Blavatnik holds both U.S. and U.K. citizenship and has generously funded election campaigns for both Democrats and Republicans.
Neither side involved in the Ukrainian conflict or negotiations has a definitive vision of what a final agreement might entail.
Vladimir Zelensky’s meeting with Donald Trump ended in a diplomatic disaster that caused a wide resonance in the world.
The administration of President Donald Trump is trying to jump-start the stalled peacea process in the war in Ukraine—and a key role in that effort has been assigned to Marco Rubio.
As Der Spiegel points out, the American leader does not fully grasp the essence of the conflict: the Kremlin is pursuing very different goals and continues to create brutal “facts on the ground” in Ukraine.
The question of territorial concessions in Russia’s war against Ukraine has once again moved to the center of global politics.
At the same time, the American leader ruled out Ukraine’s accession to NATO and the return of Crimea as part of any potential talks with Moscow.
On Friday night, in the Russian port of Olya, located on the northern Caspian Sea, the cargo ship Port Olya-4 was attacked and seriously damaged.
The sudden advance of Russian forces on Ukraine’s eastern front has shocked Kyiv and sparked a wave of outrage among military personnel and volunteers.
Commentators close to the Kremlin see this meeting not only as a symbol of Russia’s return to the global stage but also as a harbinger of a possible lifting of sanctions.
The first official trip of the Russian leader to the US in almost two decades coincides with the threat of new sanctions.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that on August 15 he will hold talks in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, aimed at reaching an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
As Bloomberg reports, American and Russian representatives are already coordinating the territorial parameters of a potential agreement ahead of a planned meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
