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Russia, at an Impasse With the West, Warns It Is Ready to Abandon Diplomacy
VIENNA — Russian officials signaled that they could abandon diplomatic efforts to resolve the security crisis surrounding Ukraine, bringing a whirlwind week of European diplomacy to an ominous end and deflating hopes that negotiators could forge a path toward easing tensions in Eastern Europe. One senior Russian diplomat said that talks with the West were […]
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Putin’s Next Move on Ukraine Is a Mystery. Just the Way He Likes It.
GENEVA — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has spent months massing close to 100,000 troops near the Ukraine border. But Moscow says it has no intention of invading. What is Russia’s next move? No one knows, except perhaps Mr. Putin. And that is by design. The mystery surrounding the Russian leader’s intentions was thick […]
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A Russian Pledge of No Invasion? Ukrainians Are Skeptical.
KYIV, Ukraine — It sounded like a reassuring pronouncement: Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei A. Ryabkov, declaring after negotiations with the United States that, “we have no intention to invade Ukraine.” But skepticism ran deep on Tuesday inside Ukraine, where politicians were quick to discount the pledge Mr. Ryabkov made on Monday after meeting with […]
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In Talks on Ukraine, U.S. and Russia Deadlock Over NATO Expansion
GENEVA — The United States and Russia emerged from seven hours of urgent negotiations on Monday staking out seemingly irreconcilable positions on the future of the NATO alliance and the deployment of troops and weapons in Eastern Europe, keeping tensions high amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei A. Ryabkov, […]
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U.S.-Russia Talks Have Echoes of the Cold War
WASHINGTON — To the Biden administration, the direct talks that began in earnest on Monday in Geneva are about defusing the chances of a major war in Europe — potentially ignited by a Russian invasion of Ukraine — and upholding the principle that nations cannot redraw international borders by force. For President Vladimir V. Putin, […]
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