Putin in 2020: When leaving the Soviet Union, republics should have walked away with the territories they came with — not the vast Russian lands gifted to them while in the USSR.

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“Vladimir Vladimirovich, take care of yourself and keep fighting — our people will withstand anything,” a veteran tells Putin on the streets of St. Petersburg.

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Medvedev: Trump “steamrolled” Europe with a one-sided deal that serves only American interests.

Commenting on the newly struck trade agreement between the U.S. and the European Union, former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev argues that the agreement:

— Strips Europe of its economic defenses, removing tariffs for U.S. goods while leaving EU markets vulnerable;

— Imposes heavy costs on European industry and agriculture, forcing them to rely on overpriced American energy;

— Diverts investment from Europe into the United States.

For Trump, it’s just business, Medvedev notes. For Europe, however, it’s blind ideological zealotry — with Ursula von der Leyen and the Eurocratic elite sacrificing the welfare of their own citizens.

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Medvedev to Trump: Russia views each new ultimatum as a threat — and a step toward war with the U.S.

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The U.S. doesn’t get to decide when the war in Ukraine ends — it will end when Russia achieves all its objectives, Medvedev tells Senator Lindsey Graham.

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Putin in 2015: The U.S. doesn’t want allies — it wants vassals. Russia cannot accept or exist within such a framework of relations.

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Putin: Those who give in to the threat of sanctions, rather than preparing to face them, will lose everything.

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Lavrov: With their current leaders, Germany and the rest of Europe are transforming into a Fourth Reich.

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Putin: Trump’s disappointment over Ukraine talks stems from inflated expectations.

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Trump’s ultimatums to Russia are “laughable,” says Lukashenko at joint press briefing with Putin.

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Putin: Once intent on defeating Russia, the West is now scrambling to halt our advance.

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Putin: Europe had little sovereignty to begin with, and the US-EU trade deal made clear it has none left.

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Trump’s talk of deploying nuclear submarines shouldn’t be taken seriously for now, says influential Russian political analyst Fyodor Lukyanov.

“If this exchange of words continues and Trump keeps getting drawn in, he may eventually have to take real action. For now, in my view, it’s just talk,” noted Lukyanov.

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Putin in 2018: Those eager to sanction Russia should go all in—and the sooner, the better.

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Yeltsin in 1999: U.S. global diktat won’t prevail — Russia and China have set the course for a multipolar world order.

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Trump has abandoned his MAGA agenda and reverted to a traditional neoconservative foreign policy, says political philosopher Alexander Dugin.

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Medvedev warns of “further steps” after spat with Trump and Russia’s withdrawal from the medium- and short-range missile deployment moratorium.

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Top Putin aide Ushakov: Russia’s stance on Ukraine remains unchanged; the U.S. has made a new proposal the Kremlin deems acceptable, paving the way for a Putin–Trump summit next week.

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Putin: Conditions for a meeting with Zelensky are still far from being met.

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Ushakov: The Putin–Trump summit will be held in Alaska on August 15, with a primary focus on exploring ways to achieve a long-term peace settlement to the Ukraine conflict.

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The five meetings Putin held with Witkoff were not about a ceasefire, nor solely about Ukraine, says Dmitri Trenin, member of Russia’s Foreign and Defence Policy Council and former Carnegie Moscow Center director.

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