05.06.2026 President Vladimir Putin said he does not see any sense in meeting Volodymyr Zelensky after the Ukrainian leader requested talks in person to end the war. Zelensky sent an open letter on Thursday, May 4, calling for direct negotiations with Putin, writing that it would be “wrong to simply wait”.The Ukrainian president also requested…
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Anti-corruption protestors jailed in Russia
A Russian court has sentenced opposition leader, and anti-corruption fighter Aleksei Navalny (pictured) to 30 days in jail for staging unsanctioned rallies at which an estimated 1 500 anticorruption protesters were detained. The judge at the Simonovsky district court ruled early on June 13 that Navalny, who was detained outside his home in an outlying…