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Washington now resembles early Putin days — with 'one hell of a difference': NYT report
A New York Times report Wednesday night laid out the case that President Donald Trump's first month in office bears some resemblance to the early days of Russian President Vladimir Putin — but one journalist who fled Russia flagged a "hell of a difference" between the two,
EU’s top diplomat warns Putin ‘doesn’t really want peace,’ ahead of Trump, Zelensky deal
Trump, Zelenskyy hold high-stakes summit amid tensions over peace talks with Putin
As the war approached its three-year mark, Trump had called Zelenskyy a "dictator without elections" and a "modestly successful comedian" while being deferential to Putin, saying that the U.S. would negotiate the terms of a deal with Russia.
Trump says he’s confident Putin will ‘keep his word’ if there’s a deal to end the war in Ukraine
In Trump’s Washington, a Moscow-Like Chill Takes Hold
A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia.
Zelensky tells Trump there should be 'no compromises' with Putin as they meet at White House
Trump-Zelensky meeting cut short after contentious Oval Office exchange
Zelenskyy's visit with Trump to be a battle of wills in the Oval Office
With some hurdles yet to clear, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are trying to hammer out an unprecedented mineral deal.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s in DC, and Trump says Putin will ‘keep his word.’ Sure he will | Opinion
Trump called Ukraine’s president a dictator, then pretended never to have called him any such thing. Because it’s never too soon to rewrite history. From Melinda Hennebeger:
Washington’s Embrace of Putin Aims to Drive Wedge Between Moscow and Beijing
President Trump’s abrupt and enthusiastic embrace of Russia and its authoritarian leader, Vladimir Putin, is propelled in part by a strategic desire to drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing, two powers that have long sought to end U.
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Vladimir Putin’s Investment in Donald Trump Pays Off Bigly
After secretly helping Trump's last three presidential campaigns, Russia is getting its money's worth from him.
China, anxious about Trump and Putin, tells Russia it is a ‘true friend’
President Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Russia has some experts suggesting he might be trying to do a “reverse Nixon” and isolate Beijing by courting Moscow.
Latvia FM: Putin will try to achieve in peace talks what he couldn't in Ukraine war — weaken the US
Latvia’s foreign minister is warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to achieve in peace talks what he hasn’t been able to accomplish in his war against Ukraine — weaken the United Stat
Putin warns Europe against sabotaging US-Russia rapprochement
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned "Western elites" against trying to sabotage a potential rapprochement between Russia and the United States, saying Moscow would use its diplomats and intelligence services to thwart such efforts.