Charles Mainz
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262 appearances
35 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 22 Aug
Charles Mainz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yet Putin said Russian troops would ultimately achieve their objectives in Ukraine, a position Putin has held since he ordered the full-scale invasion more than four years ago.
Charles Mainz, NPR News.
According to Kremlin advisor Yuri Shikov, Putin weighed in on the U.S.
and Israel's war against Russia's ally Iran, saying he supported Trump's recent decision to prolong a ceasefire with Tehran.
Yet that Russian advice did not apply closer to home.
After Trump suggested a deal to end the war in Ukraine was within reach, Putin insisted Kyiv was prolonging the conflict by failing to accept Russian territorial demands.
Putin did propose a temporary ceasefire when both Russia and Ukraine hold events commemorating the end of World War II in early May.
Yet Putin said Russian troops would ultimately achieve their objectives in Ukraine, a position Putin has held since he ordered the full-scale invasion more than four years ago.
Charles Mainz, NPR News.
The Trump administration first introduced the sanctions waiver in March, part of an attempt to level out global energy prices amid the war in Iran.
The policy's extension effectively allows countries to legally purchase previously sanctioned Russian oil for the second month in a row.
The Kremlin's U.S.
envoy Kirill Dmitriev said the move amounted to an acknowledgment of the crucial role of Russian energy in maintaining the stability of the global economy.
Dmitryv predicted more than 100 million additional barrels of Russian oil would soon reach global markets.
Critics of the U.S.
sanctions waiver say it provides the Kremlin with a windfall for its war in Ukraine in a moment when the Russian economy had otherwise been struggling.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the ceasefire from 4 p.m.
Saturday through end of Easter Sunday, a proposal to which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed.
Yet the Russian side accused Ukraine of launching overnight drone attacks on several border regions, injuring civilians.
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