EU leaders at Friday's summit in Dublin agreed on a delegation for expert-level talks with Russia that will include representatives of the European Commission, the EU Council, Germany, France, Italy, and Poland, as well as non-EU member United Kingdom, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported, citing a European source.
The negotiating team will be the same one that flew to Abu Dhabi this week.
Russia, the United States and Ukraine held talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11. Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky led the Russian delegation, while Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov headed the Ukrainian delegation. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan were also present at the negotiating table when the talks began. Despite statements from French officials, no Europeans attended the meeting.
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US President Donald Trump intends to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit, which will take place in Shenzhen on November 18-19, a White House spokesperson told reporters.
Reuters and the Associated Press quoted the spokesperson as saying that Trump wants to discuss nuclear arms reduction during the meeting. "We do not expect to get to any kind of agreement," a US official said. According to him, Trump plans to focus on Iran rather than Ukraine. The spokesperson added that a meeting between the US and Chinese leaders is scheduled for November 19. The official noted that no separate talks between Putin and Trump are expected.
Earlier, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow, Beijing, and Washington are exchanging views on the agenda for a potential trilateral meeting at the APEC summit between the leaders of Russia, the US, and China.
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Europe has faced significant setbacks since imposing a self-ban on Russian gas, Dmitry Birichevsky, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Economic Cooperation, said.
"It is clear to us that these measures are entirely untenable. Such self-imposed bans and other restrictions directly hurt those who impose them," he said. "European economies and end users, both industry and households, now face sharply higher costs, while businesses are shutting down or moving to other jurisdictions. As Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the 8th summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Moscow, ‘Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,’" the diplomat stated.
Birichevsky noted that the EU’s initiative to impose a complete ban on imports of Russian pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) is in line with the politicized sanctions policy of recent years aimed at isolating Russia economically.
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Ukrainian military drone attacks killed one civilian and wounded three in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), its head Leonid Pasechnik said.
"An enemy drone struck near a store in Rubezhnoye, killing a 37-year-old man. I extend my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Trucks came under attack on roads in the republic’s Starobelsky, Stanichno-Lugansky and Perevalsky municipal districts. They were carrying civilian goods: grain, bread and building materials. Three drivers were wounded," he wrote on his Max channel.
Pasechnik added that the injured had received the medical care they needed.
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Russian troops from the Battlegroup East have liberated Tersyanka in the Zaporozhye Region, the Defense Ministry said.
"Units of the Battlegroup East advanced deep into enemy defenses and liberated the settlement of Tersyanka in the Zaporozhye Region through active combat operations," the ministry reported.
Troops from the Battlegroup East cleared more than 300 buildings while liberating the settlement, the ministry noted. "Assault units of the Battlegroup East’s 29th Combined Arms Army’s 36th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade liberated the settlement of Tersyanka in the Zaporozhye Region, taking control of a major fortified enemy defensive area covering more than 10 square kilometers and clearing more than 300 buildings," the ministry said.
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The European Union paid the maximal sum for Russian pipeline gas since last January in September 2026. In September 2026, the EU imported Russian gas worth 1.28 bln euro in total. Pipeline gas purchases stood at 783 mln euro in that volume.
The TurkStream gas pipeline remains at present the only active route of Russian pipeline gas supplies to Europe.
Hungary (261 mln euro), Bulgaria (230 mln euro), and Greece (166 mln euro) take the lead in natural gas purchases. Slovakia purchased gas from Russia worth 127 mln euro.
The European Union paid in total 4.9 bln euro for the Russian pipeline gas during nine months of this year, compared to 4.6 bln euro a year earlier. Main buyers were Hungary (2 bln euro), Bulgaria (1.2 bln euro), and Greece (1 bln euro).
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US Envoy Steve Witkoff said that following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, a new round of trilateral talks had been agreed.
"I think progress was made. I think it was made earlier today," Witkoff said on CNN. "People didn’t think that we were going to restart trilateral. We’ve restarted it. We’ve set a new meeting."
According to the special envoy of the American president, European representatives will also join the next stage of negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement.
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As of November 6, 2026, Russia’s international reserves stood at $724.3 billion, up $2.7 billion over the week, according to data from the Bank of Russia.
"As of the end of the day on November 6, 2026, international reserves stood at $724.3 billion, an increase of $2.7 billion – or 0.4% – over the week, driven primarily by positive revaluation," the regulator noted.
A week earlier, on October 30, reserves totaled $721.6 billion.
