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☆ Biden’s Moment: A President Convinced of America’s Role in the World
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( David E. Sanger | More About David E. Sanger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

President Biden could very well go down in history as the last American president born during World War II and shaped by a view of American power nurtured in the Cold War. To Mr. Biden’s mind, this has been the moment he has trained for his entire political career, a point he often makes when challenged about his age. In the past eight months, he has visited two countries in the midst of active wars. He has married his public embraces with private cautions, and kept American troops out of both conflicts — so far. Whether Mr. Biden can bring the American population along, however, is a more unsettled question than at any moment in his presidency, and the backdrop of his rare Oval Office address on Thursday night.

Persons: Biden, Golda Meir, Mikhail Gorbachev, Hamas —, “, ”, Michael Beschloss, Vladimir V, Putin, Peter the Great, Republicans —, Donald J, Trump Organizations: States —, Hamas, Ukraine, Republicans, Republican Party Locations: States, Ukraine, Israel, United States, America

☆ From Russia to the Middle East: Why China can’t afford another big conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Now, as Israel’s war against Palestinian militant group Hamas threatens to spiral into a broader conflict that could shatter stability in the Middle East, China has called for a ceasefire while criticizing Israel’s actions. It also highlights China’s deep economic interests in both Russia and the Middle East, which it wants to safeguard at all cost. The world’s second largest economy depends on Russia and the Middle East for much of its energy needs. The Middle East is also a cornerstone in the Belt and Road Initiative. “Regional conflagration means long instability and long instability means no business for China in the Middle East,” he added.

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They took swipes at the United States and depicted themselves as building a “fairer, multipolar world.” And they marveled at their countries’ “deepening” trust. And he gave a prominent role to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, underscoring how central their relationship is to Mr. Xi’s vision. Mr. Putin was treated as the guest of honor and often pictured by Mr. Xi’s side. While Mr. Putin and Mr. Xi huddled, President Biden landed in Israel on a visit aimed at preventing the war between Israel and Hamas from spreading. Though Mr. Xi did not publicly remark on the war, Mr. Putin, at a news briefing, blamed the United States for increasing tensions in the Middle East by sending warships to the region.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Vladimir V, Putin, Mr, Xi, Biden, ” Locations: China, Russia, United States, Beijing, Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Russo

☆ New Global Divisions on View as Biden Goes to Israel and Putin to China
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Steven Erlanger | More About Steven Erlanger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As President Biden lands in Israel on Wednesday, seeking to display steadfast American support for the country, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is in Beijing, seeking to display his “no limits” partnership with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. Russia, China and Iran were already forming a new axis over Ukraine, one they have pursued diplomatically, economically, strategically and even ideologically. Russia relies on weapons from Iran and diplomatic support from China to fight in Ukraine. Iran has been isolated and only too happy to have new trading partners and some source of international legitimacy. China, whose economy is ailing, has saved billions of dollars by importing record amounts oil from countries under Western sanctions, like Russia and Iran.

Persons: Biden, Vladimir V, Putin, China’s, Xi, Russia’s Organizations: West Locations: Israel, Russia, Beijing, Ukraine, Gaza, China, Iran, United States

☆ Putin meets 'dear friend' Xi in Beijing. Here are the top 3 takeaways
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Sergei Savostyanov | Afp | Getty ImagesChina President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were all smiles when they met in Beijing. "Dear friend, I am very glad to see you again," Putin said in a statement ahead of his bilateral meeting with Xi Wednesday. Xi is also looking to Putin as China seeks to reinvigorate its economic foreign policy program. watch nowPutin traveled to Beijing, knowing Xi would guarantee his safety. Here are the main takeaways from the meeting, which underline why China and Russia share strong ties.

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[1/2] An analyst monitors from a computer screen in the control room of the international nuclear test monitoring agency CTBTO in Vienna February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 17 (Reuters) - Russia's parliament starts voting on Tuesday on withdrawing Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The CTBT is a 1996 treaty that bans "any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion" anywhere in the world. It says that the test ban, "by constraining the development and qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and ending the development of advanced new types of nuclear weapons, constitutes an effective measure of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in all its aspects". But the move would provide it with legal cover to test if it wanted to, and some security analysts see a Russian test now as more likely.

