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their Visa cards and celebrating, others are wary of a potential U.S. deep-state trap.   <div class="readtime readtime--inline"> 3 Min read </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-4 col-12-sm-down"> <div class="row-flex"> <div class="col-12 col-6-sm-down"> <div class="article-excerpt-secondary" data-url="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/22/no-plans-for-trump-to-attend-victory-parade-kremlin-a88118" data-title="No Plans For Trump to Attend Victory Parade – Kremlin" > <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/22/no-plans-for-trump-to-attend-victory-parade-kremlin-a88118" class="article-excerpt-secondary__link" title="No Plans For Trump to Attend Victory Parade – Kremlin"> <h3 class="article-excerpt-secondary__title"> No Plans For Trump to Attend Victory Parade – Kremlin </h3> <div class="article-excerpt-secondary__teaser"> Following reports in French media that Trump would attend the parade on May 9, both the United States and Russia denied that plans were in place. 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But It Won’t Be Easy" > <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/21/tougher-sanctions-on-russia-are-possible-but-it-wont-be-easy-a88104" class="article-excerpt-secondary__link" title="Tougher Sanctions on Russia Are Possible. But It Won’t Be Easy"> <h3 class="article-excerpt-secondary__title"> Tougher Sanctions on Russia Are Possible. But It Won’t Be Easy </h3> <div class="article-excerpt-secondary__teaser"> <span class="label article-excerpt-secondary__label label--opinion article-excerpt-secondary__label--opinion"> opinion </span> There still exist economic levers that could pressure Russia to end the war. But even if the will exists, imposing sanctions won't be simple. </div> <div class="readtime"> 5 Min read </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-4 col-4-md col-4-sm"> <div class="article-excerpt-default article-excerpt-default--ukraine_war" data-url="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/22/trump-says-zelensky-and-putin-must-get-together-a88119" data-title="Trump Says Zelensky and Putin Must ‘Get Together’" > <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/22/trump-says-zelensky-and-putin-must-get-together-a88119" class="article-excerpt-default__link" title="Trump Says Zelensky and Putin Must ‘Get Together’"> <div class=" article-excerpt-default__image-wrapper"> <figure> <img src="https://static.themoscowtimes.com/image/article_640/dd/AFP__20250221__36YD3E2__v1__HighRes__UsPoliticsCommerceTrumpLutnick.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="article-excerpt-default__content"> <h3 class="article-excerpt-default__headline"> Trump Says Zelensky and Putin Must ‘Get Together’ </h3> <div class="article-excerpt-default__teaser">"President Putin and President Zelensky are going to have to get together. Because you know what? We want to stop killing millions of people," Trump told...</div> <div class="readtime"> 3 Min read </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-4 col-4-md col-4-sm"> <div class="article-excerpt-default article-excerpt-default--news" data-url="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/21/for-indigenous-families-in-russia-keeping-language-alive-is-an-impossible-task-a88097" data-title="For Indigenous Families in Russia, Keeping Language Alive Is an Impossible Task" > <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/21/for-indigenous-families-in-russia-keeping-language-alive-is-an-impossible-task-a88097" class="article-excerpt-default__link" title="For Indigenous Families in Russia, Keeping Language Alive Is an Impossible Task"> <div class=" article-excerpt-default__image-wrapper"> <figure> <img src="https://static.themoscowtimes.com/image/article_640/2b/6G5A6107osawew292.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="article-excerpt-default__content"> <span class="label article-excerpt-default__label label--indepth article-excerpt-default__label--indepth"> Feature </span> <h3 class="article-excerpt-default__headline"> For Indigenous Families in Russia, Keeping Language Alive Is an Impossible Task </h3> <div class="article-excerpt-default__teaser">In Russia's ethnic republics, erasure facilitated by Kremlin-dictated policy has many fearing for the future of their Indigenous languages.</div> <div class="readtime"> 5 Min read </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-4 col-4-md col-4-sm"> <div class="article-excerpt-default article-excerpt-default--news" data-url="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/21/trump-envoy-witkoff-says-he-met-with-putin-during-trip-to-russia-a88113" data-title="Trump Envoy Witkoff Says He Met With Putin During Trip to Russia" > <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/21/trump-envoy-witkoff-says-he-met-with-putin-during-trip-to-russia-a88113" class="article-excerpt-default__link" title="Trump Envoy Witkoff Says He Met With Putin During Trip to Russia"> <div class=" article-excerpt-default__image-wrapper"> <figure> <img src="https://static.themoscowtimes.com/image/article_640/56/54334316072_9a4710c5cd_o.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="article-excerpt-default__content"> <h3 class="article-excerpt-default__headline"> Trump Envoy Witkoff Says He Met With Putin During Trip to Russia </h3> <div class="article-excerpt-default__teaser">“I spent a lot of time with President Putin, talking, developing a friendship, a relationship with him,” Steve Witkoff said.</div> <div class="readtime"> 1 Min read </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-4 col-4-md col-4-sm"> <div class="article-excerpt-default article-excerpt-default--news" data-url="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/21/russian-playwright-begins-prison-sentence-for-justifying-terrorism-in-award-winning-play-a88116" data-title="Russian Playwright Begins Prison Sentence for ‘Justifying Terrorism’ in Award-Winning Play" > <a 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article-excerpt-default--news" data-url="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/21/russia-needs-rules-for-returning-western-companies-putin-says-a88115" data-title="Russia Needs Rules for Returning Western Companies, Putin Says" > <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/21/russia-needs-rules-for-returning-western-companies-putin-says-a88115" class="article-excerpt-default__link" title="Russia Needs Rules for Returning Western Companies, Putin Says"> <div class=" article-excerpt-default__image-wrapper"> <figure> <img src="https://static.themoscowtimes.com/image/article_640/e2/l8mkIGusNU1btDw1cqhBLBqhRIX7gfBQ.jpg" /> </figure> </div> <div class="article-excerpt-default__content"> <h3 class="article-excerpt-default__headline"> Russia Needs Rules for Returning Western Companies, Putin Says </h3> <div class="article-excerpt-default__teaser">Putin welcomed Western firms wanting to return to Russia, but called for regulators to create a framework that would advantage Russian companies.</div> <div class="readtime"> 2 Min read </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-4 col-4-md col-4-sm"> <div class="article-excerpt-default article-excerpt-default--ukraine_war" data-url="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/20/weve-been-abandoned-desperate-relatives-seek-loved-ones-in-kyiv-occupied-kursk-as-peace-talks-loom-a87922" data-title="‘We've Been Abandoned’: Desperate Relatives Seek Loved Ones in Kyiv-Occupied Kursk as Peace Talks Loom" > <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/20/weve-been-abandoned-desperate-relatives-seek-loved-ones-in-kyiv-occupied-kursk-as-peace-talks-loom-a87922" class="article-excerpt-default__link" title="‘We've Been Abandoned’: Desperate Relatives Seek Loved Ones in Kyiv-Occupied Kursk as Peace Talks Loom"> <div class=" article-excerpt-default__image-wrapper"> <figure> <img src="https://static.themoscowtimes.com/image/article_640/5f/AFP__20241022__36KD46E__v1__HighRes__RussiaUkraineConflictKursk.jpg" /> </figure> </div> 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