2025-09-20: Russia Roundup

So far today: 2025-09-20 3:22pm GMT

____ (2025-09-20). Russian Jets Violate NATO Airspace: Estonia Confronts 'Brazen' Incursion. devdiscourse.com In an alarming incident, three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace without permission, remaining for 12 minutes before being forced out. This incursion, described as 'unprecedentedly brazen' by Estonia's Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahkna, marks the fourth such violation by Russia this year.

Agence France-Presse (2025-09-20). Russia challenges ruling over Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 downing. scmp.com Russia has filed an appeal with the International Court of Justice over a decision deeming Moscow responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people, the court said on Friday. | Australia and the Netherlands, the countries with the most fatalities in the disaster, had launched the case, calling for Russia to assume responsibility for the downing and pay damages.

vitaly Kazakov, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Manchester (2025-09-20). Intervision: Russia's bid to rival Eurovision song contest — but with more conservative values. | Vitaly Kazakov

| Reuters | (2025-09-20). Trump, Xi make progress on TikTok deal. tribune.com.pk US President Donald Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping made progress on a TikTok agreement and would meet face-to-face in six weeks in South Korea to discuss trade, illicit drugs and Russia's war in Ukraine. | The two sides appeared to lower tensions during the first call in three months between the leaders of the two superpowers, but it was not immediately clear that the call had yielded the firm agreement that had been expected over the fate of the popular short video app. | The leaders did agree to further talks on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum that starts on Octob…

geo.tv (2025-09-20). Russian jets enter Estonia's airspace in latest test for Nato. geo.tv

United World International (2025-09-20). On Bahàßeli's Proposal for an Alliance of Türkiye with Russia and China. unitedworldint.com/feed/ Issues of trust, necessary steps and an inevitable orientation. By Oràßun Gà∂ktàºrk, from Beijing / China The call by Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahàßeli for a "Türkiye-Russia-China alliance" should be recorded as an important turning point on Türkiye's foreign policy agenda. Bahàßeli's proposal of a "TRC" (Türkiye-Russia-China) axis against the US-Israel-centered coalition must …

latintimes (2025-09-19). Venezuela Advances Cooperation Pact With Russia While Denouncing 'Imperialist Policies' of U.S. latintimes.com The measure outlines a "multipolar order based on sovereignty and equality of states" and calls for high-level political dialogue between Caracas and Moscow…

Haaretz Sports Staff (2025-09-20). Olympic committee not discussing barring Israel, chief says, amid calls for exclusion over Gaza war. haaretz.com Amid calls to bar Israel from international sporting events over the war in Gaza, the president of the International Olympic Committee stressed that Israel's participation in the Olympics is not in question, noting that the country has not violated the Olympic charter — unlike Russia, which was suspended…

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