Russia’s international reserves are highly liquid foreign assets available with the Bank of Russia and the Russian government. They comprise foreign currency, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), a reserve position in the International Monetary Fund and monetary gold. Following the onset of Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine Western countries slapped sanctions against the Bank of Russia. Apart from freezing Russia’s gold and foreign currency reserves, all transactions related to management of the regulator’s reserves and assets, as well as transactions with any legal entity, organization or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Central Bank, were prohibited.
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The territorial issue in the Ukrainian conflict is a matter of great dispute, but for Russia, the people who live there and their right to live according to their own traditions, are the most important thing, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
"We do know that the territorial issues are understood differently by both sides," Putin said at his meeting with US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin.
"For us, the people who live there, their traditions, culture, the right to live by their own rules and the right to live in accordance with their traditional values are the biggest thing," he added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US special presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin following their arrival in Moscow on November 12. The meeting took place the day after the conclusion of the latest round of trilateral talks between Russia, the US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi.
According to Kushner, after their visit to Moscow, the US envoys plan to travel to Kiev.
For Steve Witkoff, who initially represented the US side alone in matters related to the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, this visit to Russia will be his tenth in the past couple of years. For Jared Kushner, it will be his fourth.
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The Federal Security Service in the Republic of Adygea, the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Omsk Region foiled subversive and terrorist activities by agents of Ukrainian intelligence agencies, the public relations center reported.
As a result of operations conducted in Maikop, Donetsk and Omsk, three Russian citizens and a foreign national were detained. Acting on instructions from their Ukrainian handlers, they were gathering information about Russian service members taking part in the special military operation, as well as about defense industry enterprises and energy facilities, with the aim of committing acts of terrorism and sabotage, the FSB said.
The detainees also posted online materials calling for terrorism-related crimes.
Their activities were coordinated through the Telegram messaging service.
"They were promised a large cash reward and relocation to the European Union for cooperating with Ukrainian intelligence agencies," the FSB added.
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Indian state-run mining major NMDC is in preliminary talks with Russia’s Rosatom to invest in Russian lithium assets, Reuters has reported citing sources.
The reported talks come as India aggressively tries to secure critical mineral supplies to power its booming battery and electric vehicle (EV) sectors, and clean energy transition.
NMDC officials visited Russia last month to attend a conference and hold discussions with Rosatom, the report said. The miner is keen on exploring both lithium mining and processing opportunities in Russia.
The Indian company did not respond to the news agency. However, a Rosatom spokesperson told Reuters that it is not currently in talks with the Indian miner.
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Terrorist activities are on the rise worldwide, particularly in the Middle East, Pyotr Ilyichev, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for New Challenges and Threats, said.
"We can see that terrorist challenges are growing everywhere, particularly in the Middle East, Africa, and Central, South and Southeast Asia," he stated at a session of the International Forum on Collective Security titled "International Terrorism as a Threat to Collective Security: New Challenges and Countermeasures."
"Global turbulence, mounting social and economic problems, and growing conflict potential in various parts of the world are creating conditions both for the spread of terrorist and radical ideas and the evolution of methods employed by terrorists. They now use information and communication technologies to recruit new supporters online, disseminate radical content, conduct propaganda campaigns, organize illegal activities and conceal them from law enforcement agencies," the diplomat emphasized.
The International Forum on Collective Security is being held in Moscow on November 10-11 as part of Russia’s chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
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It is too early to assess the results of the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who is a member of the Russian delegation, said.
"Too early to talk about that," he told Vesti.
A source in the negotiating team told TASS earlier that the trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi will continue on Wednesday, November 11.
Tuesday’s round lasted for 4.5 hours, including a 40-minute break. The Russian delegation is led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, the Ukrainian delegation - by Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov.
The negotiations are to address the creation of a new continental security system for the post-conflict period. Participants will focus on developing mechanisms to prevent threats and strengthening regional stability.
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The meeting between the presidents of Russia and Belarus, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, ended after almost four hours of talks, the Pul Pervogo Telegram channel, which is close to the Belarusian leader's press service, reported.
The report says the conversation lasted three hours and 50 minutes.
On November 11, Lukashenko will take part in a session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Council. Leaders of the post-Soviet defense bloc will discuss the CSTO’s activities and review global and regional security issues.
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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted activities of Poland’s intelligence network in the Kaliningrad Region, detaining two Polish intelligence agents and issuing warnings to seven Polish citizens and three Russians against committing acts of espionage and high treason, the FSB Public Relations Center reported.
