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A view on Lavrov/the invasion of Ukraine ...

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Via Quora What do Russians think of Sergei Lavrov? Misha Firer  ·  Follow Writes about Russia on patreon.com/mishafirer 3y In today’s rubric War Criminals I will talk about Sergei Lavrov, Empire Re-Builder Putin’s puppet minister of foreign c̶o̶n̶f̶l̶i̶c̶t̶s̶ affairs. Back in the day, Sergey Lavrov was an eloquent diplomat believed to rise high in ranks. Part Armenian, he was stationed in Turkey as Russian ambassador, and professed his love for the country and its people whose hospitality would stay in the hearts of his family. Point being the guy was no hater! Sergey was a doting dad. His daughter Ekaterina was born and raised in the United States where he served as Russian embassador. She received the best Anglo-Saxon education Russian tax payers’ money can buy, in Columbia University and Cambridge. “Although I was an only child, I had to achieve everything myself, not to depend on my parents so I studied hard.” A nice, talented, educated, hard-working man with a wonderful ...
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Latest Ukraine-related news from The Independent

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-trump-peace-siversk-latest-news-b2889916.html JB: Rapidly contains the latest news ... (Among many examples worth looking at.) Zelensky has put counter-proposals to the US  (Getty)
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Trump admin bars 5 Europeans it says led drive to "censor" U.S. views online

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[by] Rebecca Falconer, AXIOS    https://www.axios.com/2025/12/24/trump-immigration-us-state-department-visa-ban-european-tech;  due to technical reasons, the below is not an exact reproduction of the posted article but contains all its text. Then-European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton at the EU Commission headquarter in Brussels, Belgium, in 2023. Photo: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images The  Trump  administration imposed visa restrictions Tuesday on five Europeans the State Department accused of leading "efforts to coerce American platforms to censor" or "suppress" U.S. viewpoints they oppose. The big picture:  Among those now barred from entering the U.S. is former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, whom under secretary of state for public diplomacy Sarah Rogers on X  called  "a mastermind of the  Digital Services Act ," which imposes requirements on social media platforms, including  content moderation .   The former to...
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Here’s What Is in the 20-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine

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The blueprint covers a broad range of issues, including territory, security guarantees and postwar reconstruction. But Russia has indicated little willingness to end the war. Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian targets in the Donetsk region in March. Credit... Nicole Tung for The New York Times By  Constant Méheut Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine The New York Times , Dec. 24, 2025 Updated  8:06 a.m. ET [JB: includes an informative map]; see also President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has  unveiled a revised draft peace plan , developed with the United States, portraying it as Kyiv’s best effort to end the war with Russia. The 20 points included in the plan cover a broad range of issues, from the security guarantees Kyiv wants to prevent future Russian aggression to commitments to rebuild the war-ravaged nation. Mr. Zelensky acknowledged that Ukraine and the United States had yet to reach full agreement on territorial questions that have been the biggest sticking point i...
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