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United States Slams Sanctions Against Putin Over Spy Row
US President Donald Trump hosts a working lunch with the Baltic heads of state in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: Olivier Douliery / AFP The United States struck President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle Friday, imposing sanctions on seven of Russia’s most influential oligarchs and stoking a...
Russia Expels Diplomats From 23 Countries As Spy Crisis Escalates
Russian President Vladimir Putin Photo: Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP Russia expelled diplomats from 23 countries on Friday in retaliation against the West in a spy row, in the biggest wave of tit-for-tat expulsions in recent memory. The Russian foreign ministry said it had summoned the heads of missions from 23 countries — almost all of them...
Skripal Case Has Sparked New Cold War – Russian Media
FILE PHOTO Police don protective coveralls with breathing equipment on the grounds of a cement plant in the village of Durrington, near Salisbury, southern England as investigations in connection with an apparent nerve agent attack in the city continue. Ben STANSALL / AFP Russian media on Tuesday shared the view that Western countries’...
From Russian Spy Poisoning To Diplomatic Escalation
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Qatar’s Emir at the Kremlin in Moscow, on March 26, 2018. SERGEI KARPUKHIN / POOL / AFP Following Monday’s mass expulsions of Russian diplomats by Britain’s allies, here are the main developments since the poisoning of a Russian former double agent in England....
Russia Kicks Against Expulsion Of Diplomats, Vows To Retaliate
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP The Russian foreign ministry on Monday vowed to retaliate against the expulsions of its diplomats by the United States and Canada, as well as 14 European Union countries and Ukraine over the poisoning of a former spy in Britain. “We express a decisive protest over the...
Britain Hails ‘Extraordinary International Response’ To Spy Poison Case
British Prime Minister Theresa May