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The Kremlin is increasingly worried that the emerging rift between the U.S. and Ukraine could derail a potential agreement between Washington and Moscow, The Moscow Times’ sources say. As U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for a swift end to Russia’s three-year war on Ukraine, Moscow and Washington have embarked on parallel talks aimed at seeking…
The Kremlin on Sunday hailed dialogue between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin — two “extraordinary” presidents — as “promising”, and vowed it would “never” give up territory seized in eastern Ukraine. Trump broke with Western policy earlier this month by phoning Putin to discuss how to end the Ukraine war — a call hailed by…
Russian officials are celebrating U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a game-changer that will weaken the court’s global influence and hamper the West’s efforts to isolate President Vladimir Putin and his inner circle. Announced after hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — himself wanted by the ICC —…
The Kremlin has been in direct contact with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s team in the lead-up to his Jan. 20 inauguration, Russian government officials told The Moscow Times. The previously unreported communication between the Kremlin and individuals representing Trump — who remain private citizens until the inauguration — raises questions about U.S. national security and…
President Vladimir Putin’s grip on Russia has endured another turbulent year marked by humiliating Ukrainian incursion, the overthrow of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, skyrocketing food prices, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s death in prison and a terrorist attack in Moscow that killed nearly 150 people. Twenty-five years since assuming power after Boris Yeltsin’s surprise resignation on New Year’s…
