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20250814             Donnerstag, 14. August 2025
20250814             TUNIS, August 14. /TASS/.
20250814             Hamas has said that it is ready to withdraw its forces from the Gaza Strip if Israel pulls out its troops to agreed places, the Al Arabiya television channel reported, citing its sources.
20250814             According to the sources, the Hamas delegation in Cairo has handed over its proposals on a potential Gaza ceasefire deal to the Egyptian mediators".
20250814             Hamas expressed readiness to withdraw its forces in exchange for Israel’s pulling out its troops to agreed localities and reiterated its commitment to preserving the lives of hostages," the sources said, adding that Hamas "demanded a written agreement with Israel" that will provide for international guarantees that Israel would drop its Gaza occupation plans and would not resume hostilities.
20250814             The sources also said that Egypt is working on a roadmap for a comprehensive agreement on Gaza to be implemented by late August.
20250814             Egypt’s Al-Qahera al-Ekhbariya television channel reported on Wednesday, citing a source, that the Hamas delegation met in Cairo with Egypt’s intelligence chief Hassan Rashind to signal its intention to resume the ceasefire talks as soon as possible.
20250814             According to the source, the consultations in Cairo are focusing on ways for reaching a 60-day ceasefire agreement.
english.alarabiya.net/
tass.com/world/2001977
20250814             MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/.
20250814             The denazification of Ukraine is still a pressing topic, Ukraine’s former Prime Minister (2010-2014) Nikolay Azarov told TASS.
20250814             According to Azarov, no one has ever done anything on this track in Ukraine.
20250814             "It is carried out by way of an accomplished fact on the battlefield.
20250814             The Azov battalion (outlawed in Russia as a terrorist association) was eliminated - that’s about all that has been done on the denazification track.
20250814             Of course, this is a pressing topic," he said.
20250814             Moscow has repeatedly stressed that it will end its special military operation in Ukraine when all of its goals are attained.
20250814             According to Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, these goals can be achieved either as an outcome of the special military operation or a result of relevant talks.
20250814             At a high-level meeting with Russian foreign ministry officials in mid-June 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined Moscow's preconditions for resolving the conflict.
20250814             These included Ukraine withdrawing its forces from Donbass and Novorossia, abandoning aspirations to join NATO, and committing to a non-bloc, non-nuclear status.
tass.com/world/2001997
20250814             ANCHORAGE /Alaska/, August 14. /TASS/.
20250814             Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States will meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15.
20250814             This will be the first offline meeting between the two countries’ leaders since June 2021, when Putin met with US President Joe Biden in Geneva.
20250814             Putin will be the first-ever Russian leader to visit Alaska, which was sold to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million.
20250814             This summit will also be Putin’s first meeting with Trump after the latter returned to the White House in January 2025.
20250814             During Trump’s first presidential term, they met in person six times, with the last one being on June 28, 2019 on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit in Japan’s Osaka.
20250814             Putin’s last trip to the United States took place in 2015 when he attended UN events in New York.
20250814             According to the US media, the summit will be held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a combined US Air Force and Army installation in Anchorage, Alaska.
20250814             The sides are expected to discuss options for a lasting settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, as well as issues of bilateral relations.
20250814             The sides agreed to organize a meeting between the leaders after US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit to Moscow on August 6, when he was received by the Russian president.
20250814             On August 8, the deadline for a Ukraine peace deal set by the US leader, Trump said that he hoped to meet with Putin in Alaska in a week.
20250814             The date and venue were later confirmed by Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov, who said that the Russian and US presidents will focus on discussing options for reaching a lasting settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.
20250814             The Kremlin, in his words, expects that the two leaders will meet in Russia’s territory after their talks in Alaska.
20250814             On August 11, White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Washington did not rule out Trump’s potential visit to Russia some time in the future.
20250814             The sides’ positions
20250814             Ahead of the summit, Trump said that he hopes for a constructive meeting with his Russian counterpart and announced his intention to try to persuade Putin to end the conflict in Ukraine.
20250814             However, he said that the upcoming summit cannot be called the last chance to reach an agreement on Ukraine.
20250814             In his words, Russia and Ukraine may sign agreements within months, including on land swaps.
20250814             According to the White House spokesperson, Trump wants to better understand Russia’s position on the Ukrainian settlement.
20250814             Meanwhile, the US leader has warned that if he sees no progress on Ukraine at the summit, he will abandon his diplomatic efforts.
