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Russia, US discuss options for working together in Alaska — Putin
TASS
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August 22, 2025
SAROV /Nizhny Novgorod Region/, August 23. /TASS/. Moscow and Washington are discussing the possibility of working together in Russia’s Arctic zone and the US state of Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with nuclear...
Putin: Relations with the United States are at their lowest level since World War II
APA
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During a meeting with representatives of the nuclear industry in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska, APA reports citing Reuters. He noted that the meeting...
Putin meets with nuclear scientists, industry workers in Nizhny Novgorod Region
TASS
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August 22, 2025
SAROV /Nizhny Novgorod Region/, August 22. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with nuclear scientists and nuclear industry workers during a trip to the closed town of Sarov in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The meeting took place...
Russia is at the forefront of developing thermonuclear fusion technologies — Putin
TASS
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August 22, 2025
SAROV /Nizhny Novgorod Region/, August 22. /TASS/. Russia is at the forefront of developing thermonuclear fusion technologies, President Vladimir Putin stated at a meeting with workers in the nuclear industry in Sarov. "We must set ourselves big...
Russia does not put other countries on the hook by building them NPPs — Putin
TASS
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August 22, 2025
SAROV /Nizhny Novgorod Region/, August 22. /TASS/. Russia does not catch other countries on the hook when building nuclear power plants there, but helps those countries create an entire industry, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with...
Putin reports talking with Rosatom staff involved in special op
TASS
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August 22, 2025
SAROV /Nizhny Novgorod Region/, August 22. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he spoke with Rosatom personnel who participated in the special military operation during his visit to Sarov. "I have just spoken with your employees, Rosatom...
Putin points to constant changes in conditions, methods of warfare
TASS
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August 22, 2025
SAROV /Nizhny Novgorod Region/, August 22. /TASS/. The conditions and methods of warfare change every month, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with nuclear industry workers. "I hate to return to the same point over and over again,...
Putin calls Rosatom "a leader in its field and a supplier of reliable technologies"
TASS
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August 22, 2025
SAROV /Nizhny Novgorod Region/, August 22. /TASS/. The Rosatom state nuclear corporation is a global leader in the nuclear industry, introducing the latest technologies and launching them into serial production, President Vladimir Putin at a...
President Donald Trump frustrated after thinking he made headway on Russia-Ukraine talks only to see Putin balk
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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August 22, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump started the week declaring a diplomatic breakthrough in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to peace, announcing he had begun arranging for direct talks between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s...
Russia’s foreign minister says no Putin-Zelenskyy summit planned
Straight Arrow News
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August 22, 2025
Russia’s foreign minister said on Friday that no summit between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy is planned, despite the United States’ efforts to broker a peace deal. The comments, made in an interview with NBC News, followed U.S. President...
Putin optimistic about Russia-US relations as Trump threatens sanctions
Al Jazeera
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is “light at the end of the tunnel” in Russia-United States relations, while US President Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Moscow if there is no progress towards a peaceful settlement...
Putin visits home of USSR’s nuclear weapons program after Trump hints at allowing ‘Ukrainian offense’
Meduza
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In an apparent response to Donald Trump hinting that his administration might allow Ukraine to “fight back” by attacking Russia itself, Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit Friday to Sarov. The city, located in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, has...
Russia-Belarus military drills to involve 'significantly fewer' troops than in past, Lithuanian intelligence says
The Kyiv Independent
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August 22, 2025
The upcoming Zapad 2025 joint military exercises to be held between Russia and Belarus are expected to include fewer troops than in previous years, Lithuanian intelligence said in a press release on Aug. 22. "This year, up to 30,000 troops are...
Moscow: No Putin–Zelensky talks without agreed peace agenda
Press TV
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Russia’s top diplomat has said there will be no Putin-Zelensky meeting until the agenda for the peace deal between Kiev and Moscow has been agreed upon "There is no meeting planned... [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is ready to meet with...
Russia counts on India oil sales, pushes for trilateral talks with China, India
GCN
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August 22, 2025
Russia’s determination to maintain oil sales to India despite mounting US pressure reveals Moscow’s strategic pivot toward Asian energy partnerships that could reshape global trade dynamics. The Kremlin’s simultaneous push for trilateral talks...
President has once again revoked multiple Hungarian citizenships
Daily News Hungary
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August 22, 2025
Under Hungarian law, the President has the authority to revoke “fraudulently obtained” citizenships based on recommendations from the Minister leading the Prime Minister’s Office. President Tamás Sulyok regularly revokes many Hungarian...
Trump frustrated seeing Putin balk after Russia-Ukraine talks
1News
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US President Donald Trump started the week declaring a diplomatic breakthrough in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to peace, announcing he had begun arranging for direct talks between Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky....
Trump stymied after saying he made headway on Russia-Ukraine talks only to see Putin balk
The Sentinel Colorado
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August 23, 2025
WASHINGTON | U.S. President Donald Trump started the week declaring a diplomatic breakthrough in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to peace, announcing he had begun arranging for direct talks between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s...
Trump reveals his plan if Putin, Zelensky fail to make deal to end war
Mint
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August 23, 2025
US President Donald Trump revealed his plan to take a “very important decision” in the next two weeks if Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin fail to make a deal to end Russia-Ukraine war. He asserted he might impose “massive...
'We'll see what happens': Trump ends week of Ukraine-Russia talks on a more tentative note
Yahoo News
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WASHINGTON — One week after President Donald Trump’s summit with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin seems in no hurry to build on progress that Trump said was made in his bid to end the war in Ukraine. Any momentum from their...