A public organization in Russia has proposed banning Russian citizens from visiting NATO member states while the “special military operation” in Ukraine continues.

When Putin travelled to Alaska for his Anchorage summit in August, the US granted special permission for the presidential plane - a modified Ilyushin Il-96 airliner dubbed the "Flying Kremlin" that has four engines and is bristling with defence systems.

The EU is considering a Czech initiative to restrict Russian diplomats’ movements across the bloc. Supporters say it would curb diplomatic skullduggery; skeptics warn it’s largely symbolic, hard to enforce,

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But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday dismissed the idea of halting the conflict at the current contact line. Moscow was only interested in "long-term, sustainable peace", Lavrov said, implying that freezing the front line would only amount to a temporary ceasefire.

The Kremlin on Tuesday promised that Russia would formulate an appropriate response to reported plans by the European Union to restrict the movement of Moscow's diplomats within the bloc. European Union countries are moving towards a deal to curb the movement of Russian diplomats within the EU,

EU countries approved a 19th package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine that includes a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas imports, the Danish rotating presidency of the EU said on Wednesday.

The US announcement coincided with the EU’s 19th sanctions package, which accelerates a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas to 2027, blacklists over 100 vessels from Russia’s “shadow fleet,” and restricts travel for Russian diplomats linked to espionage.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is to travel to Brussels on Thursday to attend a European Union summit as a guest. "It will be my pleasure to welcome President Zelensky," European Council President Antonio Costa wrote on X on Wednesday.