As so arrogantly expressed by Navarro and Lutnick, the Trump team seems to believe BRICS can’t survive without the U.S. market.

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Lavrov: Not one of the Global Majority’s leading nations — China, India, and Brazil — bowed to U.S. demands to abandon Russian energy.

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“Our prayers are with his family,” writes President Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev, following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

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Finland is becoming a breeding ground for fascism even faster than Ukraine, and the consequences could be tragic, warns Russian MP Andrey Kartapolov.

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Lavrov: It is absurd to demand that Hamas agree to a ceasefire while at the same time attempting to eliminate its leadership.

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Lavrov: Israel shows no willingness to stop the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the West Bank.

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Lavrov: The unresolved Palestinian issue is the root cause of all the troubles in the Middle East.

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Peskov: Overall, Russia’s macroeconomic situation remains stable, reliable, and predictable, despite turbulence in the global economy.

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Angela Merkel, in her memoir, admits that neither Zelensky nor his predecessor Poroshenko ever truly accepted the Minsk agreements, and recalls how Poland, Estonia, and Lithuania blocked her attempt to salvage the peace process in the summer of 2021.

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Peskov: Europeans are obstructing Ukraine peace negotiations.

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Russia at UN: Israel’s strike on Qatar is the result of Netanyahu’s absolute impunity enabled by the U.S.

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Al-Sharaa: Syria intends to preserve close ties with Russia, the world’s second most powerful country.

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Trump kicks the Russia sanctions ball back into Europe’s court.

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Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, posts a photo from Kiev, standing beside an art installation that depicts Russia as a “country of slaves,” pierced by a sword held by an owl — the mascot of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR).

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Russia is using Orthodox priests and bots to sway election, Moldovan President Maia Sandu tells FT.

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Russia is, in fact, losing the war in Ukraine, says Trump’s special envoy Kellogg — noting that Gen. Caine, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs, shares the same view.

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Kellogg: I don’t think anybody should be afraid of the Russian military. We’d kick their ass.

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Ukraine should keep “pushing for maximalist demands,” while Russia must be “forced to peace,” says Finnish President Stubb.

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Trump: I’m ready to move ahead with tougher sanctions, but Europe must do the same and stop buying Russian energy.

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Medvedev: NATO imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine will mean war with Russia.

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Medvedev: Any seizure of frozen Russian sovereign assets will be treated as theft, triggering legal and extrajudicial retaliation against the states and individuals responsible.

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