20250814             Washington’s further steps in respect to Moscow, according to Trump, will depend on Putin.
20250814             On August 13, he warned that if no agreement on a peaceful settlement in Ukraine are reached in Alaska, Russia will face serious consequences.
20250814             He did not say however which ones.
20250814             The US administration did not rule out that 100% tariffs could be levied on Moscow and its trade partners.
20250814             At the same time, Leavitt noted that Trump is interested in discussing normalization between Russia and the US.
20250814             At a high-level meeting with Russian foreign ministry officials in mid-June 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined Moscow's preconditions for resolving the conflict.
20250814             These included Ukraine withdrawing its forces from Donbass and Novorossia, abandoning aspirations to join NATO, and committing to a non-bloc, non-nuclear status.
20250814             Moscow also demanded the removal of all Western-imposed sanctions.
20250814             Without Ukraine
20250814             Vladimir Zelensky was not invited to the Alaska talks.
20250814             Trump admitted that he did not even looked at such an option.
20250814             He expressed concern over Zelensky’s statements regarding territorial issues.
20250814             However, the US leader said on August 13 that in case the summit in Alaska is successful, he will be hoping for a trilateral meeting involving Russia and Ukraine.
20250814             According to the CBS television channel, US administration officials are choosing a potential venue for such a meeting, which can allegedly be held already next week.
20250814             Symbolic place
20250814             The choice of the venue for the Russia-US summit has a great significance, including symbolically.
20250814             As Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov noted, Russia and the United States are close neighbors and the choice of Alaska is quite logical.
20250814             The Russian delegation will only have to fly across the 86-kilometer wide Bering Strait to reach Alaska.
20250814             Alaska was discovered by Russian explorers Mikhail Gvozdev and Ivan Fyodorov in 1732.
20250814             The first settlement of Russian America, Three Saints Bay, was founded in 1784 by an expedition of merchant Grigory Shelikhov from Irkutsk.
20250814             In 1799-1867, Alaska was governed by the Russian-American Company.
20250814             The administrative center of Russian holdings in North America totaling around 1.5 million square kilometers in area was located in Novoarkhangelsk (now Sitka).
20250814             Russian America’s borders were fixed by the treaties with the United States (1824) and the British Empire (1825).
20250814             During World War II, land-lease aircraft were flown from the United States to the Soviet Union along the Alsib (Alaska-Siberia) air route, or the Northern Trace.
20250814             Soviet pilots were trained to pilot US-made aircraft in Alaska.
20250814             As many as 205 people died while piloting aircraft along the Alsib route during WWII.
20250814             Nine Soviet pilots were buried at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery at the above-mentioned base.
20250814             The Land-Lease Monument, a memorial honoring Soviet and American pilots, was erected in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 2006.
tass.com/world/2001989
20250814             Korruptionsvorwürfe: Gewalt bei landesweiten Protesten gegen serbische Regierung
202508140044 Ausland  
www.spiegel.de/ausland/serbien-gewalt-bei-landesweiten-protesten-gegen-serbische-regierung-a-96496dcf-001e-4158-bb83-0fb98d0d3845
20250814             Bedrohte Arbeitsplätze: Brasilien kämpft mit Milliardenpaket gegen Trumps Zölle
202508140200 Ausland
www.spiegel.de/ausland/brasilien-kaempft-mit-milliardenpaket-gegen-trumps-zoelle-a-fbffb568-def8-4e6a-abce-a820312138ad
