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Putin Nears a Prize: Restoring Ties With the U.S. While Giving Up Nothing

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By: Valerie Hopkins
Russia has sought to separate the war in Ukraine from potential business deals and diplomacy with the United States. Its efforts now appear to be working.

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President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Anchorage, Alaska, last year.
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What Putin Gains From Releasing an American Prisoner

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By: David E. Sanger · Nikolay Nikolov · Paul Abowd · Alexandra Ostasiewicz · Jon Miller · Rafaela Balster · Stephanie Swart and Whitney Shefte
After Russia released an American prisoner, President Trump’s special envoy praised President Vladimir V. Putin as “a humanitarian.” Our White House and national security correspondent, David E. Sanger, describes how the release comes amid Mr. Trump’s broader shift toward Russia and away from Ukraine.
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Who Is Stephen James Hubbard, the American Released From Russian Jail?

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By: Kim Barker and Lynsey Chutel
Mr. Hubbard, a 74-year-old teacher, was held for more than four years on what the State Department called fabricated charges.

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A still from video released by the Moscow City Court Press Service showing Stephen Hubbard at a hearing in the Russian capital in 2024.
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Russia Releases American Stephen Hubbard From Prison, State Media Reports

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By: David E. Sanger · Kim Barker and Ivan Nechepurenko
The move buys good will with President Trump while costing the President Vladimir V. Putin — who is wanted for war crimes — little.

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A photo provided by the Moscow City Court showing Stephen James Hubbard in court in 2024.
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Trump Says He Asked Putin to Release an American Jailed in Russia

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By: Luke Broadwater
The president called for the return of Stephen James Hubbard, a Michigan teacher seized from his home in Ukraine months after Russia invaded that country.

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A photograph provided by the Moscow City Court showing Stephen James Hubbard during a hearing in 2024.
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Why Zelensky Took the Gloves Off This Time With Trump

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By: Maria Varenikova
Staying quiet is riskier than speaking up, Ukrainian officials say, as President Trump goes further than ever in prioritizing Russia’s interests.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the European Union summit in Brussels last week.
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Trump’s Push for Deals With Russia Powers His Frustration With Ukraine

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By: David E. Sanger
The series of recent steps by the president that seem to favor Vladimir Putin reflect his intensifying desire to normalize the relationship with Moscow even if it means further undercutting Ukraine.

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President Trump with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at Mar-a-Lago in December.
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Trump Is Pushing Ukraine to Surrender to Russia, Zelensky Says

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By: Constant Méheut
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he didn’t want to believe that Washington wanted an end to the war at Ukraine’s expense. “But that’s how it looks,” he added.

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Damage from a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. The country has complained about what it describes as lapses in U.S. intelligence sharing before attacks.
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Trump Defends Plans to Ease Russia Sanctions and Hints at a Hostage Deal

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By: David E. Sanger
The president on Sunday justified his reversal of almost five years of sanctions against Russia as part of peace negotiations. He did not name any hostage.

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President Trump wrote on social media on Sunday: “I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table.”
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Trump Offers Putin Economic Relief in Hopes That Russia Will Return the Favor

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By: Alan Rappeport
The Trump administration is ignoring the will of Congress and waiving new Russia sanctions amid fears that high energy prices will cost Republicans in next month’s elections.

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President Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia last year in Alaska.
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Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law

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By: Alan Rappeport
The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

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President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year in Alaska.
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Pope Asks Putin for a Cease-Fire for a Ukrainian City Under Siege

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By: Elisabetta Povoledo and Siobhán O’Grady
Recovering from lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Vladimir V. Putin to make a plea for Oleshky, where mines and drones have trapped some 2,000 people who are at risk of starvation.

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Pope Leo XIV entering a hospital in Rome before his surgery, on Tuesday.
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Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters

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By: Julian E. Barnes · Dustin Volz and Steven Lee Myers
One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.

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American officials say they have identified similar influence campaigns by Russia and others in years past, all trying to create discord over contentious topics.
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Trump’s Deal With Russia Inflames Ukraine War He Vowed to End

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By: Anton Troianovski and Luke Broadwater
The Ukrainian president’s defiant decision to continue attacking Russian refineries underscores President Trump’s inability to end a war he had promised to resolve.

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President Trump during a campaign stop in Alaska on Tuesday. He has not delivered on his promises to end the war in Ukraine, or to lower prices, and recent deals with Russia could complicate both issues.
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How U.S. Support to Ukraine Has Evolved Under Trump

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By: Julian E. Barnes · John Ismay and Edward Wong
President Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine has raised questions about the future of U.S. support.

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President Trump with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last December.
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Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All

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By: Thomas L. Friedman
The president’s arrangement to import Russian diesel fuel is one more example of how he has sold out American democracy.

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