🚨PUTIN-WITKOFF TALKS END AFTER 3 HOURS

The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steven Witkoff at the Kremlin has ended, the presidential press service reported.

The talks lasted about three hours.

The US Presidential envoy arrived in Moscow early on Wednesday morning. It is his fifth visit to Russia in 2025.

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🤝 USHAKOV CALLS PUTIN-WITKOFF TALKS 'PRODUCTIVE' & 'CONSTRUCTIVE' 

According to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, the discussed topics include:

- The Ukrainian crisis 
- Prospects for developing a strategic partnership between Russia and the US

Details will be revealed after Trump is briefed on the results.

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🔥Sandu’s ‘inhumane’ tyrannical rule will collapse - Moldovan opposition leader Shor

“I am sure that we will soon overthrow this vile and inhumane (Sandu) regime, and Gutsul will be freed," opposition leader Ilan Shor maintained.

🗣 Yevgenia Gutsul, head of the Gagauzia region was sentenced to seven years in prison for financing the banned "Shor" party in Moldova. She has condemned the verdict as a "political vendetta directed from above," vowing to fight to clear her name and seek justice. Gutsul also accused Moldova’s President, Maia Sandu, of using repression as a tool to suppress dissent, stressing that Sandu’s actions are driven by a desire to cling to power at any cost.

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🚨🚨Trump signs executive order imposing additional 25% tariff on 🇮🇳India for buying 🇷🇺Russian oil - White House

US tariffs on India now total 50%.

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🤝 Ukraine’s officials have deep-rooted CIA ties—ex-Austrian FM

🔊 This trend dates back to the presidency of Petro Poroshenko, former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl told Russian media.

🧩 She speculated that there remain very strong ties between Ukrainian officials and various Western intelligence agencies.

✍️ The politician recalled that during a 2018 meeting between an Austrian delegation and Ukrainian officials in Ukraine’s capital, Poroshenko openly bragged about his ties to the CIA leadership and claimed to be well acquainted with then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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🇷🇺🤝🇲🇾Russia-Malaysia talks concluded with President Putin seeing off Sultan Ibrahim after escorting him on tour of the Kremlin's halls

🔶During the talks, Putin thanked Sultan Ibrahim for Malaysia’s role in expanding Russia’s contacts with all Southeast Asian nations.

🔶Fostering dialogue with ASEAN, chaired this year by Malaysia, is one of Russia’s key priorities in Asia.

🔶The Russian leader highlighted Malaysia’s active contribution to the “Russia–Islamic World” strategic vision group.

🔶Sultan Ibrahim stressed that Malaysia views Russia as a crucial and reliable partner.

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🚨🇮🇳India responds to new US tariffs, pledges to defend national interests

India has said it will take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests following the US decision to impose additional tariffs on Indian goods.

The Ministry of External Affairs expressed regret over Washington’s move, noting that other countries’ trade with Russia has not promoted US sanctions.

New Delhi calls the tariffs unjustified and unreasonable but remains committed to protecting its economic interests through dialogue and diplomacy.

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🗣 Scott Ritter predicts US’ next move as Global South rejects threats over ties to Russia

👉 Delhi’s “surprisingly” firm refusal to bow to Washington’s demands on Russian oil purchases, and Brazil’s similarly stiff upper lipped position shows that the latest US strategy for pressuring Moscow will have “zero impact,” forcing it to move on to Plan B: the theft of frozen Russian assets, ex-US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter has told George Galloway.

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☢️ Hiroshima guilt erased, Russia blamed instead: Zakharova exposes West's nuclear hypocrisy

👉 Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman calls out the double standard and false narratives surrounding the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Western politicians echo one another: they do not mention that it was the US who dropped the bomb but claim that both the United States and Russia had failed to learn lessons from those "mistakes."

"Unbelievable! That’s a fake narrative! And yet, the UN Secretary-General followed suit, issuing a statement on the occasion of this tragedy that fully omitted any mention of the United States. But of course it’s not them, you see?" she adds.

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🚨🚨TRUMP CALLS PUTIN-WITKOFF MEETING 'HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE'

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that US envoy Steve Witkoff’s Kremlin talks with Putin were “highly productive,” claiming that “great progress” was made on Ukraine and adding that allies agree the conflict must end soon.

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