20250814             Maßnahme von Vorgänger Biden: Trump hebt Erlass zur Stärkung von Wettbewerb und Verbraucherschutz auf
202508140424 Ausland
www.spiegel.de/ausland/donald-trump-hebt-erlass-zur-staerkung-von-wettbewerb-und-verbraucherschutz-auf-a-52ea9cbd-e7c9-4391-97fd-0c60039a1767
20250814             Gipfel in Alaska: Putin geht es um mehr als die Ukraine
VON—CHRISTINA—HEBEL
202508140547 Ausland
20250814             Ausbau im Westjordanland: Israels Finanzminister Smotrich will Tausende neue Siedlerhäuser genehmigen
202508140727 Ausland •
www.spiegel.de/ausland/israel-finanzminister-bezalel-smotrich-will-tausende-neue-siedlerhaeuser-genehmigen-a-fb7e1028-0700-4074-8194-70a6d9b707e4
20250814             Überstunden, Unterkünfte, Verpflegung: Deutsche Grenzkontrollen kosten mehr als 80 Millionen Euro
202508140814 Politik
www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bundesregierung-grenzkontrollen-kosten-ueber-80-millionen-euro-a-accf864f-3dff-40a1-944a-4ce52088ef7a
20250814             Mehr als 124.000 Dollar: Bitcoin erreicht Rekordhoch
202508140823 Wirtschaft •
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/bitcoin-kryptowaehrung-erreicht-rekordhoch-von-mehr-als-124-000-dollar-a-d9121f64-3745-4d7c-bba0-b8204e36a781
20250814             Vor Trump-Putin-Gipfel in Alaska: Starmer trifft Selenskyj in London
202508140932 Ausland
www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukraine-keir-starmer-trifft-wolodymyr-selenskyj-in-london-vor-gipfel-zwischen-donald-trump-und-wladimir-putin-a-a4d353a6-931a-4040-bc44-e94328d7256f
20250814             Trump und KI: Willkommen im Zeitalter der digitalen Willkür Von René Pfister
20250814             René Pfister
202508140934 Ausland
20250814             Zentralbankchef Jerome Powell: Dieser spröde Mann muss die US-Wirtschaft vor Donald Trump retten
VON—TIM—BARTZ
202508140935 Wirtschaft
20250814             Gemächliche Verarbeitung im Gehirn: Warum können wir eigentlich nur an eine Sache zur selben Zeit denken?
VON—MARTIN—SCHLAK
202508141010 Wissenschaft •
20250814             Gezieltes Informationsangebot: Finanzverwaltung in NRW gibt Influencern Steuertipps
202508141035 Wirtschaft •
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/service/influencer-finanzverwaltung-in-nrw-gibt-tipps-um-steuerhinterziehung-zu-vermeiden-a-8530dea6-1dd4-4ca6-845c-272738813de4
20250814             US-Wissenschaftler über historische Hitzewelle: »Die Welt wird heißer, die Gesellschaft kälter.
20250814             Keine guten Aussichten«
VON—KATJA—IKEN
202508141035 Geschichte •
20250814             Dramatische Bestandsrückgänge: Klimawandel bedroht Rentierpopulation weltweit
202508141103 Wissenschaft
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/klimawandel-bedroht-rentierpopulation-weltweit-a-d551bd06-8861-43fc-8f63-d399b36c89a2
20250814             Ohne sichtbare Apps: Telekom bringt KI-Phone auf den Markt
202508141138 Netzwelt
www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gadgets/telekom-bringt-ki-phone-heraus-ohne-sichtbare-apps-a-207efce3-a156-4bf7-a732-2e13c3e39ffc
20250814             Gefahr für Igel: Halle erlässt nächtliches Fahrverbot für Mähroboter
202508141151 Panorama
www.spiegel.de/panorama/halle-saale-naechtliches-fahrverbot-fuer-maehroboter-gefahr-fuer-igel-a-629027a5-50c1-48e9-b312-f7c61681e821
20250814             Geplanter Uno-Vertrag: Last-minute-Entwurf zu Plastikmüll sorgt für Bestürzung
202508141156 Wissenschaft  
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/plastikmuell-abkommen-der-uno-keine-einigung-auf-vertrag-in-sicht-a-10708182-e647-4148-8431-cf06f366b27b
20250814             Angeblich wieder auf Nvidia gewechselt: Chinesische KI-Firma DeepSeek hat offenbar Probleme mit Huawei-Chips
202508141201 Netzwelt •
www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/china-ki-firma-deepseek-kaempft-offenbar-mit-huawei-chips-und-muss-zu-nvidia-wechseln-a-25aa30ce-7496-4498-a14d-64043dd6b9d5
20250814             Plus von 0,1 Prozent: Wirtschaft in der Eurozone wächst kaum noch
202508141206 Wirtschaft •
