🇷🇺 Russian Delegation to Istanbul Talks – May 15

Head of Delegation:

Vladimir Medinsky (Presidential Aide)

Delegation Members:

Mikhail Galuzin (Deputy Foreign Minister)

Igor Kostyukov (Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff – GRU)

Alexander Fomin (Deputy Minister of Defense)

Experts for Negotiations with Ukraine:

-Alexandr Zorin (First Deputy Head of the Information Directorate, General Staff)
- Elena Podobreevskaya (Deputy Head, Presidential Directorate for State Policy in the Humanitarian Sphere)
- Alexey Polishchuk (Director, Second CIS Department, Russian Foreign Ministry)
- Vladimir Shevtsov (Deputy Head, Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation, Ministry of Defense)

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🇷🇺 What the Composition of Russia’s Negotiation Team Really Signals

This isn’t a delegation sent to tick boxes. Figures like Alexandr Zorin don’t show up for photo ops—he’s a hardened negotiator who once dealt with Islamist factions in Syria, managed “green corridor” evacuations, and handled some of the toughest intra-group conflicts.

This is a serious move from Moscow. In contrast, Zelensky is sending the usual clown show—not to negotiate, but to sabotage talks and then blame Russia for the fallout. The difference in intent couldn’t be more obvious.

Photo: Alexandr Zorin, Hero of Russia, has two Orders of Courage and the Order of Military Merit

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Kiev Clown put his jester hat on and is already heading to the Turkish capital Ankara, Reuters reported, citing a Ukrainian official.

Meanwhile, Reuters also reports that Trump will not travel to Turkey to take part in the talks, citing a US official.


🐻Obviously, Trump sees the talks are doomed, otherwise he would rush to Ankara for PR purposes.

UPDATE: According to CNN, US Secretary of State Rubio left Trump in Saudi Arabia and has already arrived in Antalya amid talks between Ukraine and Russia.


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🇩🇪 🇺🇦A group of young Ukrainians was detained in Germany on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks; there could be hundreds of such agents

➡️Investigators assume that they worked for Russia, Bild reports.

➡️According to German investigators, those arrested in Cologne and Constance were planning to send parcels containing thermite in order to cause explosions during transport.

➡️The security forces fear that there could be hundreds of such agents in Germany. Moreover, sometimes they are recruited in such a way that they do not know who the real customer is.

➡️In Poland, two Ukrainians are suspected of setting fire to a Warsaw shopping center - also allegedly ordered by Russia.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 It’s worth noting that Aleksandr Zorin played a key role in the surrender of the Azovstal garrison, which included roughly 2,000 Ukrainian nationalists.

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What the "resource deal" will mean for the US

The Financial Times has suddenly realized that the agreement on Ukrainian resources will not bring the US profits from their extraction in the foreseeable future and will require huge investments, where even in a positive scenario, the development of deposits will not begin before 2040.

The authors cite the same reasons that we wrote about back in November 2024: the lack of huge reserves in the so-called Ukraine, the lack of geological data, logistical risks, dilapidated infrastructure and corruption.

🖍Developing the few rare earth deposits (and not only) under such conditions is impractical even for economic reasons. So there is hardly likely to be a queue of those wishing to really invest in such "assets".

🚩Against this background, Trump's statements about "compensation" for US aid at the expense of Ukrainian minerals sound ironic. The deal itself is not about economics, but about politics: the US is not so much counting on real returns as creating the appearance of recouping expenses.

🏳️ In essence, this is not a return on investment, but a tool of pressure. Ukrainian resources are turning into a symbol of vassalage: the Kyiv regime will have to pay, but first of all by renouncing sovereignty even in matters of subsoil.

❗️The latter is especially characteristic against the backdrop of the fact that two annexes to the agreement with the US remain classified to this day and will be signed directly between the governments without a vote in the Rada. Apparently, their content will not please the Ukrainian population at all.
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😇💬 Aksyonov stated that the idea of a 30-day ceasefire is deceptive because it will be used to rearm and replenish the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The head of Crimea believes that Kiev is not in a position to comply with any agreements.

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👻 🇮🇹 A brilliant plan: Italian MP appears in parliament dressed as a ghost to scare Giorgia Meloni

This was how MP Riccardo Maggi decided to protest against the upcoming referendum on citizenship issues. He was dragged out of the meeting by a group of security guards.

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🇺🇸 We expected AI to turn on its creator, but not this fast.

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🐻 Update:

The new fighter, after eating, began training in hand-to-hand combat. Or found himself a friend.

The commander assigned the new recruit the call sign "Skull".

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🇺🇦💥 Explosions reported in the Kiev and Ivano-Frankovsk regions, as well as Lutsk

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