Rubio in Munich: Russia cannot achieve its original war aims in Ukraine and has been forced to narrow them down to just one objective — taking the rest of the Donetsk region.

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Dugin: Russia was closer to achieving its war aims in the opening weeks of the SMO than it is today, but stopping now and declaring a false victory would be both impossible and criminal.

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There was no trace of the “spirit of Anchorage” in Munich. The West is not interested in a peace agreement that takes Russia’s interests into account, the war will therefore have to be settled on the battlefield, concludes senior lawmaker and Fair Russia party leader Sergey Mironov.

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The Munich Security Conference did nothing to advance peace in Ukraine. On the contrary, Euro-globalists effectively laid out a “road map” for the militarization of Europe and the continued support of the terrorist regime in Kiev, writes Leonid Slutsky, head of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party.

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Solovyev: Europe, which gave the world the most horrific forms of racial segregation, Nazism, slavery, and mass extermination, is now building another Reich in preparation for a new war.

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Patrushev: If Russia fails to deliver a firm response to the seizure of its tankers, it risks facing a complete sea blockade, at the very least in the Atlantic basin.

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Russia demands a reversal of past NATO decisions, including those of the 2008 Bucharest summit, and a formal commitment to no further eastward expansion, say Russian diplomats in Belgium.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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President Putin slams U.S. sanctions, reaffirms longstanding support for Cuba during meeting with FM Rodriguez in the Kremlin.

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The U.S. will eventually lift sanctions on Russia because it serves its own interests; the potential portfolio of U.S.–Russia projects exceeds $14 trillion, writes Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev.

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Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev proposes establishing a BRICS anti-corruption tribunal aimed at the Western banking system, which he says is rigged against the Global South.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Zyuganov, citing Rosstat data, warns of declining living standards in Russia. He notes that as of early 2026, 39% of all household spending goes toward food—the highest share in 16 years.

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Lavrov: Iran has the right to peaceful uranium enrichment. Arab countries have sent unequivocal signals to Washington calling for restraint.

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Zelensky told his closest aides that peace negotiations had collapsed and ordered them to prepare a plan for another three years of war, per WSJ correspondent Bojan Pancevski.

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