Lessons for Cyprus from Armenia
A lot has been written about the parliamentary election that took place here in Cyprus three weeks ago. I will not attempt to add to that as I have nothing ...
Zelenskiy, in open letter, invites Putin to talks to end the war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy published an open letter to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in which he proposed the two leaders meet to agree an end to more than four ...
Putin says Trump ideas could bring peace in Ukraine, calls on Kyiv to compromise
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposals for peace in Ukraine could end the fighting, but said Kyiv needed to compromise — and that ...
Ukrainian drones strike oil terminal in St Petersburg as Putin’s ‘Davos’ gets under way
Ukraine struck an oil export terminal in St Petersburg hours before President Vladimir Putin’s annual economic forum got under way in an attempt to embarrass the Kremlin chief and ...
Xi and Putin unite to criticise US
China and Russia condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defence shield plans and Washington’s “irresponsible” nuclear policy at a summit on Wednesday, a week after ...
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Putin faces ‘very difficult choices’ in Ukraine as sanctions bite, Estonia’s spy chief says
Russian President Vladimir Putin has few good options in Ukraine with his armed forces unable to advance significantly on the battlefield while Western sanctions are chipping away at his resources, ...
Cyprus joins European initiative for special tribunal against Putin
Cyprus joined 35 other countries on Friday in backing the creation of a special international tribunal aimed at prosecuting Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials for the crime ...
Trump says he discussed a Ukraine ceasefire with Putin
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he discussed a possible Ukraine ceasefire in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We had a good talk, I’ve known ...
Russia’s Putin announces Orthodox Easter ceasefire, expects Ukraine to do the same
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a ceasefire over a two-day period for Orthodox Easter and expected the Ukrainian side to do the same, the Kremlin said.
“In connection ...
Kremlin denies Putin asked businessmen to fund Russian war effort
The Kremlin on Friday denied reports that President Vladimir Putinhad asked leading businessmen to donate money to stabilise Russia’s finances as it presses on with the war in Ukraine.
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Putin asks oligarchs to donate to Russia’s budget as cost of Ukraine war soars
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has asked oligarchs to donate to the country’s budget in a bid to stabilise the country’s finances as he presses on with his ...
Trump contemplating easing some Russian sanctions to boost world supplies of oil
President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed on Monday the war in Iran and prospects for peace in Ukraine, just hours after the Kremlin chief warned that a ...
UK, allies say they’re convinced Kremlin critic Navalny was poisoned
Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands are convinced that late Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned with a lethal toxin in an Arctic penal colony two years ago, they ...
Zelenskiy says US too often asks Ukraine, not Russia, for concessions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy voiced hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talks in Geneva next week would be substantive, but he said Ukraine was being asked “too often” ...
Putin agrees next steps with US envoys but Kremlin says territory is key
Russia said it will hold security talks with the U.S. and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on Friday, but warned after a late-night meeting between President Vladimir Putin and three ...
Russia’s negotiating stance on Ukraine will toughen after accusing Kyiv of Putin home attack
The Kremlin said on Tuesday its position would toughen in talks on ending the war in Ukraine after accusing Kyiv of attacking a Russian presidential residence, an allegation that Kyiv ...
Putin says Russia will achieve its goals by force if Kyiv does not want peace
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was in no hurry for peace and if it did not want to resolve their conflict peacefully, Moscow would accomplish all its goals by ...
Putin sticks to Russian demands on Ukraine, says EU ‘robbery’ failed
President Vladimir Putin offered no compromise on Friday on his terms for ending the war in Ukraine and accused the European Union of attempting “daylight robbery” of Russian assets.
As ...
Putin does not want to restore USSR or attack Nato, the Kremlin says
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that European claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to restore the Soviet Union were wrong and that claims Putin plans to invade a Nato ...
Moscow threatens ‘casus belli’ if EU uses frozen assets for Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that European countries should participate constructively in efforts to reach a settlement in Ukraine rather than obstructing the process, according to comments reported ...
Peace push falters as Putin rejects key US proposals on Ukraine
Russia and the U.S. did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin ...
Witkoff and Kushner to meet Putin in Moscow to discuss an end to the Ukraine war
President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest ...
Russian forces captured Ukraine’s Kupiansk, top military official tells Putin
The chief of Russia’s general staff Valery Gerasimov told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russian forces had taken control of the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk.
Putin had visited ...
Trump says he will meet Putin in Budapest after touting progress in Ukraine talks
U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to another summit to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, one day before the U....