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/konjunktur-wirtschaft-in-der-eurozone-waechst-kaum-noch-a-a9fdd9f0-c230-462f-a109-28ec7377eaa3
20250814             Deutschland und der Gazakrieg: Ampel genehmigte wohl noch kurz vor Koalitionsbruch Panzerabwehrwaffen für Israel
202508141243 Politik
www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/israel-gaza-krieg-ampel-genehmigte-offenbar-noch-kurz-vor-bruch-panzerabwehrwaffen-a-11a5d583-0c57-4c55-8b55-058c3f742fe4
20250814             US-Vizepräsident im Großbritannien-Urlaub: JD Vance ist hier nicht willkommen
VON—JANITA—HÄMÄLÄINEN
202508141249 Ausland
20250814             Trumps Angriff auf die Smithsonian-Museen: »Das ist keine demokratische Kultur mehr, sondern ein autoritäres Regime«
VON—EVELIN—RUHNOW
202508141415 Kultur  
20250814             Verstöße gegen die Menschenwürde und das Demokratieprinzip: So begründet der Verfassungsschutzchef die Einstufung der Brandenburger AfD als gesichert rechtsextrem
202508141419 Panorama
www.spiegel.de/panorama/afd-in-brandenburg-so-begruendet-der-verfassungsschutzchef-die-einstufung-als-gesichert-rechtsextrem-a-96d24bfc-45cc-4657-9186-d30bcd5f0877
20250814             Einen Tag vor Gipfel in Alaska: Russland und Ukraine tauschen Kriegsgefangene aus
202508141545 Ausland
www.spiegel.de/ausland/russland-ukraine-krieg-wolodymyr-selenskyj-berichtet-von-gefangenenaustausch-a-76e86732-bed5-4ee7-b116-7ef7a160fa31
20250814             Australische Studie: Vögel wechseln ihr Geschlecht wohl häufiger als angenommen
202508141550 Wissenschaft •
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/voegel-wechseln-ihr-geschlecht-laut-studie-haeufiger-als-angenommen-a-3d3a3625-b498-472a-a00d-3a9fcff2ed4a
20250814             US-Wirtschaft unter Trump: Erzeugerpreise für Dienstleistungen steigen so stark wie seit drei Jahren nicht mehr
202508141607 Wirtschaft
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/usa-erzeugerpreise-fuer-dienstleistungen-steigen-so-stark-wie-seit-2022-nicht-mehr-a-f6b89b44-561c-4230-bf9e-4cac1d9a0839
20250814             Politik, Zinsen – und jede Menge Risiko: Wie Trumps kryptofreundliche Reformen den Bitcoin pushen
VON—UDO—TRICHTL
202508141657 Wirtschaft  
20250814             Inmitten der Hurrikansaison: Trumps katastrophale Kürzungen bei der Schutzbehörde FEMA
VON—LUANA—PARTIMO
202508141659 Ausland
20250814             Telefonat mit Norwegens Finanzminister: Trump erkundigte sich bei Stoltenberg angeblich über Nobelpreis
202508141704 Ausland
www.spiegel.de/ausland/donald-trump-erkundigte-sich-bei-jens-stoltenberg-angeblich-ueber-nobelpreis-a-3164a10f-3c37-469c-a66c-97187d7c4880
20250814             Die Lage am Abend: Europa schwitzt, der Wirtschaftsmotor kühlt ab Von Wolfgang Höbel
20250814             Wolfgang Höbel
202508141736 Politik
www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/news-des-tages-wirtschaft-in-europa-hitze-in-deutschland-maehroboter-a-7c2029b3-83c4-423e-9431-e3710e631eaa
20250814             Fundort in Afrika: Fossilien weisen auf unbekannten Vorfahren des Menschen hin
202508141743 Wissenschaft •
20250814             Es sind 13 Zähne, die den Hinweis darauf gaben, dass Forschende eine neue Art des Vormenschen Australopithecus entdeckt hatten:
20250814             Möglicherweise hätten Australopithecus und die ältesten Homo sogar zur gleichen Zeit, vor 2,6 bis 2,8 Millionen Jahren, am gleichen Ort in Afrika gelebt.
20250814             Bereits im Jahr 2013 entdeckte ein Team dort den Kiefer des frühesten jemals gefundenen Homo-Exemplars, dessen Alter auf 2,8 Millionen Jahre angesetzt wurde.
20250814             Von den 13 Zähnen, die nun untersucht wurden, schließen die Forschenden, dass sie zu einer bisher unbekannten Art des Australopithecus gehören müssen.
20250814             Der Zeitraum zwischen etwa drei und zwei Millionen Jahren ist eine entscheidende Phase in der menschlichen Evolution
20250814             Der Zeitraum zwischen etwa drei und zwei Millionen Jahren ist eine entscheidende Phase in der menschlichen Evolution, schreiben die Forschenden.
