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    🇷🇺📉 Russia’s second largest bank, VTB Bank, is seeing a sustained deterioration in profits made from lending, feeding concern at the bank over its stability amid the economic pressures from Putin’s war on Ukraine.

    www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

    Archive: archive.is/WCwk0

    Russia’s second largest bank, VTB Bank PJSC, is seeing a sustained deterioration in profits made from lending, feeding concern at the bank over its stability amid the economic pressures from President...

    Russia’s VTB Bank Sees Lending Income Collapse Amid War Pressure

    Russia’s second largest bank, VTB Bank PJSC, is seeing a sustained deterioration in profits made from lending, feeding concern at the bank over its stability amid the economic pressures from President...
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    🇺🇸🇷🇺 Citigroup oversaw more than $1 billion worth of transactions for a Delaware-based trust that US authorities say a sanctioned Russian oligarch held a concealed stake in, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg News.

    www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

    Archive: archive.is/MnCTG

    #usa #russia

    Documents detail Citigroup’s efforts to continue to do lawful business with Heritage Trust after Suleiman Kerimov was sanctioned in 2018. The bank said it’s been fully transparent and acted in complia...

    Citi Oversaw $1 Billion in Deals for Trust While Sanctioned Oligarch Held Concealed Interest

    Documents detail Citigroup’s efforts to continue to do lawful business with Heritage Trust after Suleiman Kerimov was sanctioned in 2018. The bank said it’s been fully transparent and acted in complia...
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    Russia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social

    🇪🇺🇺🇦 The EU has received a third 1.6-billion-euro tranche in windfall profits from frozen Russian central bank assets and will allocate 95% of it, over 1.5 billion euro, to repay Ukraine’s loans.

    kyivindependent.com/eu-to-channe...

    #Europe #Russia

    This marks the third such transfer, covering income generated in the first half of 2025. Previous tranches were disbursed in July 2024 and April 2025.

    EU to channel $1.7 billion from frozen Russian assets to repay Ukraine's loans

    This marks the third such transfer, covering income generated in the first half of 2025. Previous tranches were disbursed in July 2024 and April 2025.
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    🇷🇺🇺🇸 Pro-Kremlin figures view the Alaska summit as the prelude to lifting sanctions and absolving the Russian army for war crimes committed in Ukraine, with some even saying that 'the Kremlin's leverage has never looked stronger.'

    www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

    Archive: archive.is/2025.08.11-1...

    Pro-Kremlin figures view the summit as the prelude to lifting sanctions and absolving the Russian army for war crimes committed in Ukraine, with some even saying that 'the Kremlin's leverage has never...

    How Russian propagandists see Trump-Putin meeting on Ukraine

    Pro-Kremlin figures view the summit as the prelude to lifting sanctions and absolving the Russian army for war crimes committed in Ukraine, with some even saying that 'the Kremlin's leverage has never...
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    🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇲 European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold a call with Trump on Wednesday ahead of the US president’s meeting Friday in Alaska with Putin, according to the German government

    www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

    Archive: archive.is/2025.08.11-1...

    #Europe #Ukraine #USA

    European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold a call with Donald Trump on Wednesday ahead of the US president’s meeting Friday in Alaska with his Russian counterpart Vladimir ...

    European Leaders, Zelenskiy to Hold Call With Trump on Wednesday

    European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold a call with Donald Trump on Wednesday ahead of the US president’s meeting Friday in Alaska with his Russian counterpart Vladimir ...
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    🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Union leaders are preparing a joint statement underlining the bloc's support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and the need for Kyiv to be at the table of any talks on its future ahead of a meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska.

    www.rferl.org/a/eu-leaders...

    #europe #usa

    European Union leaders are preparing a joint statement underlining the bloc's support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the need for Kyiv to be at the table of any talks on its future ahead of a...

    EU Leaders Preparing Statement Supporting Ukraine's Territorial Integrity, RFE/RL Learns

    European Union leaders are preparing a joint statement underlining the bloc's support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the need for Kyiv to be at the table of any talks on its future ahead of a...
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    🇷🇺 #Russia has seemingly conducted its first-ever tests to block voice and video calls on Telegram and WhatsApp, Russian independent outlet Agentstvo reported on Aug. 10, citing Na Svyazi digital monitoring project.

    kyivindependent.com/russia-tests...

    The suspected move comes as the Kremlin intensifies efforts to create what it calls a "sovereign internet" disconnected from global networks, trying to replace Western services with domestic ones.

    Russia reportedly tests blocking Telegram, WhatsApp calls amid internet clampdown

    The suspected move comes as the Kremlin intensifies efforts to create what it calls a "sovereign internet" disconnected from global networks, trying to replace Western services with domestic ones.
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    🇪🇺🇺🇦 #Ukraine and its backers in #Europe insist that the United States and #Russia cannot decide on land swaps behind their backs at a summit this week, but the Europeans concede that Moscow is unlikely to give up control of Ukrainian land it holds.

    apnews.com/article/euro...

    #usa #trump

    Ukraine and its European backers insist that the United States and Russia cannot decide on land swaps behind their backs at a summit this week in Alaska.

    Europe says US-Russia summit this week cannot decide on Ukraine land swaps

    Ukraine and its European backers insist that the United States and Russia cannot decide on land swaps behind their backs at a summit this week in Alaska.
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    🇦🇿🇺🇦 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on Aug. 11 allocating $2 million to the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry to provide humanitarian aid to #Ukraine, Azerbaijani media outlet First News Media reported.

    kyivindependent.com/aliyev-sends...

    The allocated funds will be used to purchase and ship Azerbaijani-made electrical equipment from the president's 2025 reserve fund.

    Aliyev approves $2 million energy aid to Kyiv following Russian strikes on Azeri-linked sites in Ukraine

    The allocated funds will be used to purchase and ship Azerbaijani-made electrical equipment from the president's 2025 reserve fund.
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