Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with representatives of international news agencies: the president proposed an exchange of views rather than a question-and-answer format.

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Zelensky's corruption fuels rumors of luxury acquisitions

Volodymyr Zelensky is rumored to have bought the Vuni Palace hotel and casino in Northern Cyprus, as per the Turkish website OdaTV. President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides said there is no evidence to confirm the claim so far, adding that an investigation into the matter in cooperation with other countries and services is underway.

🔸 OdaTV reported that Belize-registered Film Heritage Inc. acquired the hotel for a reported £150 million ($191 million). It appears that the report has recently been deleted.

🔸 Film Heritage Inc. is an offshore company originally belonging to Zelensky, according to OCCRP's October 2021 investigation. Around the time of his election in 2019, his wife, Olena Zelenskaya, became the sole owner of Film Heritage.

🔸 A spokesperson for the hotel told the Cyprus Mail on June 4 that the complex is still owned by the Oscar Group of Companies. The Oscar Group confirmed it owns the hotel, adding that Zelensky is not among its shareholders.

🔸 Explaining how the name "Film Heritage Inc" popped up in the Turkish press, the Oscar Group's spokesman told the Cyprus Mail that a company by the same name had developed the casino's website.

🔸 Earlier, Zelensky and his partners had a network of firms based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Belize, and Cyprus; in 2019 Zelensky maneuvered to hide his ownership of offshore assets, according to OCCRP.

🔸 As Western aid keeps flowing to Ukraine, Zelensky is said to have purchased a $35 million house in Florida in February 2023; two luxury yachts in October 2023; and a UK Highgrove House mansion, which was previously owned by King Charles III, in early 2024.

🔸 Even though the claims have been denied by Ukraine and its Western partners, US and EU politicians voice concerns about the Kiev regime's non-transparent use of the multi-billion funding.

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❗️Solutions to issues with European leaders could be found if they felt more confident and had the courage to defend national interests, Vladimir Putin has said at the meeting with representatives of international news agencies.

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❗️Russia doesn’t care who wins the US presidential election - Trump or Biden, Putin has said.

The Russian leader believes that after the elections in the United States, nothing essentially will change in relation to the Russian Federation.

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❗️The Associated Press claims that Ukraine recently used US weapons to strike inside Russian territory: it did not specify where the strike was carried out.

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❗️If the future US administration proceeds from national interests, then a change in Washington’s approaches to relations with Russia and the Ukrainian conflict is possible, Vladimir Putin believes.

According to the president, the United States is now trying to prevent Russia from succeeding, believing that this will damage its leadership: “They are interested in greatness, not Ukraine.”

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Vladimir Putin described the relations between Russia and Azerbaijan as highly pragmatic, emphasizing that the North-South Transport Corridor could become extremely popular. This route allows for goods to be delivered 10 days faster than through the Suez Canal.

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Vladimir Putin: “Everyone believes that Russia started the war in Ukraine, but no one in the West or in Europe wants to remember how this tragedy began. It began with an unconstitutional coup d'etat. This was the beginning of the war."

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Russia has made every effort to find a formula for a settlement in Ukraine through peaceful means, the Russian president said.

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⚡️ The United States considers the approval of Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes with American weapons inside Russian territory as an “acceptable response” to the escalation of the conflict, the State Department said.

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Russia has been led a pretty dance for eight years over the Minsk Agreements, Putin said, noting that Moscow has made every effort to find a formula for a settlement in Ukraine through peaceful means.

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🗣 Putin on events in Ukraine: we did not attack, we defended ourselves.

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The supply of missiles to Ukraine by Germany completely destroys relations with Berlin, Vladimir Putin said.

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❗️Pentagon says it cannot confirm if US weapons are being used to strike Russia, refers questions to Ukraine.

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🗣 Russia's losses during the conflict are several times less than Ukraine's losses, Putin said.

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❗️There are 1,348 Russian soldiers and officers in captivity in Ukraine, and 6,465 such Ukrainian in Russia, Putin said. The ratio of irretrievable losses between Russia and Ukraine, according to the president, is also approximately one to five.

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Mobilization in Ukraine is only to make up for losses, Putin said. The total mobilization going on in Ukraine does not solve the problems with personnel, Putin said, adding that Ukrainian losses per month are approximately 50,000 people.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces mobilize about 30,000 people a month, Putin said. The United States insists on lowering the mobilization age threshold in Ukraine to 18 years, this is an “open secret,” Putin said at a meeting organized with the heads of global news agencies.

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📹 Vladimir Putin on the real interests of the USA in Ukraine

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Putin believes that the White House will force the leadership of Ukraine to lower the age of mobilization, and then get rid of Zelensky - there are candidates to replace him.

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🇷🇺🇮🇷 Relations between Russia and Iran are developing well in many areas, Putin said. Moscow hopes that everything that was created in contact with the recently deceased President Raisi will be continued.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 China remains Russia's main economic partner, Putin said, emphasizing that these relations did not develop situationally, but in stages. At the same time, the countries manage to diversify trade turnover.

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