Putin's Istanbul Talks Proposal Brilliant Act to Seize Initiative - Ex-US Intel Officer

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2025-05-12
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to resume direct talks with Kiev in Istanbul is a brilliant act of political strategy aimed at seizing the initiative in the process of resolving the conflict, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter told RIA Novosti. In the early hours of Sunday, Putin suggested that Kiev and Moscow resume direct talks without any preconditions in Istanbul on May 15. "So......
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OKAHANDJA, 12 May 2025 - Some members of the Ovambanderu Youth League and other mourners who paid tribute to Senior Councillor of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority, Gerson Kunomundu Katjirua during his burial in Okahandja on Sunday (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

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OKAHANDJA, 12 May 2025 - Some members of the Ovambanderu Youth League who paid tribute to Senior Councillor of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority, Gerson Kunomundu Katjirua during his burial in Okahandja on Sunday (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

OKAHANDJA, 12 May 2025 - Some members of the Ovambanderu Youth League who paid tribute to Senior Councillor of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority, Gerson Kunomundu Katjirua during his burial in Okahandja on Sunday (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

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OKAHANDJA, 12 May 2025 - Some members of the Ovambanderu Youth League and other mourners who paid tribute to Senior Councillor of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority, Gerson Kunomundu Katjirua during his burial in Okahandja on Sunday (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

OKAHANDJA, 12 May 2025 - Some members of the Ovambanderu Youth League and other mourners who paid tribute to Senior Councillor of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority, Gerson Kunomundu Katjirua during his burial in Okahandja on Sunday (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

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