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Steve RosenbergRussia editor in Moscow BBC Shohruhmirzo Ganiev is representing Uzbekistan at Intervision At a Moscow concert hall, Shohruhmirzo Ganiev is crooning about love and his motherland, Uzbekistan. “Put your legs together like a man,” suggests his voice coach and choreographer. “And spread your arms wider!” It’s just a rehearsal, but Shohruhmirzo is singing his heart out. He’s performing traditional …

The Bank of Russia lowered benchmark rates again on Friday and denied the economy is in a recession, even after its own data showed GDP has been shrinking this year. The latest cut brought rates down by 1 percentage point to 17% and marked the third reduction since June as sky-high borrowing costs have helped cool inflation but are also …

Russian diva condemns Putin’s war on Ukraine in first interview since exile  The Washington Post Alla Pugacheva spoke openly about emigration for the first time: “My homeland betrayed me”  Zamin.uz Alla Pugacheva explained the reasons for leaving Russia: Conscience is more important than everything  112.ua No villas, no money: Pugacheva for the first time named the reason for her escape from Russia  EADaily Source …

Featuring a much-anticipated performance by Jude Law as Vladimir Putin, this new drama looks to explore how the Russian president came to power – and presents him as mild-mannered. Olivier Assayas’s new drama The Wizard of the Kremlin, which has just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, features Jude Law as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. But the film may …

It has been one of the most tumultuous and significant weeks in the global political battle over the war in Ukraine. It began last Friday, with the cringe-worthy summit in Alaska between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, followed just three days later by seven of Europe’s most prominent leaders rushing to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s side, arriving …

Europeans, Ukraine steer Trump away from Putin’s view after summit  The Washington Post The Existential Meets the Absurd in Latest Ukraine Talks  Politico MORNING GLORY: Can President Trump deliver a ceasefire or even a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine?  Fox News Alaska summit and its afterlife provides a glimpse into what peace looks like to Putin and Trump  The Conversation The Only Plausible …

WHAT RUSSIa cannot get by fighting it is demanding to be given on a plate through the pressure that Donald Trump can put on Ukraine and on America’s European allies. At the top of Vladimir Putin’s shopping-list is the western part of Donetsk province, which is still firmly in Ukrainian hands. But it is not just the symbolism that is …

U.S. President Donald Trump was prepared to walk out of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday after Putin issued sweeping demands over the future of Ukraine’s partially occupied regions, Axios reported Monday, citing an informed source. According to the source, Putin demanded that Ukraine hand Russia full control of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the latter of which remains about 25 percent under Ukrainian control, and …

President Trump said Monday he would renew his assault on mail-in voting after Russia’s autocratic leader, Vladimir Putin, told him to do so at their meeting in Alaska last week. The president provided few details, but wrote on social media that he would “lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly ‘Inaccurate,’ …

Putin’s Ukraine Proposal Backed by Trump Centers on Donbas. Here’s Why.  The New York Times Resignation and betrayal: What handing Donbas to Putin would mean for Ukraine  BBC After meeting Putin, Trump changes his position on the need for a ceasefire  NPR Putin demands control of key Ukrainian territory in exchange for peace: European diplomat  Fox News Trump reportedly to back ceding of Ukrainian …