The Russian stock market experienced its strongest rally since February following announcements that Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will hold a summit in Alaska. The Moscow Exchange index, which tracks around 40 of Russia’s largest companies, has surged 8.3% since Thursday, adding roughly 465 billion rubles ($5.82 billion, according to spot foreign exchange market…
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday dismissed the planned summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to “dead solutions.” The Trump-Putin meeting, scheduled for Friday in Alaska, has been cast as a potential breakthrough in the nearly 3½-year war. Trump had previously agreed…
While the call on Friday underscored a high level of coordination between Beijing and Moscow in their approach to Washington, Chinese experts voiced scepticism about the prospects for the Alaska summit and its aim of negotiating an end to the Ukraine war. They cautioned that although Trump’s first in-person encounter in his second term with…
US President Donald Trump will meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on August 15 in Alaska, as the Republican indicated that a ceasefire deal to end the Ukraine war was getting closer. President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet to discuss Ukraine ceasefire.(REUTERS File) Trump revealed the date and location of his…
Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday ahead of an expected summit between the latter and US President Donald Trump. Putin briefed Xi on the recent communication between Russia and the US and said Russia was ready to keep close communication with China, according to state…
President Donald Trump is reconsidering his approach to ending the conflict in Ukraine, wavering on his self-imposed deadline for Russia to stop its invasion or face economic sanctions.On Thursday, Trump appeared to back away from his previous stance that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must be part of peace talks with Russia. When asked if Russian…
MOSCOW, Aug 7 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, met Russian President Vladimir Putin during a state welcoming ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace here yesterday. Sultan Ibrahim arrived at the Kremlin at about 3pm before proceeding to the St. George’s Hall, a vast ceremonial chamber adorned with white marble columns and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s appeal for regime change in Moscow, asserting that Zelensky himself lacks constitutional legitimacy, RT reported. Putin’s comments came in response to Vladimir Zelensky, who has urged Western nations to support regime change in Moscow.(AFP File Photo) The statement came a day after Zelensky urged Ukraine’s…
After tense talks in Beijing and a bruising trade blow from Washington, EU bureaucrats are heading into their August break weary and short of wins, as doubts deepen over the bloc’s global leverage. Last week’s summit in Beijing went off without too much drama, seen as an achievement in itself, given how fraught EU-China ties…
Russian strikes on a penal colony in the frontline region of Zaporizhzhia in southwestern Ukraine overnight killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 80 others, regional Ukrainian military and Zaporizhzhia’s governor said on Tuesday. Zaporizhzhia governor Ivan Fedorov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said that the correctional facility’s buildings were destroyed, and…