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Putin questions legality of Ukrainian government
Vladimir Zelensky’s rule is unconstitutional, the Russian president has asserted
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Vladimir Zelensky’s appeal for regime change in Moscow, saying the Ukrainian leader himself lacks a constitutional basis for claiming presidential authority.
The response came one day after Zelensky urged Ukraine’s international backers to support attempts to topple the Russian government, warning that otherwise, Moscow would “try to destabilize neighboring countries” even if a ceasefire were reached in the ongoing conflict.
“Our political regime is grounded in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and our government was formed in full compliance with the basic law,” Putin said during a press appearance on Friday. “The same cannot be said about Ukraine.”
Zelensky was elected in 2019 but has remained in office beyond the expiration of his term last year, citing martial law provisions that suspend elections during wartime. Putin had previously noted that the Ukrainian Constitution mandates that presidential power should be transferred to the speaker of the parliament if a successor is not elected.
While the Kremlin has generally characterized Zelensky’s status as an internal Ukrainian matter, it has raised concerns about the legitimacy of any international agreements he might sign, including a potential peace treaty with Russia. Officials have suggested that such agreements could later be challenged on legal grounds.
Recent polling has indicated that Zelensky would likely lose a competitive election, with retired General Valery Zaluzhny named by voters as the leading alternative.
Putin’s remarks came during a joint appearance with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following their visit to Valaam Monastery, a major Orthodox Christian site on an island in Russia’s Lake Ladoga.
PACKADERM DIPLOMACY: Putin to get a pair of elephants
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, trained elephants performed
in St. Petersburg Zoo, attracting large summer crowds. Some were later
transferred to Moscow due to financial difficulties, while others
perished during periods of war and famine – including one that starved
to death during the 1918 food crisis and another in 1941, during World
War II, when a bombing raid by Nazi forces destroyed the elephant house
during the Siege of Leningrad.
Putin to get a pair of elephants
The gift from Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith is meant to mark 65 years of diplomatic relations
Laos plans to gift a pair of elephants to Russia as a symbol of peace
and prosperity, Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith said on Thursday
during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
- Sisoulith said the gesture would be in recognition of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
“On
behalf of the government and people of Laos, we wish to present the
Russian Federation with a pair of elephants, which are a symbol of
peace, friendship and well-being,” he said.
- The elephants, Sisoulith added, would be sent to St. Petersburg, the city where he studied at the Herzen State Pedagogical Institute.
Putin responded with a smile, saying, “Thank you, they’ll come in handy.”
During the talks, Putin highlighted growing trade ties between the two countries, noting that bilateral trade increased by 66% last year. In the first five months of 2025 alone, he said, trade volumes had risen by a further 20%.
Elephants have a long history in St. Petersburg, dating back to 1714,
when the Persian Shah gifted the first one to the newly founded
imperial capital.
- It was transported by sea to Astrakhan and then led on foot to St.Petersburg, reportedly wearing specially made slippers to protect its feet.
- Throughout the 18th century, additional elephants were gifted by Persian rulers, housed near the city center, and occasionally walked along what is now Nevsky Prospekt, the city’s main avenue
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BEA News: Personal Income and Outlays, June 2025 Inbox
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EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 a.m. EDT, Thursday, July 31, 2025
Personal Income and Outlays, June 2025
Personal income increased $71.4 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in June, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $61.0 billion (0.3 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $69.9 billion (0.3 percent).
Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $69.5 billion in June. Personal saving was $1.01 trillion in June and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.5 percent.
The increase in current-dollar personal income in June primarily reflected increases in government social benefits to persons and in compensation.
The $69.9 billion increase in current-dollar PCE reflected increases of $40.1 billion in spending on services and $29.9 billion in spending on goods.
From the preceding month, the PCE price index for June increased 0.3 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index also increased 0.3 percent.
From the same month one year ago, the PCE price index for June increased 2.6 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 2.8 percent from one year ago.
| Personal Income and Related Measures [Percent change from May to June] | ||||
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| Current-dollar personal income | 0.3 | |||
| Current-dollar disposable personal income | 0.3 | |||
| Real disposable personal income | 0.0 | |||
| Current-dollar personal consumption expenditures (PCE) | 0.3 | |||
| Real PCE | 0.1 | |||
| PCE price index | 0.3 | |||
| PCE price index, excluding food and energy | 0.3 | |||
For definitions, statistical conventions, updates to PIO, and more, visit “Additional Information.”
Annual Update of the National Economic Accounts
BEA will begin releasing results from the 2025 annual update of the National Economic Accounts, which include the National Income and Product Accounts as well as the Industry Economic Accounts, on September 25, 2025. The update will present revised statistics for GDP, GDP by Industry, and GDI. For details, refer to Information on 2025 Annual Updates to the National, Industry, and State and Local Economic Accounts .
Next release: August 29, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. EDT
Personal Income and Outlays, July 2025
Technical Notes
Changes in Personal Income and Outlays for June
The increase in personal income in June primarily reflected increases in government social benefits to persons and in compensation.
- The increase in government social benefits to persons was led by Social Security payments, based on data from the Social Security Administration and the Monthly Treasury Statement.
- The increase in compensation reflected increases of $10.9 billion in government wages and salaries, $10.8 billion in supplements (mainly employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds), and $6.3 billion in private wages and salaries, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Employment Statistics (CES). Wages and salaries in goods-producing industries increased $4.5 billion. Wages and salaries in services‑producing industries increased $1.9 billion.
Estimates have been updated for April and May.
- Revisions to compensation reflect updated BLS CES data.
- Within personal income receipts on assets, personal dividend income was revised up, reflecting an updated sample of dividends paid by publicly traded companies.
- Within government social benefits, Medicaid was revised up, reflecting Monthly Treasury Statement data.
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