Charles Mainz
speaker
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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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 35 in all, peaking in Nov 2025 with 8.
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Charles Mainz, NPR News.
Putin has said he sees the American plan as a possible framework for a peace settlement.
Yet ahead of his meeting, the Kremlin leader touted recent Russian battlefield advances and accused Ukraine's leadership of being weak and out of touch with reality on the ground.
Putin also said he preferred negotiating with the U.S.
to Europe, accusing Europeans of providing obviously unacceptable conditions aimed at prolonging the war.
Putin's comments appeared part of an effort to convince the White House it should pressure Ukraine to accept maximalist Russian demands.
Those include ceding territory claimed but not controlled by Russian forces, despite more than three years of heavy fighting.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
The Kremlin often says it would prefer to achieve its goals in Ukraine through diplomatic rather than military means.
That was the core message of a lengthy press conference by President Putin in Central Asia.
Putin said he still considered a U.S.
peace proposal a loose roadmap towards ending the conflict...
but warned Russia would secure its territorial goals by force if Ukraine refused to withdraw voluntarily.
Putin also weighed in on recently leaked phone transcripts that suggested White House envoy Steve Witkoff was biased in favor of Moscow in the peace negotiations.
Putin called Witkoff an intelligent man who promoted the interests of his country.
Witkoff is expected back in Moscow for talks with Putin next week.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
At a meeting with his Security Council, Putin was asked to comment on widespread media reports of the U.S.
peace plan.
The Kremlin leader confirmed Russia had received the U.S.
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