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  • Trump says Russia should be readmitted to G7

    02/13/2025 12:16:58 PM PST · by Mariner · 54 replies
    Reuters va Yahoo ^ | February 13th. 2025 | Unattributed
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would love to have Russia return to the Group of Seven nations, saying it was a mistake for Moscow to be expelled.Russia had been a member of the G7 club of industrialized democracies, then known as the G8, until Moscow was excluded following its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region in 2014."I'd love to have them back. I think it was a mistake to throw them out. Look, it's not a question of liking Russia or not liking Russia. It was the G8," Trump said at the White House when...
  • Russian rouble, stocks surge after Trump-Putin call

    02/13/2025 10:09:32 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 5 replies
    Reuters Investing ZA ^ | 2/13/2025 | Gleb Bryanski
    The Russian rouble and stocks surged on Thursday after a telephone conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in which the two leaders discussed ways to end the Ukraine war. Hit by Western sanctions, Russian assets plummeted after the start of the war almost three years ago. Once a favourite play in emerging markets globally, most of them are now off-limits for Western investors. The rouble closed up 3.7% at 90.50 against the dollar, the highest level for the Russian currency since September 2024, according to data from the over-the-counter market. The rouble briefly touched the...
  • Uprising In Iran Against Islamists

    02/13/2025 2:59:06 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 17 replies
    Tousi TV ^ | 13/2/25 | Mahyar Tousi
    Transcript linked below video.
  • Ukraine to participate in peace talks 'one way or another', Kremlin says

    02/13/2025 8:28:00 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 9 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 2/13/2025 | Reuters
    Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Ukraine would participate "one way or another" in any talks to end the war, but there would be a separate US-Russian track to the talks, Russian state news agency TASS reported. Another agency, Interfax, quoted Peskov as saying that preparation for a meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump could take up to several months, but both sides agreed the Saudi capital Riyadh was a suitable location.
  • China Tries to Play the Role of Peacemaker in Ukraine

    02/13/2025 5:28:00 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 12 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 2/13/2025 | Lingling Wei, Alexander Ward, Laurence Norman
    As President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin signal they are prepared to start negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, China is pushing to play a role. Chinese officials in recent weeks have floated a proposal to the Trump team through intermediaries to hold a summit between the two leaders and to facilitate peacekeeping efforts after an eventual truce, according to people in Beijing and Washington familiar with the matter. -snip- Part of China’s proposal to assist a Russia-Ukraine peace deal involves Beijing acting as a “guarantor” by sending peacekeeping troops to the region, the people familiar said.
  • China proposes Putin-Trump summit to end Ukraine war, WSJ reports

    02/13/2025 4:16:47 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 9 replies
    Reuters MSN ^ | 2/13/2025 | Mei Mei Chu and Ryan Woo
    China has floated a proposal to hold a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump to help end the Ukraine war, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Chinese officials in recent weeks have raised a proposal with the Trump team through intermediaries to hold a summit between the two leaders and to facilitate peacekeeping efforts after an eventual truce, according to people in Beijing and Washington cited by the newspaper. Asked about the newspaper report at a regular news conference on Thursday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said he had "no...
  • President Trump to start negotiations "immediately" to end Russia/Ukraine War

    02/12/2025 1:42:49 PM PST · by RandFan · 7 replies
    X ^ | Feb 12 | Donald Trump
  • 'Trump is a hero': Marc Fogel expresses gratitude after release from Russian prison

    02/12/2025 1:09:44 PM PST · by RandFan · 9 replies
    YouTube / Fox News ^ | Feb 12 | Mark Fogel
    American teacher Marc Fogel calls President Donald Trump and his team 'heroes' after he lands on U.S. soil following his release from a Russian prison.
  • Trump: US, Russia Agree to Start Talks on Ending Ukraine War

    02/12/2025 12:55:06 PM PST · by Navy Patriot · 12 replies
    Newsmax ^ | February 12, 2025 | Newsmax Wires
    President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday about starting negotiations "immediately" to end the war in Ukraine. Trump said in a social media post that he and Putin held a lengthy phone call during which they committed to “work together, very closely” to bring the conflict to an end and would meet in person, including perhaps in each other's countries. It was unclear how closely Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be involved. Although Trump held a phone call with him Wednesday, Ukrainian presidential adviser Dmytro Lytvyn said, characterizing it as a "good conversation." Trump's prioritization...
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin invites Donald Trump to Moscow to discuss ending the war in Ukraine after ‘lengthy’ phone call

    02/12/2025 1:00:22 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 24 replies
    Sky News ^ | 02/12/2025 | Lawrence Karacsony
    US President Donald Trump has been invited to Moscow by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as they discussed ending the war in Ukraine during a phone call on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited United States President Donald Trump to Moscow in a major step forward in ending the war in Ukraine. On Wednesday, the US and Russian leaders held a phone call in which they discussed a variety of topics including the conflict, and the potential of future cooperation between the US and Russia. During the phone call, the pair agreed to meet in the future, with Putin inviting...
  • Secretary Hegseth: Ukraine Can’t Return to Old Borders, Will Not Be Part of NATO – Europeans Must Bear the Security Burden With No US Troops Acting as Peacemakers (VIDEO)

