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Kremlin Rejects Imminent Putin-Zelensky Summit Talks Amid Trump Mediation
The Tundra Drums - Alaska
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August 20, 2025
The Kremlin dismissed speculation of imminent Putin-Zelensky summit talks even as US President Donald Trump renewed calls for negotiations. On Monday, Trump met Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week and welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
Even if Trump succeeds in bringing Putin and Zelenskyy together, don’t expect wonders − their only previous face-to-face encounter ended in failure
The Conversation
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August 20, 2025
Donald Trump has raised the prospect of directs talks between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, in what would be the first such encounter in more than three years of war between the two countries. In a social...
China Is the Big Winner of the Trump-Putin Summit | Opinion
Newsweek
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August 20, 2025
The clear winner of the recent Anchorage summit was not the United States or Russia. Nor was it the European Union, NATO, or Ukraine, all directly affected by the war in Eastern Europe. The big winner, at least for the moment, is the People's...
Blame Biden for the 3 Floridians Killed by the Illegal Immigrant w/a CDL
1290 WJNO - Florida
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Blame Biden for the 3 Floridians Killed by the Illegal Immigrant w/a CDL – Top 3 Takeaways, August 20th, 2025 Takeaway #1: Blame Biden There are approximately 350,000 dead people due to the Russia-Ukraine war, who wouldn’t be dead if Joe Biden...
Putin Issues Statement on WWII Soviet Attack on Japan
Nippon
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August 19, 2025
Newsfrom Japan World Aug 19, 2025 21:59 (JST) Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)--Russian President Vladimir Putin has released a statement on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet attack on a then Japanese island after Japan's surrender in World War II....
Putin briefs Indian PM Modi on outcome of Russia-US Summit in Alaska — Kremlin
TASS
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August 18, 2025
MOSCOW, August 18. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi informing him about key issues discussed at the Russia-US Summit talks in Alaska last week, Kremlin’s press office...
Putin expresses condolences to Modi over recent floods in India
TASS
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August 18, 2025
MOSCOW, August 18. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the recent flooding in northern India, the Kremlin press service reported. "Vladimir Putin expressed his...
Tusk opposes possible Zelenskyy–Putin talks in Hungary
European Pravda
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said he is not in favour of potential talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin being held in Hungary, given that the Budapest Memorandum was signed there in 1994. "Budapest?...
Media: UK and EU threaten Russia with sanctions if Putin refuses talks
European Pravda
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The United Kingdom and the European Union are preparing to impose sanctions against Russia if Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin refuses to take part in trilateral talks with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The...
Sybiha discusses security guarantees, preparations for possible Zelensky-Putin meeting
Ukrinform
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Following the landmark meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukraine is coordinating with its allies to develop concrete security guarantees and prepare conditions for a potential meeting with...
Modi to visit China later this month
The Jakarta Post
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ndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later in August, his security chief said Tuesday during talks with Beijing's foreign minister in New Delhi. Modi will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit opening on August 31 in...
Trump says 'Putin and Zelenskyy should meet without me' as he casts doubt over three-way sumimt
Radio X
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Donald Trump has said it would be better if Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin meet "without me" to discuss the war in Ukraine. Listen to this article The US President said the Russian and Ukrainian leaders are "in the process" of setting up a...
Modi govt has rescue-centric approach to handle disasters: Amit Shah
The Print
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August 19, 2025
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government’s approach and strategy to handle any disaster since 2014 is rescue-centric rather than relief-centric, thus reducing casualties and damage...
Putin ‘won’t give up on trying to destroy’ us, Ukraine’s former foreign minister warns
PBS Frontline
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August 19, 2025
Pavlo Klimkin: For us, it's about security, because we have all kinds of defense lines there. It's, of course, about our emotions, because our guys gave pretty much everything on Donbass. The idea to swap Donbass with something else would enact a...
Putin suggests Moscow meeting with Zelensky, sources say
Al Mayadeen
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August 19, 2025
Putin proposed a Moscow meeting with Zelensky during a call with Trump, but the Ukrainian leader rejected the idea, AFP sources said. Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested holding a possible meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
Dennis Rodman parties with Vladimir Putin and makes bold claim about Kim Jong-un
Irish Star
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August 20, 2025
Dennis Rodman has revealed his tight-knit friendship and wild parties with Russian president Vladimir Putin, and boasted that he's America's top representative for North Korea's Kim Jong-un. The former Chicago Bulls star and five-time NBA champ is...
7 Things: Americans and Alabama leaders support Trump/Putin peace attempts; Alabama schools have improved; Auburn claims 7 football championships; and more …
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 20, 2025
7. Auburn University has claimed seven additional national football titles, bringing its total to nine, declaring championships in 1910, 1913, 1914, 1958, 1983, 1993, and 2004, where one group picked Auburn as their national champion, so now Pat...
Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks FTC Investigation of Media Matters, Claims First Amendment Violation
Breitbart
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August 19, 2025
A Biden-appointed judge is blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) probe into the leftist pro-censorship organization Media Matters over its alleged coordination with other media watchdog groups to launch advertiser boycotts of X, arguing...
Drudge Report Resurfaces 12-Year-Old Trump Tweet: Will Putin ‘Become My New Best Friend?’
Mediaite - New York
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August 20, 2025
(Alex Brandon/AP photo/Drudge Report screengrab) The Drudge Report resurrected a 12-year-old tweet by President Donald Trump asking whether Vladimir Putin ‘will become my new best friend’ as the commander in chief works to secure a peace agreement...
Macron Called Putin An Ogre
Charter 97
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14 The French president had harsh words for the Russian dictator. French President Emmanuel Macron said Russia has become a constant destabilizing force and a potential threat to many countries in Europe. He urged Europeans not to be naive about...