Persons: Heinz, Peter Bader, Matthew Harries, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Mark Trevelyan, Gareth Jones Organizations: REUTERS, Comprehensive, UN, Arms Control Association, State Duma, Publicly, Thomson Locations: Vienna, Britain, France, Russia, United States, Israel, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, US, London, RUSSIA, Ukraine, Russian, Belarus

☆ Putin Pushes Need for Talks in Calls With Israeli, Arab and Iranian Leaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

The Kremlin said Putin expressed Russia's willingness to work towards "ending the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation and achieving a peaceful settlement through political and diplomatic means". But Putin briefed Netanyahu on conversations with the leaders of Iran, Egypt, Syria and the Palestinian Authority in which the Kremlin said earlier that this had been discussed. He also told Netanyahu about "the steps Russia is taking to help normalize the situation, prevent further escalation of violence and prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip". Iranian state media said President Ebrahim Raisi told Putin in their conversation that supporting the Palestinians was Iran's foreign policy priority but "resistance" groups made their own independent decisions. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Putin that the situation was worsening and Israeli army actions were "indiscriminate".

Persons: Guy Faulconbridge, Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Moscow, Putin, Netanyahu, Israel, Ebrahim Raisi, Bashar al, Assad, Mahmoud Abbas, Abdel Fattah al, Sergei Ryabkov, Ryabkov, Mark Trevelyan, Parisa, Rod Nickel Organizations: Israeli, Kremlin, United Nations Security Council, Palestinian Authority, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Russia, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Ukraine, Moscow, Israel, Cairo, East, London, Dubai

People walk past the headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing, China September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 15 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. But the most important day could be Wednesday when Chinese unemployment, industrial production, retail sales and business investment figures for September will be released, along with third-quarter GDP. The property sector's travails, threat of deflation, soaring youth unemployment, foreign outflows from Chinese stocks and bonds, and the exchange rate's slide to a 16-year low are well documented. The week ended with Asian stocks up 6%, their first rise in four weeks, and world stocks adding 4.5%, their best week in six.

Persons: Jason Lee, Jamie McGeever, biggie, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Putin, Stocks, Diane Craft Organizations: People's Bank of China, REUTERS, Reuters, Forum, Soviet Union, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Russian, Ukraine, U.S, Treasuries, Japan, India

☆ Russia can gain from Middle East turmoil — but it could backfire if the war spirals out of control
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Putin likely wanted to show that Moscow is still important in the Middle East by visiting Iran, said John Drennan of the U.S. Institute of Peace. It could present an opportunity for them but also could present a very, very disastrous outcome for their influence in the Middle East too if the conflict spirals out of control," Ramani said. Analysts also believe Russia will use the war in Israel and Gaza to sow disinformation about Ukraine and discord among its allies. As such, the war between Israel and Hamas also provides Russia with an opportunity to flex its diplomatic muscles in the Middle East, after something of a hiatus from the global stage. So this shows that Russia is not isolated in the Middle East, and Russia still maintains the same array of diplomatic partnerships that it had before the war," he noted.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Ebrahim Raisi, Putin, John Drennan, Sergei Savostyanov, Samuel Ramani, Ramani, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Joe Biden, Jim Watson, Volodymy Zelenskyy, Sergei Karpukhin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Maxim Shemetov, They've, they've, Bashar al, Assad Organizations: Getty, Palestinian, Hamas, U.S . Institute of Peace, AFP, Royal United Services Institute, CNBC, Kremlin, Ukraine, Analysts, White, U.S, Congress, NATO, Afp, International Energy Agency, Russia, Israeli, Iraqi Locations: Sochi, Russia, Israel, Gaza, Moscow, Iran, Ukraine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, U.S, Europe, Washington ,, Brussels, Russian, OPEC, Turkey, Egypt, Tehran

☆ Putin Says Israel Has Right to Defend Itself, Calls for a Palestinian State
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza has the potential for grave consequences, including “absolutely unacceptable” civilian casualties, but said that Israel has the right to defend itself. Speaking at a summit in Kyrgyzstan with other former Soviet republics, the Kremlin leader called on both sides to stop the bloodshed and come to an agreement to stabilize the situation on the ground, Russia’s state news agency TASS said. Putin said that although Israel was subjected to “an attack unprecedented in its cruelty” and has the right to protection, a settlement is only possible through the creation of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: Kremlin Locations: Gaza, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Soviet, East Jerusalem

