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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech at the plenary session of the 22nd Valdai Discussion Club meeting, touching upon a range of pressing global issues.

The first results could be “widespread distrust of countries that commit what can be called a crime,” Jacques Sapir, veteran economist and director of studies at the Paris-based School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, told Sputnik.

The Cuban government has condemned the illegal incursion of US fighter jets into Venezuela’s airspace, calling the actions a threat to peace and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has said.

The SputnikPro project’s first module, focusing on the work of war correspondents, has been held for journalists from the Indonesian online outlet Senayan Post.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed hope for a breakthrough later in the day on reaching an agreement on extended funding for the US government, which had shut down at midnight amid a standoff between the Democrats and the Republicans.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech at the Valdai discussion club plenary session will be substantive, and this address is traditionally anticipated around the world, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Wednesday that the permanent members of the Russian Security Council to discuss issues of improving information security.

The 2025 US government shutdown began on October 1, 2025, after Congress couldn't agree on the federal budget for fiscal year 2026.

Newly released documents hint at a budding CIA revolt against 35th US President John F. Kennedy just months before his assassination, veteran journalist Jefferson Morley says.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's Battlegroup Vostok took control of the settlement of Verbovoye in Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.