20250814             Zu dieser Zeit tauchen die Gattungen Homo und Paranthropus laut Fossilienfunden erstmals auf – während ein möglicher Vorfahr dieser Gattungen, Australopithecus afarensis, verschwindet.
20250814             Die genauen Zusammenhänge zwischen den Gattungen sind nicht vollständig geklärt.
20250814             »Es gibt eine Lücke von etwa 500.000 Jahren«
20250814             »Man weiß nur, dass am Ende dieser Lücke der Homo existiert und der Australopithecus größtenteils verschwunden ist.
20250814             In diesem Zeitraum muss etwas Interessantes passiert sein«.
20250814             Ernährten sich der frühe Homo und die noch nicht identifizierte Australopithecus-Art von den gleichen Nahrungsmitteln?
20250814             Kämpften sie um Ressourcen oder teilten sie diese?
20250814             Wer waren jeweils ihre Vorfahren?
www.science.org/content/article/fossil-teeth-reveal-previously-unknown-human-ancestor-eastern-africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09390-4
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/evolution-fossilien-deuten-auf-unbekannten-vorfahren-des-menschen-hin-a-02be0769-4dc3-4928-9016-c3f0ea9aa963
20250814             Hitzewelle in Südeuropa: Glühende Städte, brennende Landschaften Von ?ebnem Arsu, Francesco Collini und Anna-Sophie Schneider
202508141743 Ausland •
20250814             Gipfel in Alaska: Trump dämpft Erwartungen vor Treffen mit Putin
202508141816 Ausland
www.spiegel.de/ausland/donald-trump-alaska-gipfel-mit-wladimir-putin-dient-vor-allem-als-vorbereitung-a-ea0323a0-894f-4abe-a37d-6a8425555386
20250814             Verhandlungen im Ukrainekrieg: Starmer und Selenskyj demonstrieren Einigkeit vor Alaska-Gipfel
202508141841 Ausland
www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukraine-krieg-keir-starmer-und-wolodymyr-selenskyj-zeigen-einigkeit-vor-alaska-gipfel-a-f876ade6-9f06-4ace-a12e-01ba8d9187a4
20250814             Kleinstadt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: In Malchin wollen BSW, Linke und AfD die Bundeswehr aus den Schulen verbannen Von Jean-Pierre Ziegler
202508141851 Panorama
20250814             Unterdrückung der Pressefreiheit: Moskau stuft auch Reporter ohne Grenzen als »unerwünscht« ein
202508141955 Ausland
www.spiegel.de/ausland/russland-aussenministerium-stuft-reporter-ohne-grenzen-als-unerwuenscht-ein-a-cbc0f92f-3ea3-4063-8fe9-e5636061244c
20250814             Trotz Baustopps für bestehendes Lager: Florida plant zweites Abschiebegefängnis
202508142106 Ausland
www.spiegel.de/ausland/florida-plant-zweites-abschiebegefaengnis-trotz-baustopps-fuer-bestehendes-lager-a-575e4744-9feb-4b43-9401-249067d7170c
20250814             Indischer Teil der Grenzregion: Dutzende Tote bei Sturzfluten in Kaschmir
202508142148 Panorama •
www.spiegel.de/panorama/kashmir-dutzende-tote-bei-sturzfluten-in-indien-a-29cc3c1f-dae0-45fa-a709-ffd7498a4066
20250814             MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/.
20250814             The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has established that Germany provided financing for the production of long-range Sapsan missiles in Ukraine, which would have allowed strikes deep into Russian territory, an FSB employee said.
20250814             "It has been established that with Germany’s financial support and the assistance of foreign specialists the development and production of the Sapsan medium-range operational-tactical missile systems capable of striking deep into the territory of the Russian Federation has been carried out at defense enterprises in the Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions of Ukraine," he said.
20250814             Ukraine secretly developed its own missile program using technology and stockpiles left over from the Soviet Union, the Federal Security Service said, adding that thanks to the joint efforts by the Service and the Russian Armed Forces, plans to produce a Ukrainian missile were thwarted.
tass.com/defense/2002059
20250814             MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/.
20250814             Agreements on the control of strategic offensive weapons can be reached following negotiations on a conflict settlement in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
20250814             According to Putin, the agreements on Ukraine should form long-term conditions for peace between the two countries and in Europe.
