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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/58603ca284d996f0Fiona Hill: Trump is terrified of Putin, I’ve seen it first hand
It could of course have been pure coincidence that when Vladimir Putin unveiled Russia’s first hypersonic missile to the world, he did so with a simulation of the weapon plummeting into an unnamed peninsula bearing an uncanny resemblance to Florida.
The similarity was not lost on Donald Trump whose face whitened as he watched on, presumably with visions of his beloved Mar-a-Lago resort reduced to an atomic wasteland, flashing before his eyes.
Standing next to him on that day in March 2018 was Fiona Hill, the president’s Russia tsar at the time.
“That got Trump’s attention,” she said. “Trump was like, ‘Why did he do that? Real countries don’t have to do that.’”
For Hill, a long-term Kremlin watcher who once sat so close to Putin at dinner she could smell the detergent used to launder his clothes, the episode revealed much about how Mr Trump views the Russian leader. “He is deferential towards Putin because he really is worried about the risk of a nuclear exchange,” she said.
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As a member of Mr Trump’s security council from 2017 to 2019 , she said the president made it “very clear” that Ukraine “must be part of Russia”. “He really could not get his head around the idea that Ukraine was an independent state,” she told a New York Times journalist.
But what has changed since Mr Trump was last in office, she said, is that he has surrounded himself with “sycophants and courtiers”, with no one pushing back against his more outlandish ideas.
During his first term, she said, “he was a little bit deferential here and there to various people. But now he’s so convinced [in his own abilities] that he doesn’t pay attention to anyone”.
Underpinning Mr Trump’s soft approach to Moscow, she believes, is his personal idolisation of Putin, and their joint belief in “spheres of influence” and “might makes right”. “Trump is enthralled by Putin, and as a result becomes in thrall to him,” she said.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/58603ca284d996f0Fiona Hill: Trump is terrified of Putin, I’ve seen it first hand
It could of course have been pure coincidence that when Vladimir Putin unveiled Russia’s first hypersonic missile to the world, he did so with a simulation of the weapon plummeting into an unnamed peninsula bearing an uncanny resemblance to Florida.
The similarity was not lost on Donald Trump whose face whitened as he watched on, presumably with visions of his beloved Mar-a-Lago resort reduced to an atomic wasteland, flashing before his eyes.
Standing next to him on that day in March 2018 was Fiona Hill, the president’s Russia tsar at the time.
“That got Trump’s attention,” she said. “Trump was like, ‘Why did he do that? Real countries don’t have to do that.’”
For Hill, a long-term Kremlin watcher who once sat so close to Putin at dinner she could smell the detergent used to launder his clothes, the episode revealed much about how Mr Trump views the Russian leader. “He is deferential towards Putin because he really is worried about the risk of a nuclear exchange,” she said.
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As a member of Mr Trump’s security council from 2017 to 2019 , she said the president made it “very clear” that Ukraine “must be part of Russia”. “He really could not get his head around the idea that Ukraine was an independent state,” she told a New York Times journalist.
But what has changed since Mr Trump was last in office, she said, is that he has surrounded himself with “sycophants and courtiers”, with no one pushing back against his more outlandish ideas.
During his first term, she said, “he was a little bit deferential here and there to various people. But now he’s so convinced [in his own abilities] that he doesn’t pay attention to anyone”.
Underpinning Mr Trump’s soft approach to Moscow, she believes, is his personal idolisation of Putin, and their joint belief in “spheres of influence” and “might makes right”. “Trump is enthralled by Putin, and as a result becomes in thrall to him,” she said.
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Surprised, he is.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1926765293390499952
Trump gets played by Putin again
Having a tantrum probably won't help Trump this time either
https://unn.ua/en/news/restrictions-...en-lifted-merzRestrictions on the range of Western weapons for strikes on Russia have been lifted - Merz
Friedrich Merz announced the lifting of restrictions on the range of strikes by Western weapons on Russian territory. Ukraine can attack military positions in Russia for self-defense.
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According to tagesschau, Merz clarified on Monday at the WDR Europaforum: "There are no longer any range restrictions on weapons that have been delivered to Ukraine, neither by the British nor the French, nor by us, nor by the Americans."
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Bro, you are weird as . Why are you such a cheerleader for this war to continue?Sumy Liberation has begun
I love nazis and neonazis getting ovliterated.
Cant help it ma jiga
Cheers
The lady stweardess was so ing scared
That little tiny is one sxary mother er
Its like the Anabelle doll
The lady stweardess was so ing scared
That little tiny is one sxary mother er
Its like the Anabelle doll
"bloody ripped shoulder"
Why are you posting this in the Ukraine forum?
Regardless, it clearly didn't look like they were just joking around.
Are people still giving a a about this pointless war?
You being a smug dimwit isn't other posters' problem tbh
lol being irked by other people caring about things
Oh look, comfortable Darrin lashing out from his safe space.
Lets GO!!!!!
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-oil-...xports-2077467Putin's War Taxes Are Crippling Russia's Oil Industry
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In 2023, Russian oil producers faced big tax increases to replace lost revenues resulting from Western sanctions imposed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The sanctions included a G7 and EU-led measure to impose a $60 price cap on seaborne oil, although Moscow has created a "shadow fleet" that has cir vented this move.
The Kremlin's shift saw a move away from taxes on oil linked to the market rate of Urals blend toward an indicator pegged to Brent, the international crude benchmark.
But Rubtsov, director of the oil and gas department in Russia's Ministry of Energy, has sounded the alarm over the tax burden faced by his country's oil industry.
He told an industry conference in Moscow the taxation makes oil production unprofitable and that if prices continued to fall, low production efficiency will deter long-term investment and lead to a stagnation in production.
He said maintaining Russia's oil production at 540 million tons per year until 2050 will require doubling investment in the sector.
In the face of rising costs, "it is necessary to reduce the tax burden," said Rubtsov, according to state news agencies.
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https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/...creases-a89240Putin Acknowledges Russia’s Potato Shortage Amid Record Price Increases
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“Yesterday [Monday], I met with representatives from various business sectors, including agriculture. It turns out that we don’t have enough potatoes,” Putin said during a televised meeting. “I spoke with [Belarusian President] Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko. He said, ‘We’ve already sold everything to Russia’.”
The previous day, Lukashenko’s press office joked that Belarus had already planted additional potatoes.
Belarusians have reportedly been complaining for months about the poor quality and limited supply of potatoes in stores. In April, authorities in Minsk allowed for price hikes on potatoes, cabbage and onions. By early May, Lukashenko admitted that potato shortages were becoming a problem.
Meanwhile in Russia, potato prices have soared. According to state statistics agency Rosstat, retail prices rose 92% last year. By May 2025, year-over-year prices had climbed by 166.5% — making potatoes the fastest-rising food item in the country and setting a record for the highest annual increase since the start of recorded statistics in 2002.
Russia has also become the world’s most expensive market for wholesale potatoes. According to the agricultural analytics firm AB-Center, wholesale prices jumped 285.5% year-over-year by early April, rising from 11.4 rubles ($0.14) to 42.4 rubles ($0.53) per kilogram (excluding VAT).
By comparison, the global average stands at about 17 euro cents (roughly 15.5 rubles) per kilogram.
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