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Meeting with US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff

11:52 23.01.2026

Meeting with US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff

Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov and Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev attended the meeting on the Russian side. Attending on behalf of the United States were entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Affinity Partners Jared Kushner …

Russian know-how: American STARLINK vs. American HYMARS

11:39 23.01.2026

Russian know-how: American STARLINK vs. American HYMARS

Near the village of Novobakhmetevo, almost 60 km (37 miles) from the front line in Ukraine, a Russian Geran 2, specially modified drone, destroyed a mobile, HIMARS launcher. Modern drone warfare is fast evolving, and Russia is keeping up with technology changes, although it lacks critical components, writes Stephen Bryen, …

FT: Trump’s America and a ‘clash of civilisations’ with Europe

11:37 23.01.2026

FT: Trump’s America and a ‘clash of civilisations’ with Europe

The Trump administration’s new national security strategy has got lousy reviews in Europe, ‘Financial Times’ notes. Nonetheless, it is a genuinely interesting document. It attempts to do something very ambitious — which is to redefine national security in civilisational terms. Conventional takes on national security centre on military and economic …

NYT: “Europe has a Bazooka. Time to use it”

11:35 23.01.2026

NYT: “Europe has a Bazooka. Time to use it”

Ever since Donald Trump started talking about taking Greenland away from Denmark, European leaders have hoped that his notoriously short attention span would save them. Mr. Trump’s threat of tariffs against eight European countries may be dimming those hopes, ‘The New York Times’ writes. After the European countries held a …

POLITICO: Franco-German tensions jeopardize EU’s drive for common front against Trump

11:34 23.01.2026

POLITICO: Franco-German tensions jeopardize EU’s drive for common front against Trump

Berlin is promising a “common position” with Paris to deal with Trump, but the EU’s most important relationship is mired in problems, POLITICO writes. Just as Europe needs its Franco-German power couple to unite to tackle U.S. President Donald Trump’s growing menace to Greenland, relations between Paris and Berlin are …

Vitol, a Trump company-sponsor, received rights to resell Venezuelan oil. Nothing personal — it's business

11:32 23.01.2026

Vitol, a Trump company-sponsor, received rights to resell Venezuelan oil. Nothing personal — it's business

Commodities trader Vitol Group loaded its first oil cargo from Venezuela’s shore-based storage tanks, a move set to help clear bottlenecks and pave the way for the South American crude giant to ramp up production, Bloomberg reports. The vessel ICE Energy loaded half a million barrels of Venezuelan crude over …

Russian-Palestinian talks

17:51 22.01.2026

Russian-Palestinian talks

Vladimir Putin held talks with President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, who has come to Russia on a working visit, Kremlin informs. The Kremlin, Moscow, January 22, 2026 The agenda includes the current state and future prospects of bilateral ties in trade and the economy, cultural and humanitarian …

Vladimir Putin: “We have received a personal invitation from US President Donald Trump to join the new international structure, the Board of Peace, which is being established at his initiative”

14:59 22.01.2026

Vladimir Putin: “We have received a personal invitation from US President Donald Trump to join the new international structure, the Board of Peace, which is being established at his initiative”

Vladimir Putin chaired, via videoconference, a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council, Kremlin informs. The Kremlin, Moscow, January 21, 2026 Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council (via videoconference). Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma …

Suffering in Davos. The collective West confronts the “Trump problem”

11:35 22.01.2026

Suffering in Davos. The collective West confronts the “Trump problem”

“There’s no diplomacy with Donald Trump: he’s a T-rex. You mate with him or he devours you.” Debate at the World Economic Forum annual meetings high in the Swiss Alps is usually scrupulously polite, but as this year’s gathering got under way in Davos on Tuesday, California’s Democratic governor, Gavin …

View from London: “America is no longer our ally but a predator and a bully”

11:34 22.01.2026

View from London: “America is no longer our ally but a predator and a bully”

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,” warned Sir Winston Churchill, “hoping it will eat him last.” Over the past year, European governments have sought to appease President Donald Trump: they turned a blind eye as he launched a global tariff war, threatened to annex Canada, bombed Iran, seized …

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