Charles Maines
speaker
534 appearances
55 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 5 Sep
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Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
I think that's an inflection point of sorts here.
You know, Putin is clearly under pressure by some in his government, by his economic team and increasingly the public to bring this war to a close or at least sell a victory to the public, even if it falls short of stated objectives.
The problem here is there's another faction, the nationalists, who want him to bring this war to an end through victory, through escalation, through hitting Ukraine harder, through
and through threatening Europe and NATO more directly.
And if anything, I think these latest attacks on Kyiv suggest President Putin might just be listening to them.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract Party took just under 50% of all votes, with the pro-Russian bloc placing a distant second.
The result is an endorsement of Pashinyan's recent pro-Western policies, including ambitions to join the European Union and expand ties with the U.S.
As the region's traditional power broker, Russia has expressed displeasure over Armenia's drift.
imposing bans on key exports and threatening future access to cheap Russian gas.
And Pashinyan has other troubles.
His party fell far short of a supermajority.
That will complicate efforts to push through constitutional changes needed to ratify a U.S.-backed peace deal with longtime rival Azerbaijan and open up trade to the region.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
The extent of the damage from the attack was not immediately clear, but authorities said air defenses had intercepted over 140 Ukrainian drones in all.
The situation prompted the region's governor to instruct city residents to stay in their homes.
Authorities throttled mobile internet service, thought to help guide the drones to their targets.
The attack came on the final day of the International Economic Forum, an event used by Russian President Vladimir Putin to project Russian economic and political might.
In public remarks Friday, Putin dismissed an offer by his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, to hold face-to-face peace talks and said Russia would meet its military objectives.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, St.
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