(2025-08-20). Belarus, Russia's Buryatia map out steps to advance cooperation. eng.belta.by Ulan-Ude played host to the fourth meeting of the working group on cooperation between Belarus and Russia's Buryatia.
(2025-08-20). No ground troops, but maybe air support, to back Ukraine peace deal, says Trump. geo.tv 
Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with Donald Trump in the White House on Monday. — ReutersRussia launches largest attack this month amid peace moves.Uncertainty over US security guarantees for Ukraine.Possible sites for trilateral summit…
(2025-08-20). Jordan, Russia officially sign order to remove visa requirements. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be signing an agreement with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, in Moscow today on the mutual waiver of visa requirements.Lavrov is holding talks with Safadi in Moscow on Wednesday to "further develop the traditionally friendly Russian-Jordanian relations," according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, which confirmed that the meeting "pays special attention to trade, economic, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries."‚ĺÔ∏èüö®‚ö°Ô∏èŸ&agra…
(2025-08-20). The Trump-Putin Summit-Regime Change Has Failed. indybay.org The expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe was always to militarily encircle Russia, which was a continuation of the United States' Cold War "containment" towards the Soviet Union.
(2025-08-20). The Flight out of New India, Rising Brain Drain and Wealth Drain Book Review. moderndiplomacy.eu India's intellectuals, wealthy, and middle class are migrating in their numbers to the United States and Europe. In addition, some have chosen to go to Eastern Europe, the former Soviet republics, particularly Russia. Some are moving to lesser-developed regions such as Africa. According to a recent review report, widely circulated in the foreign media, Sanjaya …
(2025-08-20). Yemeni killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine. newarab.com 
(2025-08-20). Opinion: Europe seeks to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia and obtain reparations. eng.belta.by According to the expert, the strategic goals that the United States seeks to achieve differ from those pursued by the European Union.
(2025-08-20). Russian Diplomacy and Military Work in Concert. Strategic Success? Trump Takes the Blame According to NYT, Drago Bosnic. globalresearch.ca Combined arms operations are one of the most critical segments of any military strategy.
(2025-08-20). Ukraine and EU Attempted to Change Peace Process Started in Alaska. globalresearch.ca On August 18, US President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian and European representatives in Washington to discuss possible peace negotiations regarding the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
(2025-08-20). Russia invites Trump for follow-up summit. america.cgtn.com 
Russia has yet to commit to a bilateral summit with Ukraine, though reports indicate President Putin may host a one-on-one meeting with President Zelenskyy in Moscow. The Russian Foreign Minister emphasized that Moscow is open to contact with Ukraine and confirmed that President Trump has been invited to Russia for a potential follow-up meeting after last week's Alaska summit. Dasha Chernyshova reports from Moscow.
(2025-08-20). The Heat: Russia-Ukraine conflict. america.cgtn.com 
Details of security guarantees and efforts to arrange peace talks continue to evolve. This, after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted talks in Washington on Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several European leaders. | On Tuesday, Trump ruled out the possibility of sending U.S. troops to join any post-conflict European-led peacekeeping effort. Meanwhile, Russia has not committed to a bilateral leaders' summit with Ukraine, though reports suggest that President Putin did offer to host a possible one-on-one with President Zelenskyy in Moscow. | To dicuss: | William Lawrence is a political scien…
(2025-08-20). Donald Trump wants a Nobel. peoplesdispatch.org The United States bought icy, oil-rich Alaska from a crumbling Russian Empire for a pittance, a bargain rivaled only by the De Freij family's takeover of the Hippodrome in Beirut, or the Salam family's seizure of the Golf Club pastures in the suburbia of Ghobeiry. | A century and a half later, in that forty-ninth state, Donald Trump — officially the 45th and 47th president of the US — welcomed Vladimir Putin, Russia's sole ruler, although officially he's the second and fourth president of Russia since the Soviet Union collapse, to a summit branded "Pursuing Peace." Washington's military-industrial com…
(2025-08-20). White House summit exposes deep rift within NATO. wsws.org The European powers' goal of bringing Ukraine and Russia under their control with American support has proven to be a disastrous miscalculation.
(2025-08-20). Will Germany send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Controversy among politicians erupted in Germany after suggestions of sending troops to Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia, with opposition parties strongly rejecting the plan.The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has sharply decried the idea imposed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is a member of the German conservative CDU/CSU alliance, to consider sending German troops to Ukraine alongside other European forces."The hawks in the CDU can hardly wait to send German soldiers to foreign war zones again," AfD co-chair Alice Weidel wrote, and warned that the government against taking…
(2025-08-20). Trump rules out US troops but eyes air power in Ukraine deal. newarab.com 
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out sending US troops but envisioned extending US air power as Western nations began hashing out security guarantees for Ukraine before any potential summit with Russia. | Trump, in a flurry of diplomacy aimed at ending the war, brought Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and top European leaders to the White House on Monday, three days after his landmark encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska. | Trump said President Putin, whom he called in the middle of Monday's talks, had agreed to meet Zelensky and to accept some form of Western security guarantees for U…
(2025-08-20). Putin-Trump meeting: Irreconcilable contradictions are still there, a lasting peace still a distant prospect. unitedworldint.com There are irreconcilable contradictions that will only be solved, one side defeating the other. By Onur Sinan Gàºzaltan US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on August 15. Reports indicate that the two leaders discussed a range of issues, with the war in Ukraine at the top of the agenda. …
(2025-08-20). The Profits of War: Why Peace in Ukraine Terrifies Europe's Investors. The Defense Industry Boom. globalresearch.ca There is a dark, unspoken truth hanging over the latest round of "peace talks" between Trump, Putin, Zelensky and the European leaders: war has become too profitable to end.
(2025-08-20). De Moscú a La Habana: La reunión entre Putin y Trump, la cosmonáutica rusa y el centenario de Fidel. cubadebate.cu En el podcast De Moscú a La Habana estuvimos hablando sobre el encuentro entre los presidentes de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, y EE.UU., Donald Trump, en Alaska; los 65 años del regreso a la Tierra de Belka y Strelka y los logros de la cosmonáutica soviética y rusa, y el inicio de la campaña en homenaje al centenario del natalicio del líder histórico de la Revolución Cubana, Fidel Castro.
(2025-08-20). Selected Articles: Brussels, London, Berlin, Paris Refuse Trump's "Three Way Summit." New Weapons Scream: 'No Peace Deal!'. globalresearch.ca 
By Putin and Trump don't need to agree on everything, but negotiations are undoubtedly a major development and potentially …
(2025-08-20). Did the Alaska Summit usher a new ice age? responsiblestatecraft.org The Trump-Putin Alaska summit was about far more than Ukraine. Since long before the meeting in Anchorage, the Arctic has been