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Bidzina Ivanishvili, an oligarch and Georgia's former prime minister, is thought to have masterminded the "foreign influence" bill, which critics see as a sign of Georgia's shift toward Russia. But who is he?

G7 explores $50B Russian asset fund for Ukraine; Kyiv plugs for NATO membership; India to participate in Peace Summit; Baltics push for Western troops in Ukraine.

Ukraine is clearly aware that the war will end with negotiations, which is why it is now promoting the Peace Formula put forward by President Volodym

Being respectfully disagreeable about actual facts is a new tactic from the MAGA Dumbass Caucus.

In the present situation, when Russia shows no sign of stopping its war in Ukraine, only a few political leaders outside Russia can change the course of the war. Quick, one-deal solutions may make the situation even worse.

Volodymyr Kravchenko, in the ZN.UA article, told what was being prepared for Kyiv at the Washington NATO summit.

US cannot be a declining power given two important essentialities — sound economy and suitable demography

NATO should extend an invitation to Ukraine at the Washington Summit in July, as it could serve as “an instrument” to ending Russia’s war, the alliance’s former Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said on Jan. 30 in Kyiv. “But that's an extremely dangerous argument to use because it gives (Russian President Vladimir) Putin an incentive to continue his war to prevent Ukrainian membership of NATO.”

As important as it is for Ukraine to work with individual partners and receive their long-term support, the key security guarantor for Ukraine can only be NATO and its Article V umbrella. No arrangement other than full NATO membership will entirely remove the threat of a Russian re-invasion, at least so long as Putin remains in power.

* On the occasion of the summit in Bucharest, Greece will become the 13th member state of I3M, and the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine will become participating states associated with this group.The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, will host tomorrow, September 6, 2023, at the Cotroceni Palace, the 8th edition of the Summit of the Three Seas Initiative (I3M), according to a press release sent yesterday by the Administration Presidential.