MADURO, CELIA FLORES ALLOWED TO USE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT FUNDS FOR ATTORNEYS, ENDING LEGAL STANDOFF. (PHOTO).

Image
 Maduro, Celia Flores allowed to use Venezuelan government funds for attorneys, ending legal standoff Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Celia Flores will be allowed to use funds from the Venezuelan government to pay their attorneys, resolving a monthlong dispute over legal financing under U.S. sanctions. In a joint filing submitted Friday night, federal prosecutors and defense attorneys informed the court that the Department of the Treasury would amend a sanctions license to permit payments to the couple’s lawyers without violating existing restrictions. The arrangement includes strict conditions, including that any funds used must have become available after March 5, 2026, and cannot come from restricted foreign government deposit accounts. Prosecutors said the updated authorization resolves the funding dispute that had prompted the defense to seek dismissal of the case, and the defense has since withdrawn those motions without prejudice. The legal battle ste...

BRAZIL’PRESIDENT LULA PRESSES PUTIN TO JOIN PEACE TALKS WITH ZELENSKY. (PHOTO).


 Brazil’president  Lula presses Putin to join peace talks with Zelensky


Brazil’s president said Wednesday he will press Vladimir Putin in person to attend negotiations with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in Turkey, adding to calls on the Russian leader to enter talks and end Moscow’s invasion.


Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stop over in the Russian capital on the way back to Brazil following the conclusion of a regional forum in China.


“I’ll try to talk to Putin,” Lula said at a press conference in Beijing ahead of his departure.


“It costs me nothing to say, ‘hey, comrade Putin, go to Istanbul and negotiate, dammit'”, he said.


The negotiations scheduled for Thursday in Istanbul would be the first direct talks between Kyiv and Moscow since 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour.


Lula’s comments come after the Ukrainian foreign minister on Tuesday urged Brazil to use its influence with Russia and make a meeting between Putin and Zelensky happen.


They also come after Brazil and China issued a joint statement Tuesday calling for direct negotiations as the “only way to end the conflict”.


Zelensky on Tuesday urged US President Donald Trump — currently on a tour of Middle Eastern countries — to also visit Turkey and participate in talks.


The Kremlin has not yet specified whether Putin will attend in person, stating only that the “Russian delegation will be present”.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

SHAKIRA COVERS WOMEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE,APRIL ISSUE.

INNOSON GIVES OUT BRAND NEW IVM G5 AND SALARY FOR LIFE TO THE MAN WHO PROPHESIED ABOUT HIS VEHICLE MANUFACTURING IN 1979.(PHOTO).

AMBODE,SOYINKA & OTHERS AT THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF LAGOS AT 50 YEARS ANNIVERSARY AGAINST 2017.{PHOTOS}.