According to media reports, Zelensky may also join them Photo: Nathan Howard / EPA US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet on Friday, August 15, in Alaska. This was reported by the American leader in his social network Truth Social. “The long -awaited meeting between me, the President of the United States, and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place on the next Friday, August 15, 2025, in Alaska. Details will be published later.

What can Trump and Putin agree on a personal meeting? Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the APEC summit in Danance, Vietnam, November 11, 2017. Photo: Jorge Silva / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta By August 8, when the US ultimatum expires, Russia has not ceased fire in Ukraine. Apparently, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are preparing for a personal meeting, probably next week. The exact date is in question, however, the media are already discussing possible transaction options.

Denis Shapiro Alaudinova, a member of the Law Chamber of the Chechen Republic and the defender of the Akhmat, commander Alaudinov, pleaded his guilt and petitioned for the conclusion of a pre -trial cooperation agreement. This was reported by Kommersant. In his testimony, Shapiro spoke about the facts of alleged corruption by federal security forces and judges, the publication said.

Photo: Evgenia Novozhenina / Pool / EPA Since the beginning of the Russian war with Ukraine, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and 29 of his close relatives received in total 146 different awards and insignia, calculated the Village publication. The head of the region himself was most awarded. From 2022 to 2025 he was awarded 31 medal, that is, he was awarded on average every 40 days, noted “layout”.

Vladimir Kara-Murza holds up his expired Russian passport at a press conference in Bonn, Germany, following his release in a prisoner swap, 2 August 2024. Photo: EPA / CHRISTOPHER NEUNDORF Exiled Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has accused the Kremlin of reviving the Soviet-era practice of stripping dissidents of their Russian citizenship after the Russian Embassy in Washington rejected his application for a new passport.

Photo: telegram channel of the Signal festival The Signal Electronic Music Festival, which the authorities of the Kaluga region wanted to cancel due to the threat of drone attacks, were transferred from Nikola-Lenivts to Moscow. This was reported by the organizers of the event. According to them, in recent months they conducted a dialogue with the Kaluga authorities and fulfilled their requirements for the festival.

Ukrainian men stuck in limbo on the Russian-Georgian border. Photo: RFE/RL A group of Ukrainians who have been stuck in legal limbo on the Russian-Georgian border for over two months have ended a hunger strike they began on Wednesday following a visit from a Ukrainian diplomat, one of the stranded men told Novaya Gazeta Europe on Friday.

Photo: social networks Former prisoners, stuck in the basement of the buffer zone at the Russian-Georgian border point of the Upper Lars, announced the cessation of a hunger strike after the visit of the consul. One of the Ukrainians spoke about this to Novaya Gazeta Europe. According to him, the consul provided them with a mechanism of further action and promised on Monday, August 11, to submit a specific work plan of leaving the buffer zone.

Ukrainian clubs cannot yet achieve such payments The Russian Premier League (RPL) clubs since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine have received 10.8 million euros from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in the framework of “joint payments” for removal from European competitions. About this writes the British newspaper The Guardian.

Makhachkala and other cities of the republic are constantly without electricity. In response to protests - only promises Illustration: Rinalu In Dagestan, mass disconnects of electricity regularly occur. This affects dozens, and sometimes hundreds of thousands of people. Increasingly, such shutdowns cause a wave of indignation, complaints and protests. Local telegram channels publish complaints from different areas daily.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (L) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) attend a meeting of CIS heads of state in Moscow, 8 October 2024. Photo: EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia are expected to meet in Washington on Friday to sign a US-brokered peace agreement, potentially bringing an end to decades of conflict between the two countries, US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday.

New research shows drones have given Zelensky additional bargaining power with Putin Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fly a Ukraine-made multi-purpose drone near Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 15 February 2024. Photo: EPA/KATERYNA KLOCHKO US President Donald Trump appears to be making another attempt to organise a three-way summit with Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to end the Russian invasion.

A march in London demanding the release of Ukrainian children Russia has abducted, 1 June 2025. Photo: EPA/ANDY RAIN The Russian-installed authorities in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region have created a publicly-accessible catalogue of orphaned Ukrainian children available for adoption, a major Ukrainian children’s welfare charity reported on Wednesday.

For the first time since 2022, direct flights fly to Gelendzhik, but nine more airports in the south and in the center of Russia are closed. How do they survive in the fourth year of the war? Aeroflot aircraft lands at Golenjik Airport, Krasnodar Territory, July 18, 2025. Photo: Vitaly Timkiv / satellite / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta At the end of July, flights were resumed at Gelendzhik Airport, which was closed since 2022.

Photo: social networks In the summer of 2025, in Russia, for the first time in the last 12 years, the traffic SMS messages grew, the main reason is the frequent disconnecting of mobile Internet. This was reported by Izvestia with reference to market participants. According to the publication, in June-July 2025, the traffic SMS messages increased by 12-15% compared to the beginning of the year. We are talking about both service messages and personal correspondence.