On Friday, the Kremlin said Putin was ready to discuss Ukraine with Trump but that did not mean that he was willing to alter Moscow's demands.
Russia's gold reserves exceed $200 billion for the 1st time. The share of gold in the country's international reserves is now at 32.9%.
“His words about his desire to restore relations with the Russian Federation and to help resolve the Ukrainian crisis, in my opinion, deserve attention,” Putin said referring to Trump.
Putin officially congratulated "courageous" Trump while addressing media in Sochi.
The war is entering what some officials say could be its final phase after Moscow's forces advanced at their fastest pace since early in the conflict, and Donald Trump was elected president.
Russia cautiously optimistic about Trump; hopes for reduced US aid to Ukraine.
Putin himself has a nuanced attitude toward Israel – a position that could be affected by the result of the forthcoming US presidential election.
Blinken and Netanyahu discuss Iran's attacks on Israel as Putin warns of Middle East edging toward large-scale conflict.
The Russian president said that unless Palestinians got a separate state, the region would remain in an atmosphere of eternal crisis.
The expansion of BRICS into countries that are close to the West shows how many states are hedging their bets on this non-western group of powerful economies.
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