- 25 November, 2024
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Putin, Macron discuss Ukraine crisis by phone – reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the Ukraine crisis in a telephone call that lasted one hour and 40 minutes on Saturday,…
Biden, Putin to speak on Saturday -White House official
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak on Saturday, a White House official said, after Washington said earlier on Friday that Russia has massed…
Macron refused Russian COVID test in Putin trip over DNA theft fears -sources
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this…
The Ukraine Standoff and its Larger Global Impact
When Ukraine erupted as a geopolitical issue in 2014 there were competing international events and geopolitical stories which were moving parallelly in those times. As the narrative progressed the Russian…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Analysis-Kremlin watchers detect signs Putin wants to defuse Ukraine crisis
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Behind his latest outbursts against NATO and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid…
Ukraine looking for actions and not words from Putin, Zelenskiy says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine is looking for concrete steps from Russian President Vladimir Putin to prove he is serious about de-escalating tensions and pulling back Russian troops from the border,…
Kremlin denies Putin told Macron there will be no new manoeuvres near Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday said that French assertions that President Vladimir Putin had promised Emmanuel Macron that Moscow would not carry out new military initiatives around Ukraine…
Paris says Putin agreed to start no new manoeuvres near Ukraine for now
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin promised not to carry out new military initiatives near Ukraine for the time being as a precursor to possible de-escalation, a French official…
France’s Macron says he’s ‘reasonably optimistic’ ahead of talks with Putin in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron expressed guarded optimism on Monday ahead of talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at defusing tensions over the Ukrainian crisis.…
Kremlin expects no decisive breakthrough from Putin-Macron meeting
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expects no decisive breakthrough from Monday's talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, but expects that Macron will propose ways to…
Factbox-Moscow-Beijing partnership has ‘no limits’
(Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on Friday and announced a strategic partnership that they said was aimed at countering the influence of…
China, Russia ‘coordinated positions’ on Ukraine, says Chinese foreign ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Russia coordinated their positions on Ukraine during a meeting between both countries' foreign ministers in Beijing on Thursday, according to a statement by the Chinese…
