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The Kremlin rules out a possible summit between Russian and American presidents, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, during the latter’s planned visit to Saudi Arabia in May. The Middle Eastern country has recently hosted several rounds of Russian-American negotiations regarding the war in Ukraine and the normalization of relations between Washington and Moscow, announces Agerpres. “The plans are of the American head of state. They have nothing to do with Putin,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov about Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia .”For now, Putin has no plans for a meeting with Trump,” stated Peskov. “There is no clear plan…
The European Union will respond ‘before the end of April’ to the new customs duties imposed by the United States that President Donald Trump is expected to announce Wednesday evening, said French government spokesperson Sophie Primas on Wednesday. “There will be two responses. The first, which will be in the middle of April, is a response to the customs duties already decided (by the US) on steel and aluminum (…) Then, a precise study will be conducted for each sector of activity, and a European decision should be announced before the end of April in a concerted, united, and strong…
The Russian Kremlin’s high-ranking envoy Kirill Dmitriev is expected to come to Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump’s top negotiator, Steve Witkoff, for discussions on strengthening the relationship between the two countries, according to an American official and two sources familiar with the plans cited by CNN. This is the first visit of a high-ranking Russian official to Washington since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and marks a new step in the warming relations between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to power in January, according to News.ro. Kirill Dmitriev is a close advisor of…
Great Britain imposed sanctions on Wednesday on a pro-Russian non-governmental organization, Eurasia, who they claim attempted to tamper with the referendum on the Republic of Moldova’s accession to the European Union and undermine democratic processes in the country, announced the British Foreign Ministry, quoted by Reuters. The sanctions include freezing assets and travel bans for the organization based in Russia, as well as for its founder, Nelli Parutenco, and board member, Natalia Parasca.According to British authorities, the Evrazia network is controlled by oligarch Ilan Șor, who is currently in Russia. Șor has already been sanctioned by London in 2022 for…
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has signed a new decree ordering the recruitment of 160,000 young people into the army. The recruitment campaign will begin in April and will last until June. Men between the ages of 18 and 30 are targeted. This is the largest number of recruits in the past 14 years, noted Novaia Gazeta. For comparison, here is the evolution of the number of recruits in previous years: In 2022 – the year in which Russia began the large-scale invasion in Ukraine – 134.5 thousand people were recruited in the spring and 120 thousand in the autumn.…
The French far-right has announced peaceful demonstrations and other events on Tuesday in support of their leader, Marine Le Pen, who was sentenced to four years in prison for embezzling funds from the European Parliament, in a ruling that also prohibits her from holding public office for five years, thereby preventing her from running in the 2027 presidential elections. The president of the National Rally party and political successor of Marine Le Pen, Jordan Bardella, made the announcement about the protests in an interview with Europe 1 radio, where he called for “outrage,” but without any violent acts “which could…
At the 15th anniversary of the aviation tragedy in Smolensk, in which former Polish President Lech Kaczynski and almost the entire political and military leadership of the country were killed, Polish prosecutors are requesting the arrest of 43 Russian forensic experts, whom they accuse of falsifying the autopsies of the victims. Six investigations are still underway in Poland after the disaster in Russia. Prosecutors continue to search for answers in the case of the 2010 plane crash, which resulted in the death of the then-Polish President and his wife, the entire military command, and a number of Polish politicians who…
The Chief of Staff of the German army, Carsten Breuer, warns that NATO should be prepared for a possible Russian attack within just four years. In an interview with the BBC, he asserts that “we must do whatever it takes to deter this,” but also cautions that in reality ” it’s about how much time Putin gives us to be prepared” for war. The German army, Bundeswehr, recently received the green light for a massive increase in investments, after the parliament in Berlin voted to exempt defense spending from the public debt limit. The country’s top general told the BBC…
The European Union has declared that it will use a wide range of options to retaliate against the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose so-called reciprocal tariffs on the bloc this week, according to Bloomberg. “We don’t necessarily want to retaliate,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday. “If necessary, we have a strong plan of retaliation and we will use it.” The US intends to impose high tariffs on global partners starting as early as Wednesday. Trump has stated that these measures will rectify tariffs, as well as non-tariff…
Elon Musk’s days as an advisor at the White House may be coming to an end, along with his government efficiency department, according to Politico. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that his close ally Musk may be forced to return to running his companies full-time, and that the tumultuous mission of DOGE will be accomplished after the firing of tens of thousands of government employees. “I think it’s amazing, but I also think he has a big company to run, so at some point he will come back,” Trump said about the CEO of Tesla. “He wants to. I…