How the Kremlin gets Ukrainians to betray their country
Two young people were desperately short of cash. Then the Kremlin stepped in to help.
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By VERONIKA MELKOZEROVA in Kyiv
Illustration by Hokyoung Kim for POLITICO
Olena, 19, and Bohdan,…

Two young people were desperately short of cash. Then the Kremlin stepped in to help.
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By VERONIKA MELKOZEROVA in Kyiv
Illustration by Hokyoung Kim for POLITICO
Olena, 19, and Bohdan,…

Donald Trump wants a peace deal in Ukraine very badly.
Kyiv wants peace even more, just not at any cost.
That’s why when the US began pushing it to agree to a deal by Thanksgiving on what looked close to surrender terms, Ukraine pushed back.
It scrambled senior officials to talks in Geneva and all…

What makes the affair complicated is that the ID group dissolved after last year’s EU election, with a majority of its members and staff absorbed into the new Patriots for Europe group. While the Parliament’s budgetary control committee considers the two groups to be related — and…

“Les discussions ont permis de réaliser des progrès significatifs en vue d’un rapprochement des positions et de l’identification d’étapes suivantes clairement définies”, ont relaté Washington et Kiev dans un communiqué commun, qui précise que l’Ukraine a “réaffirmé sa…

Belgium is bracing for widespread disruption across sectors including public transport and schools this week as unions hold a three-day national strike.
The action was called in response to Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s attempts to shrink Belgium’s debt by changing labour laws and reforming…

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The pot is massive: An estimated €300 billion in Russian Central Bank assets are frozen across the G7 countries.
The vast majority — to the tune of…

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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that Washington can reduce duties on EU steel and aluminium but only if the Europeans agree to ease the…
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