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The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The Loop: Leaked document on French sub deal, Putin and Xi meet, Wallabies shattered by controversial call

Here's your quick catch-up of news happening around the world.

ABC News

Xi Jinping travels out of China to see Putin and other leaders. Here's why it matters

The leaders of China and Russia have joined other foreign leaders in Central Asia. Top concerns include Russia's war in Ukraine.

WEKU

Russian energy exports in spotlight at Uzbekistan summit

Business ties are high on the agenda at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan. The countries represented are huge potential markets for Russian energy, and Vladimir Putin has been pushing for closer ties. China and India in particular have increased their imports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal…

France 24

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Morning mail: Putin meets Xi, asylum seeker handcuffs ‘torture’, nuclear sub timeline

Friday: Chinese and Russian leaders meet for first time since invasion of Ukraine. Plus: the seven female stereotypes in advertising

The Guardian - AU

US imposes new sanctions against Russia as war drags on

The U.S. announced a fresh wave of sanctions against Russia’s military intelligence and defense industry, as well as people accused of stealing Ukrainian crops, in a new push to restrict President Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage war.

Tribune News Service

Michael Pascoe: US is ramping up its war on China

Another week and more shots fired in the US-China war, this time America the aggressor while Australia mutely remains in step.

The New Daily

Direct democracy can force governments to better represent the people -- but it doesn't always work out

In August 2022, a statewide referendum in Kansas saw citizens overwhelmingly reject a plan to insert anti-abortion language into the state’s constitution. It comes as a slew of similar votes on abortion rights are planned in the coming months – putting the issue directly to the people after the Supreme…

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Putin admits China has ‘questions and concerns’ over Ukraine during key meeting with Xi

Vladimir Putin acknowledged China had questions and concerns about the situation in Ukraine

Evening Standard

Ukraine recap: Russian setbacks on the battlefield, Putin's limited military and diplomatic options

While his troops struggle to regroup in the face of a lightning-fast Ukrainian offensive in the northeast, Vladimir Putin is in Samarkand, fabled halfway point of the silk road in Uzbekistan, for a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). While he is there he has a busy schedule…

The Conversation

Trump offered Jordan the West Bank: book

Reporters offer behind-the-scenes look at a tumultuous Trump presidency — and his wife's criticism

Salon

Putin tells Xi he understands China's ‘concerns’ about war in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart Xi Jinping he understands Beijing’s “questions and concerns” about his invasion of Ukraine, as the Chinese leader said the two countries could “inject stability and positive energy to a world in chaos.”

Tribune News Service

PM Modi arrives in Samarkand for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting, skips photo ops

Friday will mark Modi’s first face-to-face meeting with Xi since April 2020 LAC stand-off

The Hindu

Exclusive-With a Russian nudge, Turkey and Syria step up contacts

Turkey's intelligence chief has held multiple meetings with his Syrian counterpart in Damascus over the last few weeks, a sign of Russian efforts to encourage a thaw between states on opposite sides of Syria's war, four sources said.

Reuters

Russian inmates ‘told they’ll be freed if they survive six-months on Ukraine frontline’

Leaked footage shows the founder of Russia’s Wagner Group attempting to recruit prisoners

Evening Standard

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The Conversation

Ukraine war: this map holds an important clue about Kremlin fears of Nato expansion

As Russian forces withdrew in the face of the recent Ukrainian counteroffensives, the Kremlin repeated its claim that its military invaded because of the threat of Nato’s possible expansion.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's ally Xi raises 'concerns' about Ukraine war in tense showdown meeting

In a visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan, Vladimir Putin revealed Xi had some concerns about the war in Ukraine. Putin also said China was "willing to work with Russia to demonstrate the responsibility of big powers"

Reuters

U.N. chief spoke with Putin, pushes Russian fertilizer exports

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports and that he was hopeful a U.N.-brokered deal would be maintained and expanded to include Russian ammonia.

The Guardian - UK

Putin is banking on his friends in the Balkans to help sustain his bloody war in Ukraine

United in a sense of victimhood, Russia has an ally in far-right Serbian groups. The west underestimates them at its peril, says Michael Colborne a journalist and researcher at Bellingcat

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The Hindu

On the sidelines of SCO, all eyes on Russia-India-China ties

Russia has attempted to revive the RIC trilateral format, with little luck so far

Asharq Al-Awsat

Raisi Says Iran-Russia Cooperation Can Neutralize Limitations Imposed by US Sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a delegation of 80 large companies will visit Iran next week, Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported. Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, in Uzbekistan.

Al Jazeera

How Ukrainians ‘de-Russify’ themselves

Fewer Ukrainians speak Russian and monuments are being taken down, but some warn a ‘language of hatred’ has taken over.

Daily Mirror

Putin's uncontrolled foot motions are back as he meets 'fellow dictators' in Uzbekistan

More speculation over the health of President Vladimir Putin has arisen after the Russian leader's foot was seen shaking at a conference with other world leaders. Putin has been dogged by theories over if he is ill for some time

Reuters

Mongolian President says he supports Russia-China oil and gas piplines through Mongolia

Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh said on Thursday that he supports the construction of oil and gas pipelines from Russia to China via Mongolia.

Reuters

Xi reaffirms China's support for Russian core interests, in meeting with Putin

China is willing to give strong support to Russia for matters related to its core interests, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Uzbekistan, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Tribune News Service

Putin’s options narrow after Ukraine scores battlefield rout

Humiliated by lightning Ukrainian gains on the battlefield, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces narrowing options as he seeks to turn the tide in his struggling nearly seven-month-old invasion.

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