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Republican opponent of US aid to Ukraine brings his case to an international conference

Republican opponent of US aid to Ukraine brings his case to an international conference

MUNICH (AP) — A Republican opponent of new U.S. funding for Ukraine argued at an international security conference Sunday that the package stuck in Congress wouldn’t “fundamentally change the reality” on the ground and that Russia has an incentive to negotiate peace. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and others have advocated passage of the $60 billion in aid at the Munich Security Conference, which coincided with Ukraine withdrawing troops from… Source link

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Putin’s Tucker Carlson interview seems timed to inflict maximum damage on US support for Ukraine

Putin’s Tucker Carlson interview seems timed to inflict maximum damage on US support for Ukraine

Vladimir Putin gave his first interview with a Western media figure since invading Ukraine. It was with Tucker Carlson, who has long been more sympathetic to Putin than most of the US media. The interview seems timed to further corrode US support for Ukraine. As Tucker Carlson was hyping his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US support for Ukraine hit a new low. Wednesday saw another congressional attempt to get more aid to Ukraine unceremoniously collapse — keeping a proposed… Source link

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In biggest corporate exit since Ukraine war, search engine Yandex’s owner to leave Russia in $5.2 billion deal | Business News

In biggest corporate exit since Ukraine war, search engine Yandex’s owner to leave Russia in .2 billion deal | Business News

Yandex NV has struck a 475-billion-rouble ($5.21 billion) deal to sell what has been dubbed “Russia’s Google” to a group of Russian investors, marking the biggest corporate exit from the country since Moscow invaded Ukraine almost two years ago. The Kremlin-engineered deal would see Russia’s largest technology player fall entirely under Russian ownership, including a fund ultimately owned by oil major Lukoil, and cement Yandex’s departure from Western tech circles. Once seen as one… Source link

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