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Press play to listen to this article There was little doubt Emmanuel Macron had walked into the grizzly bear’s den. Seated at the far end of an enormous conference table in one of the Kremlin’s ornate meeting rooms, complete with gold-trimmed curtains and an elaborate inlaid wooden floor, the French president offered his opening thoughts … Read more
At the start of a critical week in the confrontation over Ukraine, neither Russia nor the United States sounded optimistic about stepping up diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions. President Joe Biden said Sunday he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking for “things he can’t get” as he weighs a possible invasion of Moscow’s neighbor. … Read more
Press play to listen to this article BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is finding out the hard way that there’s a lot more to leading Germany than being an Angela Merkel tribute act. Scholz meets Joe Biden at the White House on Monday as part of a US trip intended to repair the battering that … Read more
Press play to listen to this article PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is taking an almighty gamble by styling himself as the world leader who can strike a peace deal with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a meeting on Monday. If he pulls it off, he’ll be the hero who prevented the invasion … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is prepared to keep talking, and that he expects visits from European leaders to Moscow soon — after he gets back from the opening of the Winter Olympics on Friday in Beijing. The Biden administration is no longer saying an attack on Ukraine is “imminent.” But even as the … Read more
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he will “soon” travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin amid what he called a “very serious” situation at the Ukrainian border. “I will now travel to the US, and I will soon be in Moscow to continue speaking about the questions that are necessary,” Scholz … Read more
LONDON — With troops gathering on the Russian-Ukraine border, Britain senses an opportunity to demonstrate it can be more diplomatically nimble since Brexit. After leaving the EU, the UK has deployed its so-called Magnitsky sanctions — which allow the government to stop targets from entering the country, channeling cash through British banks or profiting from … Read more
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian soldiers patrolling snowy fields, NATO commanders mobilizing troops across eastern Europe and national security aides in the Biden administration are all fixed on one question: Will Russian President Vladimir Putin launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine? As diplomats from the US and Russia search for an off-ramp to war, military analysts – … Read more
Blinken is expected to speak by phone with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on Tuesday, while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is flying to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Later in the day, Putin will hold a news conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán following a meeting between the two leaders. It may be the first … Read more