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THE FLIGHT FROM PUTIN: RUSSIA IS LOSING PEOPLE ONE SUITCASE AT A TIME

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 from QUORA The Pixel Press ·  Follow Posted by  Giordano Palerma   Sep 15 THE FLIGHT FROM PUTIN: RUSSIA IS LOSING PEOPLE ONE SUITCASE AT A TIME The most revealing thing about Russia right now may not be what people are saying. It is what they are packing. Suitcases are leaving. Plane tickets are being bought. Passports are being renewed. Apartments are being transferred to relatives. Georgia, Armenia and Serbia are again appearing on Russian maps not as tourist destinations but as escape routes. There are no gigantic lines at the borders like those seen after Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization in September 2022. This time the movement is quieter. More calculated. People are leaving before they have to. That distinction matters. Russia is not experiencing a second 2022 exodus on the same scale. It is experiencing something more insidious: a population learning to anticipate the next shock. The immediate fear is another mobilization. The Kremlin says t...
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Trump says Zelenskyy ‘better damn well stop' attacks on Russian oil refineries, calls for new Ukrainian leader

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The U.S. president lashed out at Zelenskyy over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on the South Lawn on Oct. 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. | Aaron Schwartz / Getty Images By Ben Johanse POLITICO  [Updated: 10 / 10 / 2026 2:41 PM EDT] President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed back at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over attacks on Russian oil refineries, warning that he “better damn well stop” and calling for Ukraine to install a new leader. [one of many articles on this issue] The remarks marked a sharp escalation in Trump’s criticism of his Ukrainian counterpart and came just one day after Zelenskyy accused Trump of using peace negotiations as a “smokescreen” while striking a deal with Russia to temporarily lift sanctions on its diesel exports.  “Zelenskyy could have settled this war many times. Many, many times. And he chooses not to,” Trump said Saturday. “Very difficu...
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Ukraine Peace Talks Sputter After Trump and Putin Strike Fuel Deal

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Hours after President Trump said the United States would buy Russian diesel, the Kremlin said there would be no immediate resumption of discussions to end the war. President Trump at a campaign rally in Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday. His announcement that the United States would buy Russian diesel was followed by the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel exports. Credit... Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times By Marc Santora and Andrew E. Kramer The New York Times Oct. 10, 2026, 8:13 a.m. ET Original article contains links; see also Efforts to jump start diplomatic talks to end Russia’s war against Ukraine were stalled on Saturday after President Trump said the United States would buy Russian diesel, the latest case of Washington’s undermining Kyiv by giving Moscow economic breathing room. Mr. Trump’s announcement on Friday came despite a Russian ban on exporting fuel and was followed by the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel exports until April. The Kremlin apparently offered ...
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