☆ Fact Check: Mistranslated clip of Putin on US involvement in Israel-Hamas conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Russia will help palestine And america can do nothing.”The English subtitles are mistranslated, however, and do not represent Putin’s remarks in Russian. The clip on social media includes a “USA TODAY” watermark. A longer version of the video is on the news outlet’s YouTube page shared on Dec. 8, 2022 with different subtitles. Putin’s remarks and hand gestures from timestamps 0:14 to 0:21 of USA TODAY’s video on YouTube match that of the clip shared on social media in October. Putin’s remarks were made in December 2022 about the threat of nuclear war in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but the clip shared on social media includes mistranslated English subtitles.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, “ Putin, Read Organizations: Ukraine, Hamas, Human Rights, YouTube, Reuters, Thomson Locations: United States, Israel, America, Palestine, Russia, palestine, Ukraine

☆ Chaos in House GOP intensifies with Scalise’s speakership bid in peril
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

GOP lawmakers did select Steve Scalise as their nominee for the job that is second in the line of presidential succession on Wednesday. The worsening debacle in the House follows the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week by eight Republicans voting with Democrats. But some GOP leaders are irritated that the jockeying is distracting from the imperative to find a speaker. He was still well short of the 217 votes – a majority of the current House – needed to claim the speakership on the floor. “He has no path to 217,” one top House Republican said on condition of anonymity.

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☆ Putin Offers Muted Response to Attack on Israel. That Speaks Volumes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Anton Troianovski | More About Anton Troianovski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has long cast himself as a friend of Israel and the Jewish people. But amid the worst attack on Israel in 50 years, the high regard that Mr. Putin has shown for Israel in the past appears remarkably absent. More than three days after the start of the incursion by Hamas, there has been no message of condolence from the Kremlin, even though Mr. Putin previously published such notes of sympathy in the wake of terrorist attacks in Israel. And he has not yet called Mr. Netanyahu, even though he spoke with Israeli leaders at least 11 times in 2022 and developed a close relationship with Mr. Netanyahu over more than a decade of meetings and phone calls. Instead, Mr. Putin’s spokesman on Monday struck a neutral stance, saying that Russia was “extremely concerned” and calling for an immediate halt to the fighting.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Putin’s Organizations: Moscow Jewish Museum, Kremlin Locations: Russia, Israel, Moscow, Jerusalem, Nazi, Leningrad

☆ As Israel goes to war, Russia must now decide where its loyalty lies in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2020. Maxim Shemetov | Afp | Getty ImagesThe outbreak of bloodshed, violence and outright war between Israel and Hamas has put Russia in an awkward position, with Moscow traditionally treading a fine diplomatic line between Israel and its allies in the Middle East. Russia has enjoyed warm and constructive relations with Israel in recent years. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi hold a meeting in Tehran on July 19, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Kremlin on April 21, 2016.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Maxim Shemetov, Tatiana Stanovaya, Ebrahim Raisi, Sergei Savostyanov, Stanovaya, Saudi Arabia —, Vladimir Putin's, Bashar Assad's, Bashar Assad, Sergei Shoigu, Alexei Nikolsky, Netanyahu, Putin, Mohammed Shia, Al Sudani, Mikhail Svetlov, tellingly, Russia's, Ian Bremmer, Antony Blinken, Petroleum Javad, Erdogan Organizations: Israeli, Kremlin, Afp, Getty, Hamas, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, AFP, Saudi, Russian Defense, Sputnik, AP Putin, Iraqi, . Security Council, Israel, Eurasia Group, ., Ukraine, Ministry of Defence, Institute for, Petroleum, Turkish Locations: Moscow, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Russian, Tehran, Syria, Eastern, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Umayyad, Damascus, U.S, Palestinian, China

☆ Analysis: Putin banks on wavering support for Ukraine, amid a race against time
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Last week, President Joe Biden signed into law a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown, but funding for Ukraine was a casualty of the brinksmanship on Capitol Hill. The Biden administration emphasizes that that the American public’s support for Ukraine remains strong. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky walks down the White House colonnade to the Oval Office with President Joe Biden during a visit to the White House in Washington, DC, on September 21. In his remarks at Valdai, he clearly implied that Russia intends to outlast the West over Ukraine. Paraphrasing Putin, Mylovanov said that the Kremlin believes that “Ukraine will have one week left to LIVE once Western supplies are over.

