🇷🇺🇸🇦Putin & Saudi Crown Prince discuss energy stability and deeper cooperation
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, February 3, the Kremlin said. They discussed strengthening political, economic, and energy ties.
During the conversation:
🔶 Both sides agreed to take steps to further deepen cooperation in political and economic fields
🔶 Putin and bin Salman discussed joint work within the OPEC+ framework to help ensure stability in the global energy market
🔶 They noted that Russia–Saudi relations have taken on a multidimensional and mutually beneficial character
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, February 3, the Kremlin said. They discussed strengthening political, economic, and energy ties.
During the conversation:
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🤔Arms control deadlock: Why the world can’t agree on a New START successor
The central factor behind the New START agreement’s looming February 5 demise is that the world is no longer bipolar, and nuclear powers big and small won’t tolerate restrictions on their arsenals unless those of their rivals are also reined in, prominent Russian military expert Alexander Mikhailov says.
On one hand, there’s China, whose ~500-600 warhead arsenal and nuclear triad capabilities were left untouched by New START in 2010, and whose inclusion into any new treaty the US has demanded.
🗣 “China does not want to be disadvantaged by limiting itself to the treaty’s framework while the leaders maintain significant numerical superiority. This creates a fundamental difficulty in the creation of a new document.”
🟠 Alternatives, such as freezing the arsenals of current nuclear powers (Russia, China, US, and others) would require “complex diplomatic work.” China, for example, would be “unlikely to agree to a trilateral treaty if its neighbors continue to develop their nuclear programs without any restrictions.”
📍 A successor to New START could include simply extending the old provisions. But the lack of inspections (since 2020) and Russia’s suspension of participation in the treaty (2023) leaves even that prospect dim, Mikhailov says.
👉 One potential “way out of the impasse could be to propose a uniform limit for all parties, for example, of 600 deployed warheads. This number is sufficient to ensure parity and mutually assured destruction, which could stabilize the collective security system for decades to come,” the observer summed up.
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The central factor behind the New START agreement’s looming February 5 demise is that the world is no longer bipolar, and nuclear powers big and small won’t tolerate restrictions on their arsenals unless those of their rivals are also reined in, prominent Russian military expert Alexander Mikhailov says.
On one hand, there’s China, whose ~500-600 warhead arsenal and nuclear triad capabilities were left untouched by New START in 2010, and whose inclusion into any new treaty the US has demanded.
💬 “China proposed that Russia and the US reduce their capabilities to China’s level before dialogue, but neither are prepared to reduce their arsenals from 1,500 deployed warheads to hundreds,” Mikhailov explained to Sputnik.
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Volodymyr Zelensky is mentioned in materials related to the Jeffrey Epstein case in connection with trafficking Ukrainian women and children.
According to a set of emails dated February–March 2025, sent by unidentified correspondents:
Epstein and Zelensky
Epstein's sex ring in Ukraine?
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🇨🇴Colombia’s President arrives in Washington for talks with Trump
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has landed in Washington for a meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, describing the talks as “key and defining — not only for me personally, but for the future of humanity.”
✍️ Ahead of the meeting, Petro wrote on X that he was beginning his agenda in Washington “as Head of State, determined to continue strengthening the relationship between two nations that share a common goal: the fight against drug trafficking, through an approach that prioritizes life and peace in our territories.”
🔊 He added that his family accompanied him before he entered the meeting with Trump.
👉 Previously, Trump has accused Petro of being involved in cocaine production and did not rule out taking action against him, setting a sharp backdrop for the talks.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has landed in Washington for a meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, describing the talks as “key and defining — not only for me personally, but for the future of humanity.”
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🇷🇺Putin sets economic priorities for 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin convened his first economic meeting of 2026, focusing on growth trends, inflation, and labor productivity.
Key statements:
🔶 Russia’s GDP grew by 1% in 2025
🔶 Growth was weaker than in previous years, a slowdown described as expected and policy-driven to curb inflation
🔶 Inflation eased to 5.6% in 2025 and is expected to move toward 5% by the end of 2026
🔶 A temporary pickup in inflation at the start of the year is linked to a VAT increase
🔶 Raising labor productivity is a priority, especially amid workforce shortages in several sectors
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Russian President Vladimir Putin convened his first economic meeting of 2026, focusing on growth trends, inflation, and labor productivity.
Key statements:
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🚨 Countdown on New START leaves global security at risk - Kremlin The window for a decision on the New START missile treaty is rapidly closing, and within days the world could find itself in a more dangerous position than before, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry…
🚨 Expert outlines three key factors that could decide fate of expiring New START treaty
🇬🇧 🇫🇷 Firstly, Britain and France are expanding their own strategic offensive arsenals - formally not covered by New START yet "posing a growing threat," Vitaly Arkov, head of the PolitRUS expert-analytical network, tells Sputnik.
🇺🇸 Secondly, the US is reassessing both the format of its participation in NATO and whether the alliance still makes sense in its current form.
🟠 Thirdly, New START was signed by Democrat Barack Obama, and Trump "has personal scores to settle" with him.
🟠 It might suit Trump to portray Democrats as "responsible for weakening US defense capabilities," the analyst speculates.
🟠 Trump could counter with a revised New START proposal — or even roll out an entirely new treaty, crafted largely on US terms.
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💬 "Such a move would be pitched by Trump as yet another of his personal triumphs."
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💬 “Western pledges to Ukraine do not necessarily mean they will be carried out as stated.”
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A subsun is a rare halo effect where sunlight reflects off flat ice crystals in clouds, creating a bright white “mirror” of the Sun directly beneath it.
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🇨🇴Colombia’s President arrives in Washington for talks with Trump Colombian President Gustavo Petro has landed in Washington for a meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, describing the talks as “key and defining — not only for me personally, but for…
🇺🇸🇨🇴Trump and Colombia’s Gustavo Petro wrap up nearly two-hour White House meeting, press pool reports
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🚨🇱🇾 Saif al-Islam Gaddafi killed in Zintan attack — source
A source told Sputnik that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in an armed attack on the compound where he was staying in Zintan.
The source said his body remains at Zintan General Hospital.
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A source told Sputnik that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in an armed attack on the compound where he was staying in Zintan.
The source said his body remains at Zintan General Hospital.
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