Kremlin Says Russia is Doing All it Can to Try to De-Escalate Middle East Tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs the Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs the Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Kremlin Says Russia is Doing All it Can to Try to De-Escalate Middle East Tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs the Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs the Security Council meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was doing everything it could to try to facilitate attempts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East by urging restraint on all sides.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the comments when asked about the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Iran, Reuters said.
"Russia is maintaining contacts with all parties to this conflict. We have contacts with Tehran, and we have contacts with the Israelis and the Palestinians," Peskov told reporters.
"Russia is constantly doing everything possible to call on the parties to show restraint and to facilitate any attempts to de-escalate tensions.
"...There is still an extremely tense situation in the region and, of course, it is very important now to promote restraint in this regard."



CNN Poll Shows Harris up in Wisconsin and Michigan, Tied with Trump in Pennsylvania

Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Coastal Credit Union Music Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, October 30, 2024. (Reuters)
Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Coastal Credit Union Music Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, October 30, 2024. (Reuters)
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CNN Poll Shows Harris up in Wisconsin and Michigan, Tied with Trump in Pennsylvania

Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Coastal Credit Union Music Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, October 30, 2024. (Reuters)
Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at Coastal Credit Union Music Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, October 30, 2024. (Reuters)

Vice President Kamala Harris has a marginal edge over Republican rival Donald Trump in Michigan and Wisconsin but the two candidates are tied in Pennsylvania less than a week before the Nov. 5 election, a new CNN poll showed on Wednesday.

Democrat Harris leads Trump by 48% to 43% among likely voters in Michigan and by 51% to 45% in Wisconsin, two of three battleground states nicknamed the "blue wall" after helping President Joe Biden defeat Trump in 2020.

In the third "blue wall" state, Pennsylvania, the CNN poll showed Harris and Trump tied at 48%. Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes make it among the bigger prizes in the battle for the White House.

Interviews were conducted Oct. 23-28 online and by telephone with 726 likely voters in Michigan, 819 in Pennsylvania and 736 in Wisconsin, CNN said. The margin of error was plus or minus 5 percentage points, it said.