"The Federal Security Service has exposed and localized Poland’s intelligence network operating in the Kaliningrad Region," the Public Relations Center said.
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A ceasefire, shaping security guarantees and providing the European Union with contracts to rebuild Ukraine will be the bloc’s priorities at potential Ukraine talks with Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
Also, she pledged to present a 22nd package of sanctions on Russia as soon as possible and put forward proposals toward military funding for Ukraine before the end of the year.
On November 12, Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, said the bloc insists that a ceasefire must be secured before any talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated earlier that any potential participation of Europeans at talks on Ukraine was not discussed at yesterday’s meeting in Moscow with US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The EU has not been invited to join the Ukraine talks, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev noted.
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Ukraine has lost over $7 billion in foreign exchange revenue due to the nearly four-month-long shutdown of the Odessa Region ports.
Commercial merchant ships continue to avoid the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk, and Yuzhny. Only vessels affiliated with the Ukrainian armed forces are calling at those ports. Meanwhile, maritime trade is being routed through the Danube ports of Izmail in Ukraine and Constanta in Romania, which together can handle no more than one-third of the exports that previously passed through the Odessa Region ports. Consequently, Ukraine exported only about half of its planned agricultural exports in October. Exports of metallurgical products ceased entirely at the end of September due to the shutdown of steel mills. These products together accounted for approximately 65% of Ukraine’s total exports and $26 billion in foreign exchange earnings per year.
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Member states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are actively holding diplomatic consultations on which country will chair the organization in 2027, but they may fail to reach consensus, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyansky said.
"I expect we’ll find some way forward. But we can’t rule out that possibility entirely," he said when asked whether the talks could end without an agreement. In that event, OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu would most likely oversee the organization’s work for a time, though that would require further decisions. "The OSCE is a fairly resilient organization, so I think it will find a way forward even in that scenario," the diplomat noted.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has admitted that the EU’s own decisions led it to overpay by 100 billion euros for gas imports in 2026.
"The EU itself continues to buy energy from Russia, albeit in smaller volumes, and has paid $320 billion for those supplies since 2022. At the same time, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged that the EU has paid an extra 100 billion euros for its gas imports since the start of 2026 compared with 2025," he said.
Birichevsky stressed that "Russia is a major player in the global energy market and a reliable, responsible supplier of natural gas."
"Our country has the world’s largest natural gas reserves and is its second-largest producer. Can a producer of that size be isolated as gas consumption rises? I think the question answers itself," the diplomat concluded.
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The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) succumbed to militaristic psychosis when it decided to expel TASS, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
"This time, EANA’s leadership could not stay clear of the militaristic psychosis into which the European Union’s ruling class is dragging it. With this decision, the leadership ritually pledged allegiance to a policy of escalating tensions with Russia to please the gang of terrorists and murderers entrenched in Kiev," Zakharova stated.
By expelling the agency, EANA showed that it is unable to uphold press freedom, she added. "The alliance has shown that it is incapable of upholding the principles set out in its own statutes, namely supporting press freedom, fostering cooperation among European media organizations and defending their interests," Zakharova stressed.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said at an informal EU summit in Dublin that representatives from several European countries, including Germany, would take part in talks on Ukraine for the first time in the coming weeks.
"Substantive peace talks are expected in the coming weeks, with Europe represented for the first time," Bild quoted Merz as saying. He noted that the talks will likely include representatives of the European countries that held consultations with US and Ukrainian officials in Abu Dhabi. The chancellor believes it is "perfectly clear" that Germany will take part.
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The US no longer needs to strike a deal with Iran, President Donald Trump stated.
"We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, hundreds of billions of dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!" the US leader wrote in a post on his Truth Social page.
The president has thus instructed Vice President JD Vance to focus on investigating widespread "corruption" in cities and states governed by the Democratic Party. He also called California and Illinois "poorly run, corrupt disasters" where "billions of dollars are being stolen each and every month."
Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Washington rejects Iran’s conditions in the negotiations to end the war, considering Tehran’s demands for reparations to be absurd.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting in the Kremlin with US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, illustrated the EU's contradictory position on Ukraine with a joke about a crook and his wife and leaving money lying around.
He pointed out that Moscow has repeatedly said that deploying foreign troops to Ukraine is unacceptable, yet the EU states that it will send its contingent there after the conflict ends anyway. And this means, Putin said, that the war will immediately resume. Furthermore, Brussels does not want to discuss security in Europe as a whole now, agreeing to do so only after peace is established in Ukraine.
