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Mikhail Kasyanov was Russia's prime minister from 2000 to 2004 and a proponent of rapprochement with the West before being fired by Putin and becoming a critic of the Kremlin.
Prime Minister from 2000 to 2004, Mikhail Kasyanov, a supporter when he was in office of Russia's rapprochement with the West, became after his dismissal by Vladimir Putin one of the Kremlin's most virulent critics.
War in the Middle East: Iran says it received a response from the United States on its plan to end the conflict
Tehran announced on Wednesday that it had received an official response from Washington to its conditions for ending the conflict, without revealing its content. Indirect trade resumed last week, after more than seven months of war and diplomatic impasse.
“France and the United Kingdom are nuclear powers”, but “no one has the same means of destruction” as Russia, warns Putin
Vladimir Putin estimated that Russia would have several “competitive advantages” in the event of confrontation with NATO, particularly in the field of armaments. At the same time, he affirmed that Moscow had “no intention of attacking anyone”.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Tensions between Russia and NATO will continue to rise in the coming weeks.
Likely · Within weeks
Indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States on the conflict in the Middle East could see progress following the response received by Tehran.
Possible · Within weeks

Some 500 former European diplomats, ministers and officials, including Dominique de Villepin, Alain Juppé and Josep Borrell, are calling on the European Union to act against Israel's E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank, which they call illegal and threatening the two-state solution.

Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasianov says Vladimir Putin does not recognize the mistake of invading Ukraine. In addition, Christa Pike, a 50-year-old American woman, survived two lethal injections in Tennessee, escaping her planned execution.
Iran on Sunday condemned the use of disproportionate violence by France against the high school protest movement, in a context of already tense bilateral tensions, particularly after the closure of the French Language Center in Tehran and the diplomatic incident in July involving two French officials.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a review of security measures on international flights to Israel after a suspected attempted crash on a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, which had to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The opposition accuses the government of a “facade investigation” and highlights the growing pressure on air safety.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited kyiv this Sunday to support Ukraine, announcing military aid of around a billion euros for defense against Russian drones and 350 million euros for infrastructure before winter, while a kyiv bridge was attacked by a drone and Russia threatens to intensify its strikes.

Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, chief of staff of the Israeli army, said on Sunday that he wanted to learn lessons from the failure of October 7, 2023, during a meeting of senior officers before the official commemorations. He stressed the need to increase the number of troops and prepare forces for a surprise war, while the Israeli offensive in Gaza has caused more than 74,200 deaths according to the Gaza Health Ministry.