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Russian President Vladimir Putin might attempt to avoid a confrontation with American President Donald Trump and may be willing to offer him a diplomatic victory ahead of the American mid-term elections, stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview granted to Axios publication, published on September 7th. Zelenski’s statements come after a new round of peace negotiations mediated by the United States, conducted by Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, in Kiev and Moscow. Asked whether Vladimir Putin might want to offer Donald Trump a diplomatic success ahead of the elections, Zelenski responded affirmatively. “I have the feeling…
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has claimed that the European Union is preparing special observers who are supposed to “secretly monitor” the elections for the State Duma in Russia, and in this context, he mentioned the presidential elections in Romania in 2025. Lavrov made the statements in an interview given to the online project “Sama Menshova”, quoted by the Russian news agency TASS. The Russian minister did not provide evidence for the claim regarding the alleged preparation of some “secret observers” by the European Union. “At present, we are receiving information that the European Union is beginning to train certain…
Germany will send new Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, taken directly from the stocks of the German army (Bundeswehr), which Kiev urgently needs to counter Russian missile attacks, promised German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, on Tuesday at a new meeting of the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine, made up of about 50 countries that militarily and financially support Ukraine in the war with Russia, according to AFP and Reuters agencies, quoted by Agerpres. “I urge all members of the Contact Group for the defense of Ukraine to check their own stocks and make similar deliveries,” indicated the German…
Russia recorded a record level of 12.2 billion dollars, money that left the country in the second quarter of 2026, according to data from the Central Bank. The amount was 8.7 times greater than the 1.4 billion dollars recorded in the first quarter and represents the highest quarterly value since the Central Bank began compiling data in 1994, fueling questions about how much capital is leaving the country unrecorded, reports TVP World. The previous record was 8.3 billion dollars, registered in the first quarter of 2009, reported by Moscow Times. The staggering sum has renewed speculations that wealthy Russians are…
The former Attorney General of Georgia, Otar Romanov-Partzhaladze, has established in Russia an international “volunteer” unit, named “Gheorghievski”, intended for participation in the war against Ukraine, writes “Evropeiska pravda”. The former Georgian dignitary, under sanctions imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine, declared that he voluntarily decided to fight on Russia’s side in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Romanov-Parțhaladze himself will lead the new “Gheorghievski” unit He pointed out that the name of the group refers to the Treaty of Georgievsk of 1783, through which the Georgian kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti came under the protectorate of the Russian Empire. Otar…
Finland inaugurated on Monday a 200-kilometer fence, built in sections along the border with Russia, as part of the effort to discourage Moscow from using migrants to destabilize the country, reports AFP, quoted by Agerpres. The Nordic country closed its border with Russia, which stretches over 1,340 kilometers, in December 2023, following the arrival of over 1,300 migrants without visas. The situation has been calm since then, with only a few isolated cases of illegal crossings. “At present, the situation is calm, yet tense, and we truly do not know what tomorrow will bring,” stated the Finnish Minister of Interior,…
The Latvian government intends to impose a 300% customs duty on cereals originating from Russia and Belarus, in the context of increasing Russian transports through the Baltic ports, said Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs on Monday, reports Reuters. Last week, officials from Latvia and Lithuania announced that they are considering the possibility of stopping the transit of Russian cereals through their ports, after Moscow intensified the use of these routes in response to Ukraine’s attacks on Russian ports in the Baltic Sea. Russian exporters are currently transporting cereals through Latvia, a member state of the European Union and NATO, to other…
The families of American soldiers who died in the US-Israel war against Iran are fighting to ensure they will receive the salaries and benefits due to their loved ones. The case of a widow has gone viral. Libby Klinner wrote on social media that the US Air Force deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following the death of Major Alex Klinner, her 33-year-old husband, because Congress had not officially declared war, reports The Telegraph. He was one of the six crew members of a KC-135 refueling plane that crashed in western Iraq in March, while supporting US attacks against Iran.…
Latvia has banned the import of books, newspapers, and other printed materials from Russia and Belarus, citing the fight against “disinformation and war propaganda,” the Latvian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday, reports AFP, as relayed by Agerpres. “The import ban aims to protect Latvia’s security interests and further reduce economic ties with Russia and Belarus, who continue to wage and support the war of aggression against Ukraine,” said the ministry. Latvia, a member country of NATO and the European Union, has a significant Russian-speaking minority, with approximately a quarter of the population belonging to the Russian ethnic minority. An ally…
Russian mass media have published details about an alleged peace plan for Ukraine, which was supposedly developed by representatives of the American president Donald Trump. According to the Ukrainian portal Glavcom, which is based on these reports, the project envisages, among other things, the partial withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbas, as well as the creation of buffer zones under the auspices of the UN. In addition, Ukraine should enshrine its neutrality in its Constitution and renounce, through a referendum, the forceful recovery of the territories in question, writes focus.de. The main points of the alleged peace plan: The package…