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Putin on Thursday said Russia's nuclear doctrine did not need updating but that he was not yet ready to say whether or not Russia needed to resume nuclear tests. The Kremlin chief said that Russia should look at revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as the United States had signed it but not ratified. Just hours after Putin's words, Russia's top lawmaker, Vyacheslav Volodin, said the legislature's bosses would swiftly consider the need to revoke Russia's ratification for the treaty. "At the next meeting of the State Duma Council, we will definitely discuss the issue of revoking the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty," Volodin said. Putin's words, followed by Volodin's, indicate that Russia is almost certain to revoke ratification of the treaty, which bans nuclear explosions by everyone, everywhere.

Persons: Vyacheslav Volodin, Maxim Shemetov, Putin, Vladimir Putin, peaker Volodin, Volodin, Volodin's, Guy Faulconbridge, Sonali Paul, Stephen Coates Organizations: Nazi, REUTERS, Soviet Union, Comprehensive, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kremlin, State Duma Council, Soviet, United Nations, United, United States Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Thomson Locations: Russia's, Nazi Germany, Red, Moscow, Russia, MOSCOW, United States, Washington, Brussels, State, Ban, Soviet Union, India, Pakistan, North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chief of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff Valery Gerasimov, via a video conference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia October 7, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreLONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia has successfully tested its new Burevestnik missile. - Its nuclear propulsion gives the missile much longer range than traditional turbojet or turbofan engines that are limited by how much fuel they can carry. - Development of the missile's nuclear propulsion unit has been a huge technical challenge, involving a number of test failures. - The Nuclear Threat Initiative said the Burevestnik's nuclear propulsion could enable it to stay aloft for days, if needed.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Staff Valery Gerasimov, Alexei Druzhinin, Putin, Mark Trevelyan, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Russian Armed Forces, Staff, Sputnik, International Institute for Strategic Studies, United States Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Nuclear Threat Initiative, New York Times, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Kremlin, United States, Washington

☆ A Russian missile strike blew apart a grocery store and cafe, Ukraine says, and the attack looks to be one of the deadliest this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Russian missile hit a small village in northeast Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 people. The strike appears to mark one of the deadliest Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians this year. AdvertisementAdvertisementDozens of people are dead after a Russian missile struck a grocery store and cafe in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said on Thursday. Rescues work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementRescues work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Rustem, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Syniehubov, REUTERS Mykhailo Podolyak, Vladimir Putin, Andriy, Moscow's Organizations: Service, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, REUTERS, REUTERS Hroza, United, UN, Human Rights Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Hroza, Kharkiv region, Ukrainian, Russia, Kupiansk, Dnipro, United Nations

☆ 'Loyalty alone is not enough': Kremlin reveals the qualities Russia's Vladimir Putin values the most
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link in Saint Petersburg on October 10, 2022. "But for Vladimir Putin, loyalty alone is not enough. Russia's president Vladimir Putin (R) and his spokesman Dmitry Peskov (L) attend the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting at the Congress Hall in Bishkek on December 9, 2022. Contributor | Getty ImagesDuring Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine, as it calls its invasion, questions have been raised about the strategy and competency of Russia's military leadership. FILE - Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, around his factory which produces school meals, outside St. Petersburg, Russia on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Gavriil Grigorov, Putin, Andrei Kondrashov, it's, Dmitry Peskov, Vyacheslav Oseledko, —, Sergey Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu, Sergei Lavrov, Nikolay Patrushev, Mikhail Mishustin, Sergei Sobyanin, There's, Vladimir Solovyov, Nikolai Patrushev, Dmitry Medvedev, Medvedev, Sergei Medvedev, Dmitry, Yevgeny Prigozhin's, Alexander Ermochenko, Sergey Shoigu, Shoigu, Prigozhin, Wagner, Kirill Shamiev, Prigozhin Prigozhin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Alexei Druzhinin Organizations: Afp, Getty, CNBC, Economic, Kremlin, Security, Moscow, SVR, Russian Security Council, Ukraine, West ., Kyiv, Russian, Luhansk People's, Reuters, Wagner Group, European Council, Foreign Relations Locations: Saint Petersburg, Bishkek, Russian, Yerevan, Armenia, Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic, Crimea, Moscow, Belarus, Prigozhin, St . Petersburg

☆ Russia to begin drafting soldiers from occupied regions of Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's fall draft begins October 1 and seeks to call up 130,000 new soldiers to fight in the war. The Kyiv Independent reported eligible men from occupied regions of Ukraine will be drafted. Russian state media claims no conscription has previously occurred in occupied Ukraine. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia's Defense Ministry announced Friday that its upcoming conscription campaign will for the first time include eligible men from four occupied regions in Ukraine. Russian men aged 18-27 are required to enlist for a year of mandatory military service.

