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The United States has decided to cancel the summit planned for this month in Budapest, between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, following a memorandum sent by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Washington, reports The Insider, citing the Financial Times. The document sent by Moscow contained harsh demands for a ceasefire in Ukraine, including the cession of additional territories, a significant reduction of the Ukrainian armed forces, and guarantees that Ukraine will never join NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin justified these conditions as being necessary to eliminate the “fundamental causes” of the invasion. However, Donald Trump advocates for…
Russia declares itself ready to continue negotiations with Ukraine in the Istanbul format. Making statements for the Russian media, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Galuzin, said that all necessary conditions for organizing negotiations exist and that Moscow is open to direct discussions with Ukraine, according to RBC Ukraine. Mikhail Galuzin claimed that the main problem would be “the lack of political will in Kiev” and that Ukraine would avoid dialogue in the hope of “achieving peace by force”. Delegations from Russia and Ukraine have had three rounds of negotiations in Istanbul – in May, June, and July of this year,…
The official representative of the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zaharova, purchased a 151 square meter apartment in a historic building in central Moscow in December 2022. According to official documents, the transaction was registered at a sum of 100.45 million rubles (approximately 1.1 million dollars), writes the publication Explainer, citing extracts from the Russian real estate register (Rosreestr), as well as data from bank and tax information leaks. According to the source, the apartment is located on the top floor of the Mortgage Loan House of the Moscow Society, a federal importance architectural monument building, located opposite…
Indian Oil Corp, India’s main refinery, has resumed oil imports from Russia, purchasing five shipments for December from unsanctioned entities. The information was provided to Reuters by industry sources. The purchases come as the United States is pressuring international partners to stop Russian crude oil imports. According to sources, the purchased volume is estimated at about 3.5 million barrels. The names of the sellers were not disclosed. Indian Oil Corp’s CFO, Anuj Jain, stated that the purchases will continue as long as they do not violate the international sanctions regime. The European Union and the United Kingdom had previously imposed…
According to the partisan movement Atesh, the Russian command is forming assault troops composed of women to compensate for the heavy losses suffered near Pokrovsk, the Donetsk region, reports Kyiv Post. According to Atesh agents infiltrated into the Russian forces, the command of the 506th Motorized Rifle Regiment began to recruit women into the assault units due to heavy personnel losses. “This shows that the occupiers have exhausted their reserve of mercenaries and contract soldiers and are ready to sacrifice anyone, turning women into cannon fodder,” the report published on Telegram states. In addition, Atesh adds that, besides assault roles,…
The options for US sanctions against Russia have been “on hold” for a long time – from strong to weak packages – and this week, US President Donald Trump opted for the middle ground, according to The Wall Street Journal. President Trump wanted to make sure before taking the toughest measure so far against Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Do you agree with me?”, he asked his advisers in the Oval Office on Wednesday. He consulted with Rubio, Bessent, and Hegseth. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded affirmatively, according to a person familiar with Wednesday afternoon’s…
The Presidents of the United States and China, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, will meet on October 30 in Gyeongju, South Korea, announced the White House on Thursday, quoted by EFE agency. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, on the last day of the American leader’s Asian tour. According to the statement, Trump will leave for Malaysia on Friday, will visit Japan, and at the end of his visit to Asia will participate in the APEC summit in South Korea, after which he will return to the United States. The meeting…
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, responded on Thursday with a short and provocative statement to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who had downplayed the effects of new American sanctions on the Russian energy sector. “I’m glad he feels that way,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I’ll inform you about it in six months. Let’s see how it will work,” he added, quoted by Kyiv Post. According to digi24.ro, the American leader’s comment came just a few hours after Putin had labeled the sanctions as an “unfriendly” act, arguing that they “will not significantly affect our…
The National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE) reports that the downward trend in prices for major petroleum products, which continued for almost four consecutive weeks, was interrupted by the imposition of major new economic sanctions by the United States against Russian oil companies Rosneft, Lukoil, and their subsidiaries. “International oil quotations recorded a sudden increase of about 5% on October 23, after the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting major Russian oil companies. Together, Rosneft and Lukoil export approximately 3.1 million barrels/day, which represents a significant part of the oil flows of…
Ivan Uss, the son of former Belarusian presidential candidate Dmitry Uss, was killed on the Ukrainian front while fighting for Russia, reported the independent Belarusian publication Nasha Niva, cited by Kyiv Independent. He reportedly signed a contract with the Russian army on January 17, but died just a few weeks after beginning military service, the cited source writes. In the mid-2010s, Ivan Uss was the administrator of the pro-Russian group “Antimaidan Minsk” on the Russian social network VKontakte. In 2020, he joined protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and was sentenced to 15 days in prison for participating in a…