Top US and Russian officials are to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine, without anyone from Kyiv taking part and as Europe struggles to respond to the rapid pace of events https://t.co/rWIFs5fThm via @bpolitics
Vladimir Putin is assembling a heavyweight team with decades of experience in high-stakes negotiations to face off against Donald Trump’s representatives for a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine https://t.co/Zj5iwEjikX via @bpolitics
There was no disguising the sense of betrayal reverberating in Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy put on a brave face to talk about his latest call with Donald Trump https://t.co/TlSAHD5VoY via @bpolitics
Russian businesses are facing a rising wave of asset seizures as authorities intensify a crackdown on tycoons who have dual citizenship or foreign residence https://t.co/qyK64fBG4D via @bpolitics
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said talks with the US would be “unwise and dishonorable” after President Donald Trump said he wanted a new nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic https://t.co/3xD8bp8r4P via @bpolitics
Residents in the Russian city of Astrakhan have complained of a strong industrial odor as a major gas and condensate refinery works to restore operations after a Ukrainian drone attack https://t.co/16NZptvcxg via @bpolitics
Putin’s failure to expel Ukraine’s army from Russia's Kursk region may gain added significance as US President Donald Trump pushes for a deal to end the war https://t.co/9Qaf3NBrRh via @bpolitics
One of Kazakhstan’s richest men is in talks to pay about $1 billion to the state as part of a government investigation into wealth accumulated under the country’s first president https://t.co/iYvIMZBkFR via @bpolitics
ING Groep agreed to sell its Russian business for an undisclosed price and effectively exit the country three years after it invaded Ukraine, resulting in a €700 million hit to profit https://t.co/7Fu1cc9DSg
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said any effective peacekeeping force deployed in Ukraine will need to include US troops, as he appealed to Donald Trump ahead of talks with Russia https://t.co/xRaJcCErV8
Russia claimed it damaged ground infrastructure of one of the largest natural gas storage sites in Ukraine’s Lviv region during a series of attacks on the country’s energy sector https://t.co/EJcYDSAeWI via @bpolitics
Russia will demand Ukraine drastically cut back military ties with the NATO alliance and become a neutral state in any talks with incoming US President Donald Trump https://t.co/67fuqMtPDZ via @bpolitics
Poland’s prime minister said Benjamin Netanyahu will have safe passage and not face arrest if he travels to the country to attend a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz this month https://t.co/HN1lQzepH4 via @bpolitics
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine triggered an economic boom in Russia built on the back of government stimulus. Almost three years on, there are gathering signs the bill is about to come due https://t.co/4271Bkg7V6 via @economics
Kazakhstan’s KazMunayGas National Company is bidding to purchase the Bulgaria-based refinery of Russia’s Lukoil PJSC, sources say https://t.co/Yq0KcpW602 via @markets