    02/12/2025 12:20:08 PM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 61 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | February 12, 2025 | Paul Serran
    Reuters reported: “Speaking at a meeting of Ukraine’s military allies at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Hegseth delivered the clearest and bluntest public statement so far on the new U.S. administration’s approach to the nearly three-year-old war. ‘We want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. But we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective’, Hegseth told the meeting of Ukrainian officials and more than 40 allies. ‘Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering’, he added.” “He also told Washington’s NATO allies that they would have...
  • Donald Trump Threatened With New Investigation

    05/11/2024 7:16:07 PM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 39 replies
    Newsweak ^ | May 11, 2024 | Rachel Dobkin
    Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, has threatened former President Donald Trump with a new investigation into his reported promises to Big Oil. The Washington Post reported this week of a deal that Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, reportedly offered to top oil executives at a Mar-a-Lago dinner last month—raise $1 billion for his campaign and he will reverse dozens of President Joe Biden's environmental regulations and prevent new rules, according to people with knowledge of the dinner. According to the Post's sources, Trump said gifting him $1 billion would be a "deal," because of the taxation and...
  • Trump discusses Ukraine war with Putin, Zelenskiy

    02/12/2025 10:07:13 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 19 replies
    Reuters Yahoo News ^ | 2/12/2025 | Katharine Jackson, Doina Chiacu
    Donald Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the new U.S. president's first big step towards diplomacy over a war he has promised to end. In a post on his social media platform, Trump said he and Putin had "agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskiy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now." Zelenskiy's office said Trump and Zelenskiy had spoken by phone for about an hour....
  • Ukraine regaining pre-2014 borders is 'unrealistic objective,' Hegseth says in first NATO visit

    02/12/2025 7:08:16 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 42 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/12/2025 | Greg Norman , Lucas Y. Tomlinson
    -snip- Hegseth continued. "We want a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. But we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering." -snip- "A durable peace for Ukraine must include robust security guarantees to ensure that the war will not begin again," Hegseth said Wednesday. "The United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement. Instead, any security guarantee must be backed by capable European and non-European troops." "If these troops are deployed as...
  • Russia says it's getting back a prisoner from US in return for freeing teacher Marc Fogel

    02/12/2025 4:32:27 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 16 replies
    Reuters Yahoo News ^ | 2/12/2025 | Dmitry Antonov and Mark Trevelyan
    -snip- Fogel was released into the custody of Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, who made an unannounced stop in Moscow on Tuesday to pick him up. The Washington Post said that according to Fox News broadcaster Sean Hannity, Witkoff, a real estate developer and longtime friend of Trump, had a three-and-a-half hour meeting with Putin. Peskov said he had "nothing to say" on that.
  • ussia rejects territory exchange talks with Ukraine

    02/12/2025 4:24:44 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 6 replies
    News Azerbaijan ^ | 2/12/2025 | Staff
    Russia will never discuss the exchange of its territories, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Wednesday. "It is impossible. Russia has never discussed and will not discuss the topic of exchanging its territory," Peskov said, commenting on relevant statements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, News.Az reports, citing TASS. Ukrainian army units in the Russian territory will be destroyed and driven away, the Kremlin spokesman continued. "Certainly, Ukrainian formations will be expelled from this territory. They will be destroyed, [they] will be driven away," he added.
  • Freed American hostage Marc Fogel lands in US after years in Russian captivity

    02/11/2025 10:56:49 PM PST · by Libloather · 19 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/11/25 | Landon Mion
    Marc Fogel, an American who had been detained in Russia since 2021, landed back in the U.S. on Tuesday. Fogel, a history teacher who was working at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, returned to the U.S. after his release from Russia following talks with the Trump administration. He was serving a 14-year sentence after his arrest in August 2021 at a Russian airport for possession of drugs, which his family said was medically prescribed marijuana. Fogel was seen in a picture posted by the White House on social media smiling and raising his fist while wrapped in an American flag...
  • President Trump Greets and Welcomes Marc Fogel Back to the U.S. - 2/11/25

    02/11/2025 7:56:26 PM PST · by hardspunned · 41 replies
    RSBN ^ | 2/11/25 | DJT
    Join RSBN as President Trump welcomes Marc Fogel back to the United States in the Diplomatic Reception Room at The White House. Watch LIVE at 9:45 pm
  • Trump plans to meet Marc Fogel in Washington at 10 p.m. tonight

    02/11/2025 4:01:43 PM PST · by marcusmaximus · 19 replies
    Indiana Gazette ^ | 2/11/2025 | PATRICK CLOONAN
    -snip- "Since President Trump’s swearing-in, he has successfully secured the release of Americans detained around the world, and President Trump will continue until all Americans being held are returned to the United States," the statement concluded. "By tonight, Marc Fogel will be on American soil and reunited with his family and loved ones thanks to President Trump’s leadership." At 1:20 p.m., House Majority Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler, whose 14th Congressional District includes IUP, issued a statement which read in part, "Marc Fogel spent 1,255 days locked away in a Russian penal colony under the Biden-Harris Administration while my congressional...
  • CNN Tries to Create Ties Between Trump and Russian ‘Influence Operation’

    02/11/2025 2:51:56 PM PST · by kevcol · 11 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | February 11, 2025 | Nicholas Fondacaro
    The liberal media were apparently still trying to suggest President Trump was a Russian asset during Tuesday’s edition of CNN This Morning. Anchor Jim Sciutto and senior international correspondent Fred Pleitgen’s redux of the Russia Collusion Hoax involved them juxtaposing Trump’s desire to bring the War in Ukraine to a close with an ad put out by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). At one point, CNN even did a crossfade putting the SVR emblem over Trump’s face (pictured in this piece).