#trumpputin-2018-summit

#trumpputin-2018-summit

Using Hungarian public money - funnelled through legally insulated foundations partly funded by Russian oil revenues - Orbán has built a cross-border network of populist right think tanks, journalists and activists.

In 2021, when Olga Rudenko and other journalists launched the Kyiv Independent, they were committed to making a publication that wouldn't face political pressure from an owner. A few months later, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the Independent began reporting breaking news from the front lines.

The January 3rd Operation Absolute Resolve ousted Venezuelan Dictator Nicholas Maduro, marking a significant shift in US policy towards countering adversarial influence in the western hemisphere.

In some countries, we're going to take those sanctions off until this straightens out. Trump told reporters, although he did not clarify which countries might benefit from this potential policy shift. At present, the United States enforces sanctions that restrict oil trade with several nations, including Iran, Venezuela, Russia, Syria, and North Korea.

Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told Russian reporters that the call lasted around an hour and was "frank" and "businesslike." He claimed Putin presented Trump with "several proposals" for ending the war with Iran.