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RT @FT: Video shows Donald Trump Jr. on a hunting expedition in the Mongolian wilderness. But the video doesn't show one of his more unusual hunting companions: Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

RT @FT: Zelenskyy opens door to security guarantees for Russia

RT @DCTwining: A European diplomat expressed deep scepticism that economic deals were sufficient to persuade Putin to end the war in Ukraine. “It’s not about money,” they said. “It’s about humiliation and control.” 🎯

RT @FT: The Trump sons’ global network: money, influence and the family business

RT @FT: Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Wednesday October 28

RT @FT: The combined shipments of about 140,000 tonnes are the first licensed by US authorities under Donald Trump’s recent deal with Vladimir Putin to exempt Russian diesel from sanctions

RT @FT: The remote rendezvous in August highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a businessman with ties to the Kremlin.

RT @MrKevinRothrock: Putin spent most of a 90-minute call today lecturing the leaders of Finland and Norway on medieval Slavic history rather than discussing a peace deal in Ukraine, three people familiar with the conversation told the FT.

The @FT has obtained the lengthy list of “Business Deals” the US and Russia are discussing.

The current discussions build on proposals Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner discussed with Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s special economic envoy, during talks over a Ukraine peace plan late last year. Dmitriev estimated the potential projects’ value at $14bn in February. That push ultimately stalled shortly afterwards, as Ukraine resisted Russian demands to make territorial concessions as a precondition for talks. “Dmitriev’s plan was waiting until the war froze, but the clock is ticking and war is not stopping, so they have made a decision to move forward now,” one person briefed on the business deals said.

My understanding from Ukrainian authorities and those involved, as of now, is that there will likely be no direct evacuation of Oleshky residents from the east bank to the west bank of the Dnipro — which is to say from occupied territory directly to Ukrainian-controlled Kherson.

People who agreed to leave Oleshky would be taken to Crimea or Russia before they were able to return to Ukraine, people with knowledge of the discussions told the @FT. via @fabrice_deprez Russia and Ukraine begin local ceasefire in frontline city

RT @ak_mack: New: The US and Russia are discussing bringing American oil majors back to Russia, reviving energy exports to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline and a host of other business deals as Washington seeks to entice Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

RT @FT: Breaking news: The US and Russia are discussing a potential return by American companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine

RT @maxseddon: Also on the agenda: – access for US airlines to Russian airspace for transit and overflights, which would reduce fuel costs – US companies restart co-operation with Russia on producing and supplying titanium, a crucial component in civilian aircraft

RT @maxseddon: NEW: We got the list of “Business Deals” the US and Russia are discussing. They include a potential return by US companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Putin’s war, including JVs in Sakhalin and restoring the Druzhba pipeline:

New @FT: The US and Russia are discussing a potential return by American companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. w/ @ak_mack @maxseddon @HenryJFoy

The White House and the Kremlin have suggested that after the war ends a joint venture involving US and Russian oil majors could be resumed off the coast of Sakhalin, an island in the Far East, according to people familiar with the matter.  They were also talking about involving the American majors in a plan to resume sales of Russian oil to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline, they added. @FT

RT @maxseddon: NEW: Vladimir Putin spent most of his call with the leaders of Finland and Norway ranting about Slavic history, underscoring Europe's tough task backing Ukraine in peace talks. The planned 20-minute call dragged on for 90. A ceasefire barely came up:

Vladimir Putin used most of his call with the leaders of Finland and Norway to lecture them about medieval Slavic history, underscoring the difficulties Europe faces in asserting itself in upcoming peace talks with Russia. w/ @maxseddon @HenryJFoy @FT

It’s here! U.S. publication day for THE WAR CAME TO US: LIFE AND DEATH IN UKRAINE! Huge gratitude to @BloomsburyBooks @BloomsburyPub for believing in it from the start, and to the many Ukrainians who shared their stories over the years. Get your copy in bookstores across America!