sanctions, U.S. Troops in Ukraine if Putin Rejects Peace Deal
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Moscow Returns 8 Ukrainian Children With Qatari Mediation
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian Airspace Closure Raises Global CO2 Emissions From Flying, Study Shows
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian Patriarch Mocks Priest for Questioning Church’s Patriotism
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Moscow Rejects Territory Swap in Potential Ukraine Peace Deal
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Dozens of Fishermen in Russia’s Far East Swept Out to Sea on Ice Sheet
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry evacuated 139 fishermen from an ice sheet that broke off from Sakhalin Island in the western Pacific on Wednesday.
The ice sheet detached after a 33-foot (10-meter) crack formed between the village of Malki and the mouth of the Dolinka River.
#Russia #EmergencySituations #Evacuation #Fishermen #SakhalinIsland #IceSheet #NaturalDisaster #Malki #DolinkaRiver #PacificOcean #ClimateChange #SafetyFirst #IceCrack 🧊🚤
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- North Korea Sent Russia 200 Long-Range Artillery Systems, Seoul Says
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian Lawmakers Call for Ban on ‘Unusual’ Baby Names Like ‘Dumpling’ and ‘Stool’
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A group of Russian lawmakers have drafted a bill that would ban parents from giving their newborn children“unusual” names, state media reported Monday, citing one of the proposed legislation’s authors.
“We need to protect children from becoming dumblings, stools and nightstands,” saidTatiana Butskaya, a member of the ruling United Russia party and a member of the lower-house State Duma’s Committee on Family Protection, Issues of Fatherhood, Motherhood and Childhood.
#RussianLawmakers #BabyNames #UnusualNames #ChildProtection #TatianaButskaya #UnitedRussia #StateDuma #Legislation #ParentingIssues #NameBan #FamilyProtection #ProtectChildren 👶📜
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- Finland Braces for Potential Oil Spill After Tanker Explosion in Northwestern Russia
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Authorities in Finland said they are preparing for a potential oil spill in the Gulf of Finland after Russian officials reported an explosion aboard an oil tanker in the northwestern Leningrad region.
“We’re closely following the news about the oil tanker damaged in the port of Laukaansuu,” Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo wrote on social media Sunday, using the Finnish name of Russia’s port of Ust-Luga on the Gulf of Finland.
#Finland #OilSpill #GulfOfFinland #EnvironmentalCrisis #PetteriOrpo #Russia #OilTankerExplosion #LeningradRegion #UstLuga #MaritimeSafety #CoastalProtection #EcoAwareness 🌊⚠️
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- 2 Belgorod Paramedics Killed in Car Crash Involving Russian Soldiers
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Two paramedics were killed when a car driven by Russian soldiers crashed into their ambulance in the southwestern city of Belgorod overnight, the local news outlet Pepel reported Friday.
Security camera footage published online showed the passenger vehicle running a red light at high speed before violently colliding with the ambulance.
#BelgordTragedy #Paramedics #EmergencyServices #RoadSafety #RussianSoldiers #TrafficAccident #HealthcareHeroes #JusticeForParamedics #SafetyFirst #RIPParamedics
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- Syria Could Let Russia Keep Air and Naval Bases, New Defense Minister Says
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Syria’s new government is open to allowing Russia to keep its strategic military bases in the country after the ouster of Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad, Defense MinisterMurhaf Abu Qasra told The Washington Post on Thursday.
Russia's longtime ally Assad was overthrown in a shock rebel offensive in December, bringing the future of Moscow's Tartus Naval Base and Khmeimim Air Base into question.
#Syria #Russia #MilitaryBases #BasharAlAssad #MurhafAbuQasra #Geopolitics #TartusNavalBase #KhmeimimAirBase #DefenseNews #MiddleEastPolitics #RebelOffensive #StrategicAlliances #GlobalSecurity 🌍✈️
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- Putin-Trump Talks Expected in February or March, Senior Russian Lawmaker Says
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet with former U.S. President Donald Trump sometime in February or March, a senior Russian lawmaker said Thursday.
Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the State Duma’s International Affairs Committee, told reporters that preparations for the summit were at an “advanced stage.”
#PutinTrumpSummit #Diplomacy #InternationalRelations #PoliticalNews #USRussiaRelations #GlobalPolitics #FebruaryMeetings #MarchMeetings #StateDuma #LeonidSlutsky #WorldLeaders #SummitPreparations 🌍🤝
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- Russian Conscripts Killed in Ukrainian Attack on Belgorod Region
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Five Russian conscripts were killed in Ukrainian shelling in the southwestern Belgorod region last month, regional media reported Wednesday, citing the father of one of the soldiers.
“They built their own trench and moved in there on Dec. 30,” Sergei Zherebtsov, father of 20-year-old Artyom Zherebtsov, told reporters. “Artyom and I last spoke on Jan. 10. Then, on the morning of Jan. 11, there was an incoming strike, the trench was buried, and they were all killed,” Zherebtsov said.
#Russia #Ukraine #Conscripts #Belgorod #MilitaryNews #TrenchWarfare #Casualties #WarStories #HumanImpact #ConflictZone #ArtyomZherebtsov #FamilyLoss #HeroesOfWar #CiviliansInWar
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- U.S., Ukraine and Russia Soften Positions Ahead of Mooted Ceasefire Talks
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Leaders in the U.S., Russia and Ukraine have softened their positions on the prospect of negotiating an end to Moscow's full-scale war against Kyiv in the last week as momentum for talks continues to build.
#USRussiaUkraine #PeaceTalks #WarNegotiations #EndTheWar #GlobalLeadership #InternationalRelations #MoscowKyiv #SoftenedPositions #DiplomaticEfforts #ConflictResolution #HopeForPeace #BuildingMomentum 🌍
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- Kremlin Confirms Contacts With Trump White House Officials
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Kremlin confirmed Wednesday that Russian officials have been in contact with members of the Trump administration but did not say whether the discussions focused on ending the war in Ukraine.
“There are indeed contacts between certain agencies, and they have intensified recently,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “I can’t share any further details.”
#Kremlin #Russia #TrumpAdministration #UkraineWar #DiplomaticTalks #DmitryPeskov #InternationalRelations #PoliticalNews #ContactBetweenAgencies #WarInUkraine 🕊️🌍
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- Yanukovych’s Son Selling Coal From Russian-Occupied Ukraine
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Putin Signs Decree Creating Russian Eurovision Alternative
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree establishing a Russian version of Eurovision, the state-run TASS news agency reported.
The competition, called Intervision, is set to take place in Moscow and the surrounding region later this year. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has been appointed chairman of the organizing committee, while domestic policy chief Sergei Kiriyenko will chair the supervisory board.
#Putin #Intervision #Eurovision #Russia #Moscow #MusicCompetition #DmitryChernyshenko #SergeiKiriyenko #CulturalEvent #StateRunEvents 🎶🇷🇺
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- Trump Eyes Ukraine Deal Exchanging Rare Earths for Aid
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Donald Trump said Monday he wants to negotiate an agreement with Ukraine in which Kyiv guarantees supplies of rare earth metals, key elements used in electronics, in exchange for aid.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had floated such an idea last October as part of his "victory plan" for ending the war with Russia.
#Trump #Zelensky #Ukraine #RareEarthMetals #Electronics #Aid #VictoryPlan #Negotiation #RussiaUkraineWar #Geopolitics #InternationalRelations #SustainableResources
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- Weeklong Snowstorm Buries Homes, Disrupts Services in Russia’s Far East
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A powerful snowstorm buried homes and disrupted essential services in Russia’s Far East last week, regional media reported Monday, as local authorities prepared for another winter storm.
Heavy snowfall began last Tuesday, blanketing the Sakhalin region capital city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, as well as surrounding towns and villages. Municipal crews removed at least 430,000 cubic meters (15,185,306 cubic feet) of snow, while local drivers blamed snow removal vehicles for worsening traffic congestion.
