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Report: Macron Refused Russian COVID Test in Putin Trip over DNA Theft Fears

French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, to prevent Russia getting hold of Macron's DNA, two sources in Macron's entourage told Reuters. As a result, the visiting French head of state was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU threatens sanctions on Russia’s financial, energy sectors in event of Ukraine invasion

EU sanctions would target Russia’s financial and energy sectors if Moscow opts to invade Ukraine, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Friday. The UK, US and Estonia also urged their nationals to leave Ukraine as Russia prepared to hold fresh military exercises near the two countries’ border and…

France 24

Kremlin 'fully supports' skater Valieva in Olympic doping row

The Kremlin said Friday it was fully behind Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, whose Olympic gold medal hangs in the balance after she failed a doping test.

The Times of India

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Kremlin cites Truss error as evidence West doesn't understand Ukraine conflict

The Kremlin on Friday cited a geographical gaffe by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as an example of how poorly informed Western leaders were about the subject matter in the East-West standoff over Ukraine.

Reuters

EXPLAINER: Putin’s Ukraine strategy mixes threats, diplomacy

With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow’s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing

The Independent UK

Macron refused Russian COVID test in Putin trip over DNA theft fears -sources

Reuters

In Moscow, Macron found a different, tougher Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of his marathon talks with France's Emmanuel Macron this week on the Ukraine crisis reciting grievances that date back to the end of the Cold War, two sources in the French leader's entourage said.

Reuters

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Russia warns UK to stop ‘pointless’ sanctions threats ahead of talks on Ukraine

Russian ambassador to London says meetings will probably be ‘fairly short’ if UK threatens sanctions again

The Independent UK

BP can thank Moscow for plenty of its jackpot profits

Analysis: oil firm retains 20% share of Kremlin-backed Rosneft, which contributed a similar slice of BP’s $12.8bn windfall annual profit

The Guardian - UK

Would Russians Embrace War?

Why an Attack on Ukraine Might Erode Putin’s Support

Foreign Affairs

Emmanuel Macron claims Vladimir Putin promised no further escalation in Ukraine

However the Kremlin has firmly denied any suggestion of a guarantee between the two leaders

Evening Standard

Macron says Putin told him Russia won’t escalate Ukraine crisis

Macron’s remarks come during visit to Kyiv as Kremlin denies any de-escalation deal with France over Ukraine crisis.

Al Jazeera

US spies teach Ukraine forces covert ops as tensions soar over Russian invasion fears

The CIA's paramilitary section is training Ukraine's special forces about a broad-range of covert operations, including how to launch sabotage, surveillance, espionage and even assassination attacks as Moscow reinforces its western border with 126,000 troops

Daily Mirror

Analysis-Kremlin watchers detect signs Putin wants to defuse Ukraine crisis

Behind his latest outbursts against NATO and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid an escalation of the Ukraine crisis and seek some form of accommodation with the West.

Reuters

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The Guardian - UK

Macron claims Putin gave him personal assurances on Ukraine

French president’s statement that Russian leader vowed not to escalate crisis met with scepticism in Kyiv

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin Denies Putin Promised Not to Hold Maneuvers Near Ukraine

The Kremlin denied on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin had promised French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia would stage no further maneuvers near Ukraine for now, pouring cold water on a tentative French assertion of diplomatic progress. Macron, who visited Moscow on Monday, is the highest ranking Western leader to have…

The Independent UK

Ukraine crisis: Macron says Putin has promised no further escalation in crisis

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he doesn’t trust words ‘in general’

Reuters

Kremlin denies Putin told Macron there will be no new manoeuvres near Ukraine

The Kremlin on Tuesday said that French assertions that President Vladimir Putin had promised Emmanuel Macron that Moscow would not carry out new military initiatives around Ukraine for now were "not right".

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Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Macron says resolution may take months

Ukraine news from February 8: After talks with Putin and Zelenskyy, French president offers his analysis of the crisis.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron Tells Putin He Seeks to Avoid War and Build Trust

French President Emmanuel Macron, the top Western leader to visit Moscow since Russia began massing troops on the border with Ukraine, told Vladimir Putin at the start of talks in the Kremlin on Monday that he aimed to avoid war and build trust. Macron, who is expected to seek re-election…

Daily Mirror

UK sends 350 troops to Poland as fears mount that Russia will invade Ukraine

There will now be 450 British troops in Poland as fears continue to mount about large numbers of Russian troops massed near the Ukrainian border

Reuters

Macron tells Putin he seeks to avoid war and build trust

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Not all Russians buy Putin’s warmongering

MOSCOW — In May 1993, Estonia’s first post-Soviet leader Lennart Meri — a wise man with bitter experience of life in the Soviet Union — told the visiting U.S. deputy secretary of state that Estonia urgently needed to join NATO. It was, he said, the only guarantee that Russia wouldn’t…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: US, Germany in ‘lockstep’, says Biden

Ukraine news from February 7: US president says allies will work together to deter Russian aggression in Europe.

Reuters

Kremlin expects no decisive breakthrough from Putin-Macron meeting

Russia expects no decisive breakthrough from Monday's talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, but expects that Macron will propose ways to ease tensions in Europe, the Kremlin said.

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