Page 14 - Latest Updates on Vladimir Putin
Trump-Putin Alaska meet: When spectacle meets discipline in brand politics
When Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Anchorage on August 15, the world expected diplomacy. What it got instead was brand theatre
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Trump's peace deal demands leave Zelenskyy with only tough choices
Situation is made even more tenuous by the memory of his last visit to the White House in February that erupted into a bitter exchange between Zelenskyy and Trump and led to a halt in military support
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Zelenskyy, European allies seek clarity on Trump's peace talks with Putin
Unease hangs over the allies, which have few options for pushing back on demands from Trump that Ukraine may oppose, and are skeptical that Putin really wants peace
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Ukraine may have to recognise territorial losses under peace deal: Macron
The French leader also recalled that several Western countries have expressed readiness to send several thousand troops to Ukraine to ensure post-conflict peace, as per Tass
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Putin agrees that US could offer Nato-style security to Ukraine: Witkoff
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, who took part in the talks Friday at a military base in Alaska, said it was the first time we had ever heard the Russians agree to that and called it game-changing
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Trump runs into the difficulty of Putin diplomacy, ending long war
European leaders were relieved Trump avoided a pro-Moscow deal, but the summit let Putin reclaim global stature and may have given Russia more time to advance its Ukraine offensive
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'Consider children': US First Lady urges Putin in letter to end Ukraine war
The letter did not specifically name Ukraine, which Putin's forces invaded in 2022, but beseeched him to think of children and an innocence which stands above geography, government
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Alaskan encounter: Only Russian President Putin gained from the meeting
At most, it offers more compelling evidence of the US's abdication of its role as a principled interlocutor in global conflicts
European leaders to join Zelenskyy in US as Trump presses Ukraine deal
President Trump is leaning on Zelenskyy to strike an agreement after he met Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska
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Proposed GST reforms, Trump-Putin summit likely to drive markets this week
Besides, trends in global markets and the trading activity of foreign investors would also impact domestic investors' sentiment
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Trump faces setbacks in Putin diplomacy as no ceasefire agreed at Alaska
Trump was the one who stood down, dropping his demand for a ceasefire in favour of pursuing a full peace accord a position that aligns with Putin's
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Explained: Why Donbas is central to Putin's Ukraine peace offer with Trump
At the Alaska summit, Putin reportedly demanded Ukraine cede Donetsk and Luhansk in return for freezing the frontline, but Kyiv and European allies remain opposed to territorial concessions
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Trump tells Zelenskyy that Putin wants more land, urges Kyiv to make a deal
Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Putin had offered to freeze most front lines if Kyiv ceded all of Donetsk, the industrial region that is one of Moscow's main targets
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Oil markets steady as Trump, Putin target full Ukraine peace deal
Trump said he had agreed with Putin that negotiators should go straight to a peace settlement - not via a ceasefire, as Ukraine and European allies, until now with U.S. support, have been demanding
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India hails Trump-Putin Alaska summit, calls peace efforts 'commendable'
India welcomed the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, calling it commendable; the leaders held talks on the Ukraine war, focusing on peace and cutting the human cost of conflict
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Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Aug 18 after US-Russia summit secured no deal
Trump secured no agreement to end Russia's war in Ukraine even after rolling out the red carpet for Putin
Trump hints US could hold back secondary tariffs on India over Russian oil
US President Donald Trump said the US may not add extra tariffs on India for buying Russian oil, leaving room for change of plans after India faced 50 per cent tariffs
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Trump-Putin Alaska summit: Here's all that happened at the high-stakes meet
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin called their Alaska summit 'productive', but no deal was reached; both leaders said talks made progress on the Ukraine conflict
Talks with Putin 'productive' but no Ukraine peace deal yet, says Trump
Leaders signal progress on multiple fronts while avoiding specifics, fuelling concerns in Kyiv and among Nato allies
Putin praises Trump, calls for ensuring Ukraine's security after meeting
Putin added that Russia wishes to establish a just balance of power between the European Union (EU) and Russia to address the long-term issues of the conflict
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