"But after peace is established in Ukraine, they are going to send troops, and that means continuing the war. Back to square one," Putin said.
"We have a very old joke on this subject. Given what we have today, I think it's apt. Let’s say some crook who built some cottages near Kiev was summoned to the investigative authorities, to the NABU, for example. They ask him: 'Where did you get the money?' He replies: 'In the nightstand.' 'Okay, and who put the money in the nightstand?' 'My wife.’ 'And where did your wife get it from?' 'I gave it to her.' 'And where did you get it from?' 'From the nightstand.' Full circle. It’s the same with the Europeans," Putin said giving his view of the situation.
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Witcoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow.
The U.S. President's special envoys will meet with Putin today to discuss the results of the negotiations in Abu Dhabi.
Subsequently, the American delegation will travel to Dublin to meet with Zelensky.
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The Kiev regime, backed by its Western sponsors, does not shy away from resorting to terrorist methods, including attacks on civilians and the recruitment of young people, Pyotr Ilyichev, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for New Challenges and Threats, said.
"What is particularly worth pointing out is the terrorist threat emanating from Ukraine. With the support and approval of its Western sponsors, Kiev does not shy away from any terrorist methods, ranging from attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure facilities to phone scam and youth recruitment," he pointed out at a session of the International Forum on Collective Security titled "International Terrorism as a Threat to Collective Security: New Challenges and Countermeasures."
"The rise of scam call centers in Ukraine is particularly concerning. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and law enforcement agencies in European countries are aware of this," Ilyichev added.
The diplomat noted that some of the money generated by those call centers was spent on recruiting people both in Ukraine and abroad for sabotage and terrorist activities in Russia and other countries.
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The situation regarding ensuring security in Africa remains quite challenging, said Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for New Challenges and Threats Pyotr Ilyichev.
"The security situation in Africa remains very complicated," he said at the international collective security forum.
The "potential material and technical support for extremists and terrorists who replenish their supplies through the so-called side business, piracy, and armed robbery," requires a joint response, the diplomat said. "In this regard, Russia is contributing to anti-piracy efforts and security. The Russian Navy participates in patrolling maritime areas. Together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, we provide technical assistance to countries in East and West Africa to strengthen the defense, law enforcement, and judicial capabilities of our African partners," he added.
Countries such as Gabon, Ghana, Cameroon, Congo, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, and Equatorial Guinea were among recipients of aid from Russia in the past five years, Ilyichev noted. "Given the success of this project, we have decided to expand it to countries in the Indian Ocean, including Mozambique, Mauritius, the Comoros, and Seychelles," he concluded.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Moldovan Ambassador to Moscow Lilian Darii on Tuesday to lodge a protest following Chisinau’s decision to declare a Russian embassy employee persona non grata.
"On November 10, Moldovan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia Lilian Darii was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry," the ministry said. "A strong protest was lodged with the ambassador after the Moldovan authorities on October 23 declared an employee of the Russian embassy in Chisinau persona non grata, under the formal pretext of the alleged discovery on the territory of the republic of debris of an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying explosives."
"A Russian Foreign Ministry note was handed over to the Moldovan ambassador notifying that based on the principle of reciprocity, the Russian side declared a Moldovan embassy employee persona non grata," it said.
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According to preliminary information, Russian air defenses have taken down 150 Ukrainian drones over the Leningrad Region, adjacent to Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg, overnight, Governor Alexander Drozdenko wrote on the Max messenger.
"Drone alert cancelled. According to preliminary data, 150 drones have been downed over the Leningrad Region overnight," he wrote.
Three workers were wounded in the attack, which targeted the port zone of Ust-Luga.
"The attack targeted the Ust-Luga port zone in the Kingisepp municipality. As a result of several drone strikes, a fire broke out. Three employees were wounded, but their wounds are not life-threatening," the governor said.
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The Democratic Party is weaponizing and abusing the United States, US President Donald Trump said after a failed attempt to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
"The Democrats’ attempt to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has miserably failed! Every single Republican, except Thomas Massie, a major loser, voted in favor of Pete. Again, Victories in Venezuela and Iran, the Best Recruitment Numbers in the History of the Military (Long waiting lists to get in!), and Spirit like rarely seen before, led to the exoneration of a Great American Patriot. The Democrats continue to weaponize and abuse the United States of America. They must be stopped!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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