The looming transfer of a swathe of Abkhaz coastal land to Moscow is proving deeply controversial amid the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia was ready to facilitate Ukrainian grain shipments from ports along the Black Sea, but that he wants Western countries to lift their sanctions against Russian grain exports.
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Iran's supreme leader voiced strong backing for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia's war in Ukraine, accusing Western countries of opposing an “independent and strong” Russia.
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The United Kingdom said it had imposed sanctions on Friday against Russian President Lyudmila Ocheretnaya's ex-wife and other members of the Russian president's entourage.
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi is ready to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but without his mediators and on the terms of dialogue, not ultimatums.
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Russia cannot sign security guarantees for Ukraine without resolving the territorial issue of Crimea and Donbass.
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People's Deputy Viktor Medvedchuk, detained by the Security Service, addressed the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the President of the Russian Federation Volodymyr Putin with a proposal to exchange him for defenders and residents of Mariupol.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin allegedly gave a positive response to his proposal to meet with the leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany in Budapest for a ceasefire, but with conditions.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine early Thursday in the biggest European onslaught since the end of World War II, attacking Ukrainian forces in the disputed eastern region and launching missiles on several key cities, including the capital, Kyiv.
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U.S. President Joe Biden has tentatively agreed to a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming days as he seeks to deter the Kremlin leader from invading Ukraine
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