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After almost four decades of a bloody conflict that until recently had no end in sight, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a peace agreement in the presence of the US President Donald Trump. Notably absent in this historic moment is Russia, which no longer plays a central role in the South…

September WTI crude oil (CLU25 ) on Friday closed unchanged, and September RBOB gasoline (RBU25 ) closed up +0.086 (+0.41%). Crude oil and gasoline prices on Friday settled mixed. Crude finished the session little changed but had support from doubts about whether a US peace plan to end the Russian-Ukraine...

Ukrainian soldiers are expressing little hope for a diplomatic solution to the war with Russia as U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline arrives for the Kremlin to stop the killing

Media proprietor and founder of the Moscow Times who championed independent journalism in his adopted home country of Russia

As Moldova heads towards parliamentary elections in September, concerns are mounting over an alleged Kremlin-backed campaign to alter the country’s pro-European direction.

Viktoriia Roshchyna, hailed by her editor as ‘the bravest journalist I’ve ever met’, died last year aged 27

September WTI crude oil (CLU25 ) today is down -0.30 (-0.47%), and September RBOB gasoline (RBU25 ) is down -0.014 (-0.07%). Crude oil and gasoline prices dropped to 2-month lows today after Bloomberg News reported that the US and Russia are looking to reach a deal on ending the war...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.59%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.33%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.70%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU25 ) are up +0.54%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

U.S. and Russian negotiators are racing to finalize a potential agreement that would freeze the war in Ukraine and lock in Moscow's control over key territories, setting the stage for a possible Trump-Putin summit as early as next week.