Business & Economy, The discussions in Saudi Arabia have come as a major relief for the Russian economy, which is slowly seeing the adverse effects of sanctions in the long run.

Russia eyes economic reset on Ukraine peace talks

World: US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Monday (Feb 17) that the discussions should not be seen as part of a formal negotiation process.

'Not Ukraine negotiation': US, Russia to hold high-stakes talks in Saudi Arabia, but not about Kyiv peace

World: Trump’s phone call with Putin earlier this week caught Ukraine and its European allies off guard, raising fears that the US may negotiate a settlement without European involvement.

‘We need to respond’: Macron calls 'emergency summit' as Trump snubs Europe, Kyiv in Russia-Ukraine talks

World: Witkoff, Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East, confirmed that he will travel to Saudi Arabia Sunday night (Feb 16), where the first face-to-face talks between the US and Russia on Ukraine are set to be held.

Trump’s team heads to Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks with Russia, without Ukraine

US President Joe Biden does not intend to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin right now, the White House said on Friday. Earlier on Thursday, following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Biden had said at a joint press meet that he was ready to talk to Putin "if in fact there is an interest in him deciding he's looking for a way to end the war".

Biden has no intention to talk to Putin right now, conditions not ripe for dialogue: White House

US and Russian diplomats have wrapped up their first round of high-stakes talks in Geneva with both sides showing no signs of narrowing the differences on Ukraine.

US-Russia wraps up first round of high-stakes talks in Geneva

The first round of high-stakes talks between the United States and Russia ended without any evident progress amid the threat of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

First round of US-Russia security talk ends, but no progress made

US: Large parts of Russian proposals are non-starters

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to resume strategic talks when they met in Geneva last month.

Amid tensions, US and Russia hold ‘substantive’ arms talks

Even as Tillerson met Lavrov, Putin admitted that relations have worsened in the three months that Trump has been in office.

Putin meets Tillerson as US, Russia wrangle over Syria

The US, Britain and France earlier led a joint call for an immediate ceasefire to allow aid to reach Aleppo

US, Russia talks on Aleppo ceasefire deadlocked

US Secretary of State John Kerry said a number of ideas had emerged that needed to be promptly followed-up

No breakthrough in US, Russia meet on Syria, envoys to hold follow-up talks

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