#Snowstorm #YuzhnoSakhalinsk #SakhalinRegion #WinterWeather #SnowRemoval #TrafficCongestion #FarEastRussia #SevereWeather #EmergencyServices #CommunityResponse #WinterStorm #Snowfall #LocalAuthorities #NatureDisasters ❄️🌨️
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- Both Ukraine, Russia Must ‘Give a Little’: Trump Envoy
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy said Sunday that both Kyiv and Moscow would have to make concessions if they are to successfully negotiate a solution to the ongoing war.
"I think both sides will give a little bit," Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who recently returned from a visit to Ukraine, said in a televised Fox News interview.
#Trump #Ukraine #Negotiation #Concessions #KeithKellogg #WarInUkraine #Moscow #Kyiv #FoxNews #PeaceTalks #InternationalRelations
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- Russian Military Converts Tanks into APCs Using Logs and Bricks
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian troops in Ukraine are adapting their armored vehicles with makeshift defenses against FPV drones, utilizing metal sheets, logs, and even bricks.
Instead of a turret, the vehicle features an armored capsule for six troops, reinforced with layers of bricks and rubber. On top, an anti-drone canopy made of logs provides additional protection.
#RussianTroops #UkraineConflict #ArmoredVehicles #FPV
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- Russia Claims Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Nearly 2 Dozen Civilians in Kursk Region
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Law enforcement authorities in Russia on Friday accused Ukrainian troops of killing 22 civilians in an occupied village of the Kursk region, including eight women who were allegedly raped before being executed.
Ukraine has controlled dozens of towns and villages in the Kursk border region of southwestern Russia since launching a surprise offensive in August. It says around 2,000 Russian civilians still live in areas its armed forces occupy.
#UkraineConflict #KurskRegion #LawEnforcement #CiviliansInWar #HumanRights #WarCrimes #MilitaryOffensive #RussianOccupation #JusticeForVictims #PeaceAndSafety #StopTheViolence #ProtectCivilians #SurvivorsVoices #GlobalAwareness 🕊️
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- Rosneft Employs Dozens of Escorts, Team Navalny Says
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft employs dozens of young women who provide escort services, paying them high salaries from the company budget, late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s team said in an investigation published Thursday.
“Any woman has the right to make her own choices, to earn money and to control her own body as she sees fit. But the line between personal privacy and public accountability is erased the moment that you enter the civil service. And this is exactly what is happening here. The girls we're going to talk about today are paid from the budget of a state-owned company,” Team Navalny wrote.
#Rosneft #KremlinCritic #AlexeiNavalny #Investigation #WomenEmpowerment #PersonalChoice #PublicAccountability #StateOwnedCompany #CivilService #EscortServices #BudgetConcerns #EmpowerWomen 💼👩⚖️
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- Russian Overnight Attack Kills At Least 4 in Ukraine’s Sumy Region
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- An overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine killed at least four people in the northeastern city of Sumy, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said.
Images shared by emergency services showed a gaping hole ripped into the side of an apartment building in Sumy and rescue workers digging through debris as they searched for survivors.
#Ukraine #Sumy #RussianDroneAttack #WarInUkraine #EmergencyResponse #Survivors #Tragedy #HumanitarianCrisis #PeaceForUkraine #SupportUkraine #RescueWorkers #PrayForUkraine 🕊️
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- Pro-Kremlin Italian Journalist Granted Russian Citizenship
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Italian journalist Andrea Lucidi, known for his support of Moscow’s war against Ukraine, told state media Wednesday that he was granted Russian citizenship.
Lucidi, 34, who describes himself as an independent journalist, said in November that he had requested citizenship from President Vladimir Putin, citing fears of criminal prosecution and economic sanctions in Italy.
#AndreaLucidi #RussianCitizenship #IndependentJournalist #MoscowWar #UkraineConflict #Journalism #FreedomOfPress #Putin #Italy #PoliticalAsylum 🌍📰