20250814             "In the world on the whole, if we reach agreements in the sphere of strategic offensive arms control by the next stages [of negotiations]," Putin said at a session in the Kremlin ahead of his August 15 Alaska Summit talks with US President Donald Trump.
tass.com/politics/2002223
20250814             MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/.
20250814             Friday’s meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump will begin at 10:30 p.m. Moscow time (7:30 p.m. GMT), opening with a one-on-one conversation attended only by interpreters, Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said at a briefing.
20250814             According to him, the summit will center around the settlement of the Ukraine crisis, but the leaders will discuss other issues as well.
20250814             Ushakov also said that the sides had determined the lineup of their delegations.
20250814             TASS has gathered the key statements by the Russian presidential aide.
20250814             About preparations for summit
20250814             Preparations for the Putin-Trump meeting are in their final stage, with all issues being "intensively resolved".
20250814             "And, certainly, above all, the political agenda of the summit is being worked out".
20250814             The program of the meeting between the two leaders has been agreed".
20250814             This meeting, as you all know, will be held in Alaska, in Anchorage, specifically, at a facility at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson".
20250814             The talks between Putin and Trump "will be business-like," and the Russian delegation is approaching them "professionally".
20250814             About format of talks
20250814             The meeting between Putin and Trump will begin at approximately 10:30 p.m. Moscow time on August 15 with a one-on-one conversation between the two leaders".
20250814             This conversation will be held in a tete-a-tete format, naturally, with the participation of interpreters".
20250814             Talks between delegations will see five people on each side: "Certainly, a group of experts will be somewhere nearby".
20250814             Following the meeting, Putin and Trump will give a joint press conference for the media "where they will sum up the results of the talks".
20250814             The Kremlin finds it symbolic that the meeting between Putin and Trump will be held not far from the burial site of Soviet pilots in Alaska".
20250814             So, the meeting will be held near such a historically important site, reminiscent of combat camaraderie between the people of our countries.
20250814             And this is particularly symbolic in the year of the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany and militarist Japan".
20250814             Following the one-on-one conversation, Putin and Trump will continue the talks "over a working breakfast".
20250814             The leaders will make brief statements in the open part of the talks".
20250814             It is planned that at the very beginning of the meeting, each president will say a couple of words, as is customary at international talks".
20250814             On delegations
20250814             The lineup of the Russian delegation has been determined.
20250814             It includes Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev.
20250814             The lineup of the US delegation has also been determined but "it will be right to wait for a relevant statement from the American partners".
20250814             The Russian delegation will leave Alaska for Russia immediately after the summit’s conclusion".
20250814             And, in the event you’re worried as to whether our delegation will return to Russia, yes, I can confirm, obviously, the delegation will return, it will fly out immediately after the conclusion of the negotiations".
20250814             What will be discussed
20250814             The settlement of the Ukraine crisis will be at the crux of the Putin-Trump summit, but other issues will also be discussed".
20250814             Naturally, broader tasks on ensuring peace and security as well as the most pertinent and pressing international and regional issues will be touched upon".
20250814             The leaders will also discuss bilateral cooperation in the economic sphere".
20250814             I will note that this cooperation has an enormous and, unfortunately, as yet untapped potential".
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20250814             MOSCOW, August 14. /TASS/.
20250814             Preparations for the upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump occurred under tight deadlines, yet all necessary parameters were successfully met, according to Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
20250814             He also cautioned against making forecasts about the summit’s outcome, emphasizing the unpredictability of the discussions.
20250814             TASS has compiled the key statements from the Kremlin official regarding the upcoming encounter.
20250814             Preparations
20250814             "Preparations for the Putin-Trump meeting took place within a very short timeframe, but all parameters were met".
20250814             Agenda
20250814             The leaders are expected to discuss the Ukrainian settlement: "The matter is very complex and multifaceted".
20250814             Currently, they are examining the Ukraine conflict between Russia and the US, and the Ukrainian side's perspective is considered relevant for subsequent stages of negotiations.
20250814             Possible results
20250814             Russia and the US do not intend to produce any formal document based solely on the summit's discussions: "However, given that there will be a joint news conference, the president will outline the range of agreements and understandings that can be achieved".
20250814             Peskov cautioned against attempting to predict the summit's outcome, calling such efforts "a big mistake": "Let's see how the conversation unfolds".
