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Kremlin says US blockade of Strait of Hormuz will be bad for markets

The ⁠Kremlin has criticised an announcement by Trump that the US would blockade ⁠the Strait of Hormuz, saying it would hurt global markets. The US military ‌said it would block shipping traffic in and out of Iran’s ports starting at 10am Washington, DC, time (14:00 ⁠GMT) today, a ⁠move that would prevent roughly 2 million barrels of Iranian ⁠oil a day from ⁠entering the ⁠world market, further tightening global supplies. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ‌many aspects of Trump’s order remained unclear. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

Russia says it’s ready to help resolve Iran conflict

Russia is ready to contribute to resolving the Iran conflict and President Vladimir Putin is continuing to talk with regional leaders, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. “The president is continuing these contacts, and if our services are ‌somehow required, we are, of course, ready to make our contribution to ensuring that the military situation transitions to a peaceful course as soon as possible,” Peskov told reporters. Read More…

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WSJ report on Russia sharing drone technology with Iran is 'fake news': Kremlin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that a Wall Street Journal report that Russia is sharing satellite imagery and improved drone technology with Iran is "fake news". Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of US forces in the region, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Read More…

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Putin congratulates Khamenei's son on his appointment as Iran's new leader 

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Mojtaba Khamenei on his appointment as Iran's new leader, the Kremlin said on Monday. Putin said he was confident Khamenei would continue his father's work "with honour" and unite the Iranian people "in the face of severe trials." He added that Russia would continue to stand by Tehran, saying he wished to "confirm unwavering support for Tehran and solidarity with our Iranian friends." Read More…

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Russia tells European nations to provide proof of Navalny poisoning

Russia is demanding that European countries ⁠that accused ⁠Moscow of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny with a dart frog toxin ⁠provide concrete data to support their allegation. The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said on Saturday that analyses of samples from Navalny’s body had confirmed the presence ‌of epibatidine, a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America and not found naturally in Russia. They said Moscow had the “means, motive and opportunity” to administer the poison to him. Read More…

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What is the ‘dart frog’ toxin, said to be linked to Navalny’s death?

As we previously reported, the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands have accused Russia of using a toxin from poison dart frogs to kill Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny. In a statement, the five nations issued an analysis of samples from Navalny’s body, which confirmed the presence of epibatidine. Epibatidine is a neurotoxin secreted by dart frogs in the wild in South America. These small and brightly coloured frogs are typically found in rainforests. It can also be manufactured in a lab, which European scientists suspect was the case with… Read More…

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Russian police, National Guard to stay in Ukraine's Donbass even after peace

A senior Kremlin official says that the Russian police and National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass to oversee the prized industrial region, even if a peace settlement ends the nearly four-year war — a possibility that is likely to be rejected by Ukrainian officials as US-led negotiations drag on. Moscow will give its blessing to a ceasefire only after Ukraine’s forces have withdrawn from the front line, Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said in comments published Friday in Russian business daily Kommersant. Read More…

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Meeting between Putin and Witkoff scheduled for tomorrow

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks on Ukraine with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday afternoon. “The meeting with Witkoff is planned for tomorrow,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a briefing, adding it will take place “in the second half of the day”. Witkoff has emerged as the US’s key interlocutor with Putin since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January. Peskov neither confirmed nor denied whether a statement will be issued after the latest meeting between Putin and… Read More…

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Ukrainian opposition rejects 28-point plan as ‘Russian trap’

Ukraine’s main pro-European opposition party has condemned the leaked 28-point peace proposal, calling it a Kremlin-designed “trap” that undermines the country’s sovereignty. Iryna Gerashchenko, a senior member of parliament from the European Solidarity party, former President Petro Poroshenko’s political group in parliament, accused the plan of being “written in the Kremlin behind Ukraine’s back” and warned it would not gain public support. Read More…

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Russia eyes progress in Ukraine peace efforts at Putin-Trump summit in Budapest: Kremlin

The Kremlin has said that Russia is seeking to advance peace talks surrounding the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine at the summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The two presidents discussed the possibility of holding another face-to-face meeting during a phone call last Thursday, and agreed that representatives from both sides will immediately begin preparing for a summit, with Budapest as a potential venue, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Monday. Read More…

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