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Articles by Marc Preel and Francesco Fontemaggi for AFP

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Ukraine Crisis Builds Toward Biden-Putin Talks

Bilateral ties are "reaching an acute crisis phase," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
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U.S. Urges De-Escalation on Ukraine as Russia Warns of 'Nightmare Scenario'

The Blinken-Lavrov talks are the first high-level meeting between the superpowers since presidents Biden and Putin met in Geneva in June.