The Biden administration notified Israel two weeks ago that it was reimposing a ban that prohibits U.S. taxpayer funding from being used in any research and development or scientific cooperation projects conducted in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to three U.S. and Israeli officials.
Why it matters: The Biden administration’s decision reverses a Trump administration policy from late 2020 that allowed U.S. taxpayer funding to be used for science and technology projects in the settlements for the first time since 1967.
Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin will leave Russia for Belarus and criminal charges against him for organizing a rebellion against Moscow will be dropped, the Kremlin said late Saturday, after a deal was reached that saw the mercenary group halt its advance toward the Russian capital.
Why it matters: The nearly 24-hour uprising was the biggest threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin's rule since he came to power more than two decades ago.
Secretary of State Tony Blinken held a secure conference call Saturday morning with several Western foreign ministers to consult about the escalating situation in Russia, a source with direct knowledge of the issue told Axios.
The latest: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to quash an uprising led by Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who claimed to have seized the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. By late Saturday local time, Prigozhin said he had ordered his fighters to halt their advance toward Moscow to avoid Russian bloodshed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to quash an uprising led by Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who claimed to have seized the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.
The latest: Prigozhin said in an audio message late Saturday local time that he had ordered his fighters to halt their advance toward Moscow to avoid Russian bloodshed.
