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theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 32 min. ago

The Guardian view on Russian parliamentary elections: glimpses of weakness behind the facade

#elections #Kremlin #parliament #Putin #Russia #Russians #support #war

Editorial | The Kremlin’s clumsy efforts to engineer the outcome reveal growing anxiety about the public mood and a war that is failingVladimir Putin’s authoritarian powers are not constrained by elections, but he is alert to the danger that his rule would look illegitimate without them. That creates a tension, which is resolved through “managed democracy” – a euphemism for fraud and repression camouflaged with ritual ballots, held under a constitution that notionally guarantees political freedoms but in reality serves only the president.Russians are invited to elect a new Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, later this week, but they know in advance that United Russia, the official party of Putinism, will win a majority. Continue reading...

kyivpost.com | 12 hrs. 11 min. ago

Sikorski Urges Aggressive NATO Drills Near Kaliningrad

#foreign minister #Kremlin #maneuver #military #military exercises #NATO #Putin #Russia #Ukraine

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski argued that NATO should conduct aggressive military exercises near Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to exploit Moscow’s localized vulnerabilities and force Vladimir Putin to redeploy troops away from Ukraine. Sikorski noted that Kaliningrad currently holds “practically no troops” because the Kremlin assumes NATO will not act, suggesting decisive allied maneuvers would inject strategic ambiguity.

kyivpost.com | 14 hrs. 17 min. ago

Territory Remains Main Obstacle to Ukraine-Russia Deal, Kushner Says

#agreement #Kyiv #military #peace #peace agreement #Putin #retreat #Russia #Ukraine #war

US special envoy Jared Kushner stated at the YES 2026 conference in Kyiv that territorial disputes remain the chief obstacle preventing a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Kushner explained that while Vladimir Putin outlined Moscow’s territorial demands, Ukraine firmly refuses to retreat, leaving mediators to craft a creative formula that satisfies Kyiv while compelling Russia to end hostilities. Kushner noted that trilateral discussions in Abu Dhabi finalized a military-backed monitoring mechanism to enforce any eventual frontline settlement, while promoting post-war economic investment as a lasting peace incentive.

kyivpost.com | 14 hrs. 42 min. ago

Putin’s Economic Growth Claims Diverge From IMF Data

#Putin #Russia #SAM #sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed at the BRICS summit in New Delhi that Russia’s economy expanded 10.3% from 2023 to 2025, outpacing global benchmarks despite 30,000 sanctions, while alleging an 8% drop in EU industrial output. IMF data shows global economic growth reached 10.7% over the same timeframe, while Eurostat records an EU industrial decline of just 0.6%.

kyivindependent.com | 17 hrs. ago

'Putin's terror': Russian drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw train near Polish border as nationwide attacks kill 6, injure 43

#Andrii Sybiha #attack #Drone #foreign minister #hit #Kyiv #NATO #Partner #partners #Putin #Russia #Sybiha

"This is (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's terror, 'knocking' directly on the doors of the EU and NATO. Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

kyivpost.com | 19 hrs. 41 min. ago

Putin Rejects Zelensky’s Proposal for Miami G20 Talks

#direct talks #G20 #Kremlin #Peskov #Putin #Russia #war #Zelensky

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected President Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposal to hold direct talks on ending the war at the G20 summit in Miami, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Peskov described a Florida meeting as “impossible,” stating Putin is willing to meet Zelensky exclusively in Moscow. Zelensky had stated that he was prepared to attend the Dec. 14-15 summit in Miami if Putin attended, stressing the need for concrete diplomatic results rather than rhetoric.

rferl.org | 1 days ago

Russian Strikes Kill 9 Across Ukraine, As Zelenskyy Offers To Meet Putin At Miami G20

#attack #civilian population #G20 #Kremlin #Putin #Russia #strike #Ukraine #Zelenskyy

Russia continued to pound the Ukrainian civilian population, killing at least nine people in attacks throughout the country, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated he'd be willing to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the upcoming G20 summit -- something the Kremlin called “impossible.”

mirror.co.uk | 1 days ago

Putin makes chilling warning of 'war' over peacekeeping force in Ukraine

#peacekeeping force #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #war

Vladimir Putin made it clear that Russia would see the sending of a peacekeeping force to Ukraine as meaning war, with some European leaders pledging their commitment to the plan

kyivpost.com | 1 days ago

Russian Military Slang Reveals the Reality of Life on the Front Line

#combat #combat zone #Front #front line #military #military operation #military personnel #Putin #Russia

A 250-page study of almost 7,000 communications between Russian military personnel and their relatives in 2025 illustrated the reality of life in the combat zone for those fed into the “meat grinder” that is Putin’s “special military operation.”

kyivindependent.com | 1 days ago

Zelensky says he is ready to meet Putin at G20 summit in Miami

#G20 #Putin #Zelensky

The G20 leaders' summit is scheduled to take place in Miami in December.

mirror.co.uk | 1 days ago

Putin's chilling response when asked about striking Britain after WW3 warning

#Aggression #Putin #Russia #strike #threat #war

Russia this week insisted that threats of nuclear strikes were 'not a scare tactic' and accused the West of 'acts of aggression capable of triggering a Third World War'

kyivpost.com | 1 days ago

Zelensky Ready to Meet Putin at Miami G20 if Russian Leader Attends

#direct talks #G20 #Putin #Russia #Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he is ready to travel to Miami for the G20 summit in December to hold direct talks with Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader attends. Zelensky stressed that the focus must be on achieving concrete results rather than exchanging rhetoric.

dailymail.com | 1 days ago

Putin boosts his stock of nuclear warheads to nine-year high as he threatens West that putting troops into Ukraine 'means war with Russia'

#Bomber #Missile #missiles #Nuclear warhead #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #war #Warhead

Over the past year, Russia has increased its stock of nuclear warheads deployed on missiles and bombers by 78 to 1,796, marking a nine-year high.

kyivpost.com | 1 days ago

Putin Threatens Europe Over Possible Troop Deployment in Ukraine

#Putin #Russia #threat #troop deployment #Ukraine #war

Putin issued another threat to Europe, warning that deploying troops to Ukraine would mean war with Russia while simultaneously claiming Moscow poses no threat to the continent.

aljazeera.com | 1 days ago

Putin and Pezeshkian call out US dominance ahead of BRICS

#Iran #Putin #Russia

The presidents of Iran and Russia have criticised US dollar dominance ahead of the BRICS summit in India.

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