Persons: —, Putin, shams, France24, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Kyiv Independent, Service, Defense, CNN, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, Government of, Russian Federation Locations: Ukraine, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Russian, Russia

☆ Putin's pick to lead the Wagner Group is likely considered a 'traitor' by his own men, UK says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The new head of Wagner is likely seen as a "traitor" by his men, per a UK intelligence assessment. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussian President Vladimir Putin has picked someone to lead the powerful Wagner paramilitary group who is likely viewed as a "traitor" by his own men, according to a British military intelligence assessment published Saturday. A Kremlin spokesperson later described Troshev, a veteran of Wagner operations in Syria, as an employee of Russia's defense ministry. As a result, "Many Wagner veterans likely consider him a traitor," stated the Sept. 30 assessment. And that future, it continued — in contrast with the Prigozhin days — will likely entail "greater oversight from the Kremlin."

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☆ The message behind Putin’s Wagner meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In a televised meeting Friday, Putin met with Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and former Wagner commander Andrey Troshev, according to a partial transcript published by the Kremlin. But unpack the language, and Putin’s Friday meeting appeared to put a reassuring gloss on the Russian government’s attempt to bring the mercenary group to heel. “I would like to talk to you about issues of a social nature,” Putin told Troshev, without naming Wagner. Wagner has supported the Libyan National Army for several years, reportedly backing Haftar’s 2019-2020 military campaign against the Tripoli-based government. If Friday’s meeting is any guide, Yevkurov appears to be a point man for future Wagner activity while Troshev takes on a different brief: overseeing Wagner 2.0 for the war in Ukraine.

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☆ Russia smells blood as Ukraine tries to stop war fatigue spreading among allies
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listens during a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2023. One noted Russian academic, historian and author Sergei Medvedev said he's worried about Western resolve in Ukraine, saying, "I think the West is tiring." Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during The Strong Ideas For The New Times Forum on June 29, 2023 in Moscow, Russia. Getty ImagesWhen a very public rift erupted between Poland and Ukraine last week, the Kremlin was quick to seize upon the tensions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on Sept. 21, 2023.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Joe Biden, Jim Watson, Russia —, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Medvedev, he's, Trump, Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Rava, Yuriy Dyachyshyn, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Mateusz Morawiecki, Teneo, Kevin Lamarque, Ian Bremmer, Zelenskyy, let's, Andrzej Duda Organizations: White, AFP, Getty, Republicans, CNBC, Kremlin, New Times Forum, Agency for Strategic Initiatives, Putin's, European Commission, World Trade Organization, General Assembly, Kyiv, Teneo, U.S, Republican, Ukraine, Reuters, Eurasia Group, Trump, Sunday Locations: Washington ,, Ukraine, Russia, Europe, U.S, Poland, Slovakia, Russian, Moscow, Warsaw, Kyiv, Polish, Hungary, New York City

From the first hours of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the famous port city of Odesa has largely been without a working port. Once bustling with cargo vessels, cruise ships, sailboats, yachts and fishing trawlers, the harbor is now a vast expanse of open water. Sophia Dobrovolska, a 16-year-old aspiring merchant marine at the Odesa Sea Academy, lives on that empty sea. “When the full-scale war started, my mom thought of leaving, but I told her: ‘No, my college is here. I will not go.’”President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has long made clear that he wants to capture Odesa, a goal that looks increasingly less likely.

Persons: Sophia Dobrovolska, ”, “, ’, Vladimir V, Putin Organizations: Sea Academy, Odesa Locations: Ukraine, Odesa, Russia

☆ Opinion: Ukraine’s bumpy road ahead just got rockier
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( David A. Andelman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

David A. Andelman David AndelmanThat is the clearest and most present danger to the security of Europe and the entire Western alliance. Fissures are appearing across the hitherto united Western front that can only be sending shivers of joy up Putin’s spine. Putin quite rightly appreciated the stakes — and the opportunity — when he first launched his heartless blockade of Ukraine’s grain, grain that helps feed not only Europe but also vast stretches of Africa now plunged into the threat of devastating hunger. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the UN General Assembly last week in New York City. The EU is weighing up a mammoth four-year, 20 billion euro ($21.3 billion) fund to finance weapons purchases for Ukraine.

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