ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he believed peace proposals put forward by U.S. President Donald Trump could be the basis for a peace deal with Ukraine, but that Trump still needed to persuade Kyiv.
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MOSCOW, June 4 (Reuters) - Russia accused NATO on Thursday of squeezing Serbia "like a boa constrictor", citing a joint military exercise taking place there as evidence of an attempt to subjugate the country.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) - Russian international payments company A7 is planning a global expansion and is undeterred by Western sanctions, its CEO and part-owner, pro-Russian Moldovan businessman Ilan Shor, told Reuters.
ST PETERSBURG, June 4 (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that Russia's oil production is lower now than at the start of the year, blaming this on unplanned maintenance on oil refineries.