ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin made the following comments to senior news agency editors on the conflict between Iran and Israel, NATO and the war in Ukraine. The remarks were translated from Russian by Reuters reporters. ASKED ABOUT HIS REACTION IF ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES KILLED IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI …
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday cautioned Germany that Moscow would consider it to be directly involved in the war in Ukraine if Berlin supplied Kyiv with Taurus cruise missiles, but said he was ready to speak to Chancellor Friedrich Merz. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said earlier this month that …
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin made the following comments to senior news agency editors on the conflict between Iran and Israel, NATO and the war in Ukraine. The remarks were translated from Russian by Reuters reporters. ASKED ABOUT HIS REACTION IF ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES KILLED IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH …
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By Simon Robinson ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday refused to discuss the possibility that Israel and the United States would kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said the Iranian people were consolidating around the leadership in Tehran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly speculated that Israel’s military …
(Reuters) -Iran’s ruling establishment is under intense pressure from Israeli strikes that continue to target senior figures, the security apparatus and the state media. However, despite repeated bouts of nationwide protests stretching back decades, Iran’s opposition is fragmented among rival groups and ideological factions and appears to have little organised presence inside the country. Here …
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By Andreas Rinke and Alexander Ratz BERLIN (Reuters) -The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain plan to hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva, a German diplomatic source told Reuters. The ministers will first meet with the European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, at Germany’s permanent mission in Geneva before …
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he was ready to talk with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, but he doubted that Germany could be an intermediary in talks with Ukraine. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
MILAN (Reuters) -Milan state prosecutors have heard testimony from UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel and a Mediobanca executive as they look into the government’s sale of a 15% stake in Monte dei Paschi di Siena to a small group of investors in November, a source with knowledge of the matter said. The source, speaking anonymously as the …
CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova’s pro-Russian separatist Transdniestria region faces a dire economic crisis triggered by this year’s halting of gas supplies from Russia and a collapse in industrial and farm production, a senior minister in the enclave said on Wednesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Moldova’s pro-European President Maia Sandu has warned that Russia could use instability in …
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By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Hungarian Foreign Ministry state secretary Levente Magyar said on Wednesday he was unsure if a postponed parliamentary debate and vote on transparency legislation governing foreign-funded groups would “ever re-emerge.” Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party submitted a bill to parliament on May 14 that would draft a list of organisations …
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