Tag: Witkoff, Steven
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Russia Revives Demand That NATO Retrench to Secure Ukraine Deal
The hard-line position of Russian officials in closed-door negotiations about ending the war thrusts European security into the heart of the talks.
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In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges
Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.
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Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing
Russia has sought to separate the war in Ukraine from potential business deals and diplomacy with the United States. Its efforts now appear to be working.
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Trump Says He Asked Putin to Release an American Jailed in Russia
The president called for the return of Stephen James Hubbard, a Michigan teacher seized from his home in Ukraine months after Russia invaded that country.
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Why Zelensky Took the Gloves Off This Time With Trump
Staying quiet is riskier than speaking up, Ukrainian officials say, as President Trump goes further than ever in prioritizing Russia’s interests.
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Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All
The president’s arrangement to import Russian diesel fuel is one more example of how he has sold out American democracy.
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Rebuking Ukraine Over Oil Strikes, Trump Says It Should ‘Get a New President’
Hours after President Trump said the United States would buy Russian diesel, the Kremlin said there would be no immediate resumption of discussions to end the war.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.
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Trump Aides Seek to Jump Start Diplomacy With Iran as Crisis Widens
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.S. negotiators had restarted conversations about Iran’s nuclear program, but that there were no breakthroughs.