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Facebook restricted in Russia over limits on state-backed news accounts

Facebook has limited the accounts of several Kremlin-backed media outlets

Manchester Evening News · Feb 25, 2022

Putin ‘ready’ for talks with Ukraine in Minsk: Kremlin

Kremlin says Russian leader is ready to send a delegation to Belarusian capital ‘for talks with a Ukrainian delegation’.

Al Jazeera · Feb 25, 2022

Khodorkovsky says only revolution can topple Russia's Putin

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man before he fell foul of the Kremlin, said on Friday that only revolution would topple Vladimir Putin, and he expected the Kremlin chief to crack down further on dissent at home after invading Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Russia ready to send delegation to Minsk for talks with Ukraine - agencies

Russia is ready to send a delegation to the Belarusian capital Minsk for talks with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, a day after Moscow launched a massive invasion of its southern neighbour.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

UK minister pays tribute to Russian protesters, saying Kremlin has ‘miscalculated badly’

‘President Putin and the kleptocrats that surround him have miscalculated badly young, Russian men and women are needlessly losing their lives’

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Kremlin says sanctions will cause Moscow problems but they can be solved

The Kremlin said on Friday that Western sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine would cause problems for Moscow, but not insurmountable ones, with Russia set to widen its trade and economic ties with Asian countries.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Explosions heard in Kyiv as Russian forces surround Ukraine capital

Ukraine’s leaders vow to fight on as world hits President Putin with more sanctions

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Kremlin says Russia will impose retaliatory sanctions on West

Russia will impose retaliatory sanctions on Western nations on the basis of reciprocity, the Kremlin said on Friday.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Kremlin notes Kyiv's willingness to talk, won't comment on possible contacts

The Kremlin on Friday noted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's willingness to discuss a possible neutrality pledge by Ukraine, but said it could not say anything about possible talks between the two countries' leaders.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Macron Says Useful to 'Leave Path Open' for Dialogue with Putin

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday it was useful to keep alive the chance of dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin after he launched an invasion of Ukraine. Macron said after a summit of EU leaders that "while condemning, while sanctioning" it remained useful "to leave this path open so…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 25, 2022