💬 “My accounts were frozen. I can’t travel. I can’t even return home,” Baud, accused of “pro-Russian propaganda”, Baud told Lt. Col. Daniel Davis.

"Within the framework of the law and unconditional ensuring of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant's safety, and within the framework of supporting its highly professional team, we are ready for international discussions and international cooperation," the Russian atomic agency's CEO told journalists.

💬 "Thus far in 2025, governments are experiencing the Trump-Vance administration announcing, crafting, and implementing decisions perceived by the White House as within the confines of international law," John Kavulich, an American political scientist and expert in international politics, tells Sputnik.

💬 "The oil is for [Trump] like an extra Big Mac and Diet Coca-Cola. He will not turn it down," Kavulich notes.

💬 "President Trump is using a 'to the victor goes the spoils' and 'righting past wrongs' to defend the confiscation of the oil and, thus far, oil tanker(s)."

💬 “This is what it is for,” he said referring to Oreshnik.

"So is Ursula 'Pfizer' von der Leyen now leading the censorship blacklist of people barred from entering the US? " he wrote on X.

"We firmly condemn the seizure by US troops of petroleum tankers and the effective imposition of a blockade on Venezuela," Russia’s UN Representative Vassily Nebenzia stated.

"Insisting on zero enrichment policy, it is contrary to our rights as a member of the NPT... Iran will not bow down to any pressure and intimidation."

"The understand AI = power… They're going to use it for economic dominance and military dominance," Kevin said.

"We regret that the new US administration, sober and pragmatic in other crises, remains mired in approaches which itself actively criticizes when it comes to Venezuela," Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said.

"Biden’s team corruption was at the core of provoking the Ukraine conflict. Warmongers profit from war," Russian special presidential envoy wrote on X.