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Vladimir Putin: “In order to resolve challenging and urgent matters, including on the Ukrainian track, Russia and the United States must make the first step… This first step must consist of increasing the level of trust between our two nations. This is what we focused on in Riyadh, and this will be the focus for the possible upcoming high-level contacts”

14:21 25.02.2025

Vladimir Putin: “In order to resolve challenging and urgent matters, including on the Ukrainian track, Russia and the United States must make the first step… This first step must consist of increasing the level of trust between our two nations. This is what we focused on in Riyadh, and this will be the focus for the possible upcoming high-level contacts”

President of Russia Vladimir Putin answered questions from journalist Pavel Zarubin, Kremlin informs. February 24, 2025. Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region. Pavel Zarubin: Mr President, we have just watched your meeting on rare-earth metals. Forgive me, but I believe that right now, all journalists around the world are interested in rare-earth metals, …

Sergey Lavrov in Turkiye

14:19 25.02.2025

Sergey Lavrov in Turkiye

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the Republic of Turkiye: On February 24, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was on a visit to Ankara, where he was received by President of the Republic of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan and had talks with Foreign Minister of Turkiye Hakan Fidan. …

‘The Washington Post’: The French president is seeking to preserve U.S.-European ties

13:12 25.02.2025

‘The Washington Post’: The French president is seeking to preserve U.S.-European ties

The French president is seeking to preserve U.S.-European ties even as the United States under Trump may no longer be a reliable partner against Russia, writes ‘The Washington Post’. French President Emmanuel Macron tried Monday to bend President Donald Trump back to the side of Kyiv and Europe, after an …

FA: The verdict is – “Ukraine must guarantee its own security”

10:36 25.02.2025

FA: The verdict is – “Ukraine must guarantee its own security”

At last Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, newly minted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the position of the U.S. government was that Ukraine will not join NATO. Although greeted with horror by some in Washington and in European capitals, Hegseth’s remarks were in fact more a …

View from London: Europe’s reckoning with history – the continent’s provincialisation will become a new geopolitical reality

10:34 25.02.2025

View from London: Europe’s reckoning with history – the continent’s provincialisation will become a new geopolitical reality

The United States no longer sees Europe’s security as an issue of vital international importance. If European leaders fail to develop a prudent and practical grand strategy, the continent’s provincialisation will become a new geopolitical reality, writes Vladislav Zubok, a professor of History at the London School ...

POLITICO: Is Friedrich Merz set to become Germany’s most American chancellor as US turns its back to Europe?

10:32 25.02.2025

POLITICO: Is Friedrich Merz set to become Germany’s most American chancellor as US turns its back to Europe?

After winning the German election, the conservative leader Friedrich Merz must navigate a new era without Washington as a close ally, POLITICO stresses. Never in history has a German head of government had more affinity for the United States. Merz has traveled to the U.S. over 100 times, by his …

Kremlin: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping engaged in an in-depth exchange of views on the current issues

15:54 24.02.2025

Kremlin: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping engaged in an in-depth exchange of views on the current issues

Kremlin.ru reports on a telephone conversation of Vladimir Putin with President of China Xi Jinping: “During a lengthy telephone conversation, Vladimir Putin and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping engaged in an in-depth exchange of views on the current issues regarding the further development of the comprehensive …

Axios: “We created a monster with Zelensky”

11:02 24.02.2025

Axios: “We created a monster with Zelensky”

Ukraine Zelensky angered Donald Trump so much during the peace talks with Russia that Trump was on the verge of withdrawing American military support from Ukraine, three U.S. officials familiar with the discussions tell Axios. Why it matters: The conflict between Trump and Zelensky escalated into a war of words …

‘The National Interest’: Donald Trump’s Ukraine war endgame comes into focus

11:00 24.02.2025

‘The National Interest’: Donald Trump’s Ukraine war endgame comes into focus

In all but name, the Ukraine War is over — and further NATO expansion is likely over, too. Only time will tell if Russia is content with this resolution, stresses ‘The National Interest’. The Trump administration has made it clear: they are negotiating an end of the seemingly interminable Ukraine …

POLITICO: Europe suffers from bad management and lack of money

10:57 24.02.2025

POLITICO: Europe suffers from bad management and lack of money

Madrid wants governments to be jointly liable for borrowing huge amounts of money to boost the bloc’s coffers. Spain has urged the EU to break one of its biggest taboos and force governments to become liable for each other's debt — to double the bloc's spending power. Madrid’s center-left government …

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