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Russia ‘truly’ appreciates U.S. invite to G20 summit — but hasn't decided if Putin will go
European leaders have sharply criticized the move.
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Ukraine: Zelensky says Putin 'patient zero' for spreading war
🇺🇦 🇺🇳 Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "patient zero" for spreading war in the region with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian president also asked world leaders to cut back on buying oil from Russia, in a bid to put pressure on Moscow to resolve the conflict swiftly.
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‘Massive, maximum destruction’: Putin seeks to bring Ukrainian civilians ‘to their knees’
Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Peter Zalmayev from Kyiv, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. According to Zalmayev, Russia’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine reflect a broader political logic in which military force, political objectives and territorial ambitions are intertwined as instruments of Russian strategy. He argues that Moscow’s attacks on civilian infrastructure are designed to exert extreme pressure on Ukrainian society while demonstrating fierce retaliation to domestic audiences in Russia. Zalmayev contrasts this with Ukraine’s strikes on Russian energy infrastruct
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Trump administration invites Putin to attend G20 summit in Miami
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says summit would be opportunity for Russian president to engage with global leaders.
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Zelenskyy: Putin is making the world ‘more dangerous’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning that Russia's “never-ending war" could spread throughout Europe.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for sustained pressure to end ‘Putin’s crazy war’
Ukrainian president urges world leaders to keep choking Russia's revenues to impede its war efforts.
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Zelensky accuses Putin of using nationals of 47 countries to fight Ukraine war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had enlisted fighters from 47 countries including North Korea, Ghana and India to fight against Ukraine. Zelensky also warned that his forces could target Russian heating and energy facilities in the winter months if Moscow continues to attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready for ‘energy ceasefire,’ calls for trilateral meeting with Putin, Trump
Zelenskyy said Ukraine is ready for an “energy ceasefire” with Russia, provided Moscow stops attacks on critical infrastructure.
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'Macron has been trying to convince Trump to take a harder line on Putin'
US President Donald Trump's first meeting with a foreign leader on the sidelines of the UN general assembly was with French President Emmanuel Macron. The French president said that the talks, which focused on Ukraine and the Middle East, were "quite constructive". Macron has been trying to convince Trump to take a harder line on Putin and support the sovereignty of Ukraine. Click on the video for more details.
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Putin militates the Russian Parliament
The formation of the Russian president reserves dozens of seats for veterans. The Communist Party supports him despite denouncing electoral fraud
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Putin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary election
Victory of United Russia party strengthens Putin's hand even as the war with Ukraine grows more unpopular.
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Putin Party wins legislative elections in Russia amid fraud allegations
The Russian Government of Vladímir Putin welcomed the results of the elections, in which the United Russian party, which has been in the Executive for more than 25 years, achieved 57 per cent of the votes, amid allegations of fraud and after most opposition parties were excluded from the process. On the streets, the Russians expect little change in the structure of the State, but it does improve the economic situation, hit by the war with Ukraine.
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Russian TikTokers wanted to vote for an anti-war agenda. Putin’s farce elections did not allow that.
Elections in Russia are a sham. Yet when someone appears genuinely committed to an anti-war agenda, many had seize that hope as a chance to change, including young TikTokers
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Custom parliamentary elections in Russia give Putin a record of seats
United Russia, President Vladimir Putin's party, expanded its majority to reach the unpublished number of 355 seats in Parliament, as reported by the Russian electoral authorities on Monday. The government thus maintains its strong control of power after carefully orchestrated elections, in which most opposition candidates were excluded. The first elections held since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 were marked by massive attacks by Kiev.
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Russia: Putin party retains majority in controlled parliamentary vote
Vladimir Putin's United Russia won just under 58% of the vote, the electoral commission said. Meanwhile, Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov won nearly 100% of the vote in elections in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
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Putin party retains majority in first vote since 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a large majority in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results published by state media Monday, in a vote held amid Ukrainian drone strikes, cyberattacks and a crackdown on anti-war opposition. The election was the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. France 24 International affairs editor, Oliver Farry, shares further insights from this election.
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Russia’s pro-Putin party set to win election as Ukraine exposes war’s growing reach into Moscow
Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia on the State Duma election’s final day, including hundreds targeting Moscow.
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Russia election results show Putin’s party winning: What we know
With more than 90 percent votes counted, Putin's United Russia appears poised for a landslide win.
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Putin party retains majority in first vote since 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a large majority in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results published by state media Monday, in a vote held amid Ukrainian drone strikes, cyberattacks and a crackdown on anti-war opposition. The election was the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Live: Russia says it hit Ukrainian cargo vessels, Izmail port and logistics centre
The Russian defence ministry said on Monday its forces hit multiple targets in Ukraine, including two cargo vessels used for the military, a gas distribution station, Izmail port infrastructure and the BDU Logistic centre in the Kyiv region. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.