Frederik Pleitgen

Russia is “resistant to any kind of pressure,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov tells me shortly after European leaders in Kyiv called for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine.   “Europe is actually confronting us very openly,” Peskov said. “We feel it, we know it, https://t.co/WFE0y4OpLT

Russian Senator Konstantin Kosachev seemingly not to fazed by President Trump‘s @POTUS demand for 30-day cease in Ukraine. Spoke earlier on Red Square. @CNN @cnni “He is most welcome to do whatever he can do but we have our basic interests in this crisis and we will not give up https://t.co/PKmTejok7V

RT @kadmitriev: Very perceptive. As an investor, my focus is on economic and investment cooperation. I believe in restoring U.S.-Russia rel…

RT @MarquardtA: Dmitriev's relationship with Steve Witkoff has been key for Moscow-Washington talks but here he repeatedly defers to the "d…

Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev @kadmitriev tells me on the sidelines of the Vladimir Putin - Xi Jinping meeting he is still hopeful about U.S. - Russia negotiations on the Ukraine conflict and that Russia could help sooth over U.S. - China trade issues. “I think it is https://t.co/NYHWLDpkhG

RT @MarquardtA: Kremlin responds to Vance: "We want our national interests to be observed and we want the initial reasons for the special o…

“We want our national interests to be observed and we want the initial reasons for the special operation to be tackled. What is important is to take care of those initial reasons of the special operation because they are strictly interconnected with our concerns of security.” https://t.co/XgUjTrJBdG

RT @cnnipr: Germany’s Friedrich Merz is scrambling to secure his ascension to chancellor, after failing to win over enough lawmakers in an…

Amazing! Well deserved, my friend! 🙏💪

Bojan Pancevski @bopanc

Nice to be finalists for the @PulitzerPrizes in International Reporting with @WSJ crack team of colleagues https://t.co/JXmZRXRHTt

“Germany must strengthen its own security and, at the same time, develop a strategy for greater European independence and leadership.” Says @KenWeinstein to @Welt and calls for incoming Chancellor @_FriedrichMerz to accept the 5 percent defense spending demand of @POTUS

RT @MFeldenkirchen: Am Osterwochenende geht es im #Apofika-Presseklub um die ganz großen Fragen von Krieg und Frieden. Welche Strategien ve…

RT @ronzheimer: Neue Podcast-Folge: Analyse mit @fpleitgenCNN über Trumps Verhandlungs-Taktik in Sachen Ukraine-Krieg (wenn es denn überhau…

The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund @kadmitriev is in DC speaking to the Trump administration on behalf of Vladimir Putin. Important interview by @Phil_Mattingly on @TheLeadCNN @CNN @cnni Dmitriev says US companies are looking to come back to Russia. https://t.co/l29Irub972

RT @derpapadopoulos: Ein Duo dass ich mir immer gerne anhöre. @ronzheimer und @fpleitgenCNN analysieren hervorragend und geben einen guten…

Thorough interview with Russian nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin @AGDugin by Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria - Dugin says Trumpism and Putinism have much in common, moving the U.S. closer to Russia ideologically and politically. Both against “Liberal Globalism.” Also talks https://t.co/tXLtwuFfXC

Just messaged with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on the Black Sea Grain deal and the moratorium on hitting energy infrastructure: “It’s important to remember that actually last time we attempted to implement Black sea deal. We fulfilled all the obligations, but obligations