In his first public statements since his arrest by France on Aug. 24 at Paris’ Le Bourget airport, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov blasted French authorities for detaining and charging him, but also admitted that Telegram is not perfect and that he’ll work to clean up instances of criminals abusing the platform.
War in Ukraine must end ‘this fall’ – Zelensky
Kiev has asked its Western helpers to redouble their pressure on Moscow
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INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern - Weekly Briefing Wrap Up
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The Eastern Economic Forum began on Tuesday and [ran] through Friday. It [was] hosted by the Far Eastern Federal University in the Russian Pacific coast city of Vladivostok.
Sputnik is live as Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District.
US Republican candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that he doesn’t know how to feel about Russian President Vladimir Putin stating a preference for his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election.
The resilience of the Russian economy in the face of harsh Western sanctions sent those cheering the rise of multipolarity into victory laps. And it has been a huge embarrassment to the West. But Russia’s burgeoning problem settling payments with China demonstrates that this resilience isn’t without setbacks.
