Despite all the promises of concessions by the United States, Vladimir Putin in negotiations with the United States continues to insist on his maximum program-to transfer to Moscow uncontrolled, but formally adopted in Russia, the territories of the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson region, writes Bloomberg. On this, negotiations came to a dead end, and only Putin’s personal meeting with Donald Trump can allow him, sources of the publication say.

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Putin continues to demand that the Kremlin, as part of any agreement on the end of the war, receive full control over the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions of Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg by three sources in Moscow, familiar with the situation. Russian troops still hold only part of these territories.

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The consortium of Forbidden Stories journalists, together with the publications of “important stories” (recognized as an “foreigner” and an unwanted organization) and The Washington Post , investigated the death of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchina. It was included in the exchange list and was supposed to return to Ukraine alive in September 2024. Instead, in February 2025, Russia returned to Ukraine its body with multiple traces of torture.

The exact reason for the unprecedented complete disconnection of electricity in Spain and Portugal has not yet been established, but the picture is clarified. Bloomberg publishes the main thing with the press conference of the electric grid operator of the country Red Electrica. The processes were measured literally seconds. Shortly after 12:33 local time, on Monday, the entire southwestern energy networks disconnected-with Malaya and Seville.

The coal industry is more and more imminent in the crisis - by the end of 2025, the debts of coal companies can grow by a quarter and reach 1.5 trillion rubles. Of the 30 enterprises at risk, ten were already stopped by prey, five turned for state support. RBC spoke about proposals for the salvation of coal miners, which were discussed at a meeting with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.

The Ministry of Finance prepared, and the government commission has already approved the bill on evaluating the activities of legal entities by the Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service), writes RBC. It is assumed that a legal entity itself will be able to order a business itself, and a third -party organization will be able to receive, if it has the right to this by law.

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