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View from India: Summit in the snow – high stakes in Alaska

11:42 15.08.2025

View from India: Summit in the snow – high stakes in Alaska

The world will be watching with great interest the outcome of the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska. Normally, such meetings at the summit level are carefully prepared to ensure positive outcomes. Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has had more than one meeting in Moscow with Putin, with the most recent one achieving …

Russian intelligence: European Commission is aiming to change power in Hungary

11:42 15.08.2025

Russian intelligence: European Commission is aiming to change power in Hungary

The leadership of the European Commission is aiming to achieve regime change in Budapest, which Brussels perceives as an obstacle to a "united Europe," as follows from a statement by the press bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), received by TASS. "The European Commission is aiming for a …

Reuters: Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund ends contracts for Israel asset management

11:41 15.08.2025

Reuters: Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund ends contracts for Israel asset management

Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund said on Monday it is terminating contracts with asset managers handling its Israeli investments and has divested parts of its portfolio in the country over the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, Reuters reports. After a review into the fund's links to the …

Rand Corp.: Artificial general Intelligence’s five hard U.S. National Security problems

11:38 15.08.2025

Rand Corp.: Artificial general Intelligence’s five hard U.S. National Security problems

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) could reach or exceed human-level cognitive abilities across a wide range of disciplines, potentially revolutionizing how governments and societies operate at large, Rand Corp. informs. Mr. Mitre compared AGI to a team of geniuses working in tandem, capable of producing transformative outcomes in different sectors and …

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on preparations for the Russian-American summit

16:25 14.08.2025

Vladimir Putin held a meeting on preparations for the Russian-American summit

The President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a meeting on preparations for the Russian-American summit, which will take place on August 15 in Anchorage, Kremlin informs. August 14, 2025 The Kremlin, Moscow President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues. I have asked you to gather today to brief you …

Comment by Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov on the upcoming meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

14:46 14.08.2025

Comment by Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov on the upcoming meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

Aide to the President of Russia Yury Ushakov: Colleagues, Preparations for the meeting between the Presidents of Russia and the United States have entered their final stage. Given that the meeting was announced just five days ago – that is, during the night between last Friday and Saturday – all …

Dmitry Polyanskiy at the UN Security Council: “We insist that Israel strictly observe international law and the established legal basis for the Middle East peace process, including the relevant UNSC and GA resolutions”

11:16 14.08.2025

Dmitry Polyanskiy at the UN Security Council: “We insist that Israel strictly observe international law and the established legal basis for the Middle East peace process, including the relevant UNSC and GA resolutions”

Statement by Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Dmitry Polyanskiy at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue. Main points. - The other day, the world found out the shocking news that Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet had decided to deploy troops in Gaza and …

UnHerd: “Alaska looks set to go down in history as another Yalta”

11:15 14.08.2025

UnHerd: “Alaska looks set to go down in history as another Yalta”

In 1867, Russia’s Tsar Alexander II sold Alaska to America for several million dollars, fearing that his precarious imperial outpost could no longer be adequately defended. This week, Alaska finds itself once again at the centre of a debate concerning Russia’s borders and territorial ambitions, with President Donald Trump and …

Xinhua: Xi says China, Brazil can set example of unity, self-reliance in Global South

11:14 14.08.2025

Xinhua: Xi says China, Brazil can set example of unity, self-reliance in Global South

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China is ready to work with Brazil to set an example of unity and self-reliance among major countries in the Global South, and jointly build a more just world and a more sustainable planet, Xinhua reports. Xi made the remarks during his phone …

View from London: Europe’s failures on defence will cost it

11:13 14.08.2025

View from London: Europe’s failures on defence will cost it

For all the bold talk of protecting Ukraine, President Trump is due to meet Putin for a summit that will involve little or no European participation, ‘The Times’ notes. Sir Keir Starmer sought to invoke his inner statesman earlier this year when he declared “we are at a crossroads in …

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