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Russia’s Opposition Leader, Navalny Detained With Supporters
Russian police officers detain a protester during an unauthorized anti-Putin rally called by opposition leader Alexei Navalny on May 5, 2018 in Moscow, two days ahead of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fourth Kremlin term. Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was detained along with more than a thousand of his...
Sanctions Force Russia To Cut Defence Spending – Study
Russian Msta S artillery vehicles roll on Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Saint Petersburg on April 30, 2018. Russia will celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP Russia’s military spending fell sharply in 2017 for the first time...
G7 Ministers Meet On Russia, North Korea Threats
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (C L) and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini (C R) chair the opening of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Toronto, Ontario, April 22, 2018. Lars Hagberg / AFP The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized...
Macron Warns Against Being ‘Weak’ With Putin
FILE COPY French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France Photo Credit: JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron warned against showing any weakness towards Vladimir Putin — while insisting he wants to work with the Russian strongman — in remarks broadcast Sunday on the eve of his state visit to Washington....
Democrats Sue Trump Campaign, Russia For Alleged Conspiracy
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation on the situation in Syria April 13, 2018, at the White House in Washington, DC. Trump said strikes on Syria are underway.Mandel NGAN / AF The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that Russia, WikiLeaks and top officials from Donald Trump’s campaign conspired to tilt the 2016 US...
Ukrainian Oligarch Defends $150,000 Payment To Trump Foundation
FILE COPY Ukrainian businessman Victor Pinchuk poses after receiving the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal from the French Culture Minister in Paris. Jacques DEMARTHON / AFP Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk’s foundation on Thursday defended a $150,000 (120,000 euros) payment to Donald Trump’s foundation that is being investigated...
Trump To Take Decision On Syria ‘Soon’
FILE COPY United States’ President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with senior military leaders at the White House in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP President Donald Trump huddled with top national security advisors Thursday to weigh his military options in Syria, as Moscow warned against any move that risks...
Israel Calls On Poland To Study Holocaust History
FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office. PHOTO: ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP Israel’s president on Thursday said there was a “deep disagreement” between his country and Poland over the Holocaust and called on Warsaw to study its history — an allusion to the responsibility...
Ukraine Rejects Russian Gas Transit Offer
Ukraine’s President, Petro Poroshenko speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor after talks about fragile truce on April 10, 2018 in Berlin. Credit: Odd ANDERSEN / AFP Ukraine on Wednesday rejected a natural gas transit proposal by Russian energy giant Gazprom as an unacceptable and unprofitable proposition for Kiev....
New United States Sanctions Targeted At Russians
The Russian Embassy in Washington, DC Photo Credit: ZACH GIBSON / AFP A new round of United States sanctions targeting oligarchs and businesses is “aimed at the Russian people,” Russia’s US embassy said Friday. “We are told that these measures are not aimed against the Russian people, but they are,” the embassy said on its Facebook page,...
