After attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2015, Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, reported back to Epstein that he’d met with several Russian officials, including Lavrov; the head of Russia’s central bank, Elvira Nabiullina; and several other heads of Russian banks.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin reneged on his deal with President Trump to briefly pause the war in Ukraine, killing at least five and injuring more than a dozen in strikes across the battered country overnight into Saturday.

By Max Hunder KYIV, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy voiced hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talks in Geneva next week would be substantive, but he said Ukraine was being asked "too often" to make concessions.

Another round of U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Russia and Ukraine will take place next week in Geneva, days ahead of the fourth anniversary of the all-out Russian invasion of its neighbor, officials in Moscow and Kyiv said on Friday.

Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for the second time in less than four months for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Confusion reigned about whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine after President Donald Trump said he asked him to stop.

U.S. Secretary of State ⁠Marco ⁠Rubio on Sunday called "troubling" ⁠a report by five European allies blaming Russia for ​killing late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs,