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POLITICSSep 18Trump to sign Russia sanctions bill today, source saysPresident Trump will sign the recently passed Russia sanctions bill Friday, a White House official tells CBS News. CBS News' Weijia Jiang has more on that and the rest of the news coming out of the White House.CBS News
POLITICSSep 18Do elections in Russia make a difference?Millions of people are choosing a new lower house of Parliament.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 18Trump likely to sign Russia Sanctions Bill today, says White House officialIndia and China are among the major purchasers of Russian crude, making their continued energy trade with Moscow a significant element of the debate surrounding the legislation.moneycontrol · india
POLITICSSep 18Macron orders France to prepare its critical infrastructure for drone and cyberattacks amid a growing ‘Russian hybrid threat’Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Russia holds first parliamentary election since war in Ukraine beganRussia is holding the country's first parliamentary elections since the war in Ukraine began. NBC News' Matt Bodner has details on the elections and what critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin had to say about the process.NBC News
POLITICSSep 18Seven men who could lead Russia after PutinAhead of a parliamentary election on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin's grip on power is as strong as ever. But when the time comes, here are some potential successors.Washington Post World
POLITICSSep 18‘There are no decent parties left’: Sham elections underscore Putin’s grip on RussiaAfter a clampdown on anti-war candidates, the choices for Russian voters are even more limited than usual in this weekend's parliamentary elections.Politico Europe
POLITICSSep 18Financial Times: EU proposal would unfreeze Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s assets and lift his travel ban while keeping him on the sanctions listIreland and the European External Action Service have proposed keeping Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov on the sanctions list while unfreezing his assets and allowing him to enter the European Union, European diplomats told the Financial Times.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Russia’s exiled opposition wants voters at polling stations at noon on the main day of the Duma elections. Its new video borrows from a 1971 American ad against the Vietnam War.Actor Nikita Kukushkin, who condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and left the country, has recorded a video supporting the “Noon for a Peaceful Russia” campaign, which Ilya Yashin and several other Russian opposition figures in exile are promoting. They are urging Russians to turn out at polling stations at noon on September 20 — the third and main day of voting in the State Duma elections — as a legal way to register their opposition to the war.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Russia’s Justice Ministry labels filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev a ‘foreign agent.’ At Cannes, where his new film took the Grand Prix, he had called on Putin to stop the war.Russia’s Justice Ministry has added film director Andrei Zvyagintsev to its register of “foreign agents.”Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Zelensky meets with Vučić to discuss European integration and Russian attacksUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed European integration and the situation regarding Russian attacks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 18Russia’s State Duma elections begin with record online turnout, a million votes in occupied Donetsk, and attempts to bribe observers.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Macron to call emergency G7 meeting as energy prices spike and Russian hybrid attacks mountPolitico Europe
POLITICSSep 18Russian man swims from Kaliningrad to Lithuania in failed asylum attemptA 68-year-old Russian man swam down the Nemunas River from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to neighbouring Lithuania to seek asylum, only to be returned to Russia.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 18Macron to convene G7 on energy, warning of 'Russian aggression'Emmanuel Macron is calling for a "protection plan" against "Russian hybrid attacks". According to the French president, "the nature of Russian aggression and threats in Europe is changing".EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 18Russian election officials in one region forgot to put two candidates on the ballot. Now the vote is postponed until 2027.Officials in Russia’s Kirov region have postponed a legislative election in single-mandate district No. 25 until 2027 after two registered candidates were left off the ballot.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Kremlin orders Russia businesses of Nestle, Auchan seized - AP NewsKremlin orders Russia businesses of Nestle, Auchan seized AP NewsAP News
POLITICSSep 18Russia, China veto UN resolution to monitor Iran sanctionsPremium Times
POLITICSSep 18Russia, China veto UN resolution to monitor Iran sanctionsThe resolution that would have authorised UN experts to continue monitoring sanctions reimposed on Iran last year over its nuclear program was shut down on Thursday, according to Reuters. The post Russia, China veto UN resolution to monitor Iran sanctions appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
POLITICSSep 18Trump wants Putin to end the war. He may first offer Russia trade dealsA new sanctions bill aims to pressure Putin to end the war in Ukraine. However, Trump is betting even harder on offering incentives to Russia.Clarín
POLITICSSep 18Russian elections: 'Even the facade of opposition has gone'Russians on Friday began three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance. France 24's Douglas Herbert takes a closer look.France 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 18Macron orders to reinforce the protection of critical infrastructures against Russian attacksThe French president warns that Moscow's hybrid aggressions have been increasing in the country and in Europe. And he assures that "they will not go unanswered."El País
POLITICSSep 18As Congress passes Russia sanctions, Trump weighs business deals with Moscow before the war endsThe Trump administration is weighing business deals with Russia even before the war in Ukraine ends, two sources close to the negotiations told The New York Times. One of the sources said such deals could show that the United States is serious about a “reset” in relations with Russia.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18EXCLUSIVE: Putin envoy and far-right AfD prepare talks to get Russian gas back for Germany, sources say - ReutersReuters World