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Putin told Witkoff that Russia is ready to help resolve the crisis around Iran

At a meeting in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin told US special envoy Steve Witkoff that Russia is ready to join efforts to resolve the crisis around Iran if its help is needed. The talks began with a discussion of the Ukrainian settlement and the outcome of US consultations with Kyiv and the Europeans in Norway. Witkoff thanked Putin for the release of American Stephen Hubbard.

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Putin in St. Petersburg met with US envoy Witkoff and asked about the outcome of the talks in Norway

On October 21, at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin held talks with Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff. The President proposed discussing the outcome of the US meeting with Ukraine and European countries in Norway. Witkoff arrived from Oslo, where he met with Zelensky, Støre and Stubb. On the Russian side, Dmitriev and Oreshkin are taking part; Jared Kushner did not come due to illness.

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Son of freed American Hubbard thanked Putin and Trump

The son of American Stephen Hubbard, freed in Russia — Orthodox priest Father Joseph — thanked the presidents of Russia and the US in a letter. On October 21, Vladimir Putin announced Hubbard's release; Hubbard had been convicted of mercenarism. The American was taken to St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport for departure to the US. Donald Trump called Moscow's decision unprecedented, noting that Russia did not demand a prisoner exchange.

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Putin Met with US Envoy Witkoff in Saint Petersburg

On October 21, talks between Vladimir Putin and US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff took place at the Constantine Palace in Saint Petersburg. The Russian president said he was glad to see a US representative in Russia. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said the main topic of the meeting would be the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, and that the meeting had been agreed upon several days earlier.

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'It's frightening': Ukraine and Europe alarmed by Trump's rapprochement with Putin

According to Euronews, Ukraine and European allies are alarmed by Donald Trump's actions: a diesel fuel deal, easing of sanctions against Russia, attacks on Zelensky, and proposals by special envoys Witkoff and Kushner to unfreeze Russian assets. The Kremlin proposed a trilateral Putin–Trump–Xi summit. Kaja Kallas said American negotiators have for almost two years been 'trying to force Ukraine to capitulate'.

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Putin says global diesel prices fell 5–6% after the decision to resume supplies

Vladimir Putin stated that global diesel prices fell by 5–6% after agreements with the US on resuming Russian supplies. The agreement was reached on October 9 during a call with Donald Trump. Earlier, the price decline was reported by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, who allowed for export growth to 3–3.5 million tonnes per month by the end of the year.

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Putin says he is ready for talks but does not support a ceasefire along the front line

In an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin (VGTRK) published on October 22, Vladimir Putin said he was ready to resume contacts with Kyiv with US mediation after a meeting with Steven Witkoff. He rejected a short-term ceasefire along the current front line, calling the territory 'historical Russia,' and said the talks should be aimed at a final peace agreement.

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Putin Says Freed American Stephen Hubbard Is at Pulkovo Airport

Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg, said that the freed US citizen Stephen Hubbard is at Pulkovo Airport. Witkoff thanked the Russian president for the release of the American, who was sentenced in October 2024 to 6 years and 10 months for participating in hostilities on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Whitkoff, on behalf of Trump, thanked Putin for the diesel deal at talks in St. Petersburg

US presidential envoy Steven Whitkoff, at a meeting with Vladimir Putin at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg, thanked the Russian leader on behalf of Donald Trump for lifting sanctions on diesel fuel exports. According to Life.ru, under the deal Russia will supply more than 300 thousand tons of diesel to the US and the world market, another 500 thousand tons in November, and a million tons later.

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Witkoff brought documents with proposals for settling the Ukraine conflict to St. Petersburg

US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg for talks with Vladimir Putin, bringing documents with American approaches to settling the Ukrainian conflict. The contents of the documents are not disclosed. The meeting discussed consultations in Norway with Kyiv and the Europeans, and Witkoff thanked Putin for the release of American Stephen Hubbard.

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