20250814             Witkoff's visit to Russia
20250814             US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit to Moscow and his discussions with President Vladimir Putin on August 6 were deemed productive: "We exchanged signals, which facilitated the organization of a high-level meeting".
20250814             Visas for Russian journalists
20250814             The Kremlin official attributed difficulties in obtaining US visas for Russian journalists to what he described as America’s "loss of the knack" for issuing them.
20250814             Peskov stated, "It was the Americans who, three and a half years ago, initiated the idea of curtailing all processes related to bilateral relations, including consular services".
tass.com/politics/2002439
20250814             MOSCOW/ANCHORAGE, August 15. /TASS/.
20250814             Russian President Vladimir Putin is heading to Alaska, the northernmost state of the United States, for talks with his American counterpart Donald Trump.
20250814             This will be their first meeting since Trump's return to the White House in January this year.
20250814             It will also be the first ever visit to Alaska by a Russian leader, including the times of the Russian Empire and the USSR.
20250814             Although Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said that Russia and the United States are close neighbors, and the Russian delegation just needs to fly over the Bering Strait, in fact, there is a long way to go.
20250814             Flight number one will cover about 7,000 km, cross 11 time zones and a conditional date line.
20250814             The Kremlin called the venue notable, in part, because near the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage, where the summit will be held, nine Soviet pilots, two military personnel and two civilians who died in 1942-1945 during the transfer of planes from the United States to the Soviet Union under lend-lease, were buried.
20250814             According to Ushakov, the fact that the summit will be held next to such a historically important place, reminiscent of the fighting brotherhood of the peoples of the two countries, "is especially symbolic in the year of the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany and militaristic Japan".
20250814             This summit, which representatives of the world's media and analysts have already dubbed "historic," was prepared in an unprecedentedly short time.
20250814             Less than a week has passed since the date and place were announced, which also came as a surprise to the world community.
20250814             During this time, the parties had to settle visa formalities, choose a venue for the meeting of the leaders of the two powers, resolve all organizational and domestic issues, and ensure security.
20250814             The summit program
20250814             The program looks as follows - Putin and Trump will meet in the morning at 11:30 local time (22:30 Moscow time).
20250814             They will begin face-to-face communication in the presence of the translators only.
20250814             Then the negotiations will continue over a working breakfast.
20250814             At this point, the leaders will be joined by delegations.
20250814             It was decided that only a handful of people would be added - five on each side, given that "very important topics of a sensitive nature" would be discussed.
20250814             Besides Putin, Russia will be represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Ushakov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and president's special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries Kirill Dmitriev.
20250814             A group of experts will always be on alert.
20250814             The upcoming summit does not have a strict time frame.
20250814             As Ushakov said, the time when the negotiations will end will depend on how the discussion goes.
20250814             Putin and Trump will brief media about the results of their talks at a joint press conference.
20250814             All rooms in Anchorage hotels are booked.
20250814             The host country even organized a kind of free-for-all for the Kremlin pool at one of the stadiums.
20250814             But, as a TASS correspondent reports, everyday difficulties do not bother any of the journalists, the main thing is information.
20250814             Ukraine and other topics
20250814             Russia has a working attitude".
20250814             The negotiations will be of a business nature.
20250814             And, of course, we all have a businesslike attitude, first of all," Ushakov replied, when asked about the mood of the Russian delegation.
20250814             He stressed that the central theme of the summit would be the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.
20250814             "But, of course, broader tasks for ensuring peace and security, as well as urgent and most pressing international and regional issues, will also be touched upon," he said.
20250814             In particular, further development of bilateral cooperation, including trade and economic ties, will be discussed.
20250814             Their potential is little used.
20250814             On Thursday, the Russian president convened a meeting in the Kremlin "On preparations for the Russian-American summit".
20250814             It was attended by members of the government and the presidential administration, the head of the Central Bank, the Mayor of Moscow, the heads of the law enforcement agencies and special services.
20250814             In the open part of the event, Putin noted that he would brief the participants "about how the negotiation process on the Ukrainian crisis is going, how negotiations are going in a bilateral format with the Ukrainian delegation," as well as how relations are developing with the Trump administration, which is making "quite energetic and sincere efforts" to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
20250814             According to the president, it is necessary to reach agreements that create long-term conditions for peace between Russia and Ukraine and throughout Europe".
20250814             And in the world as a whole, if we reach agreements to control strategic offensive arms by the next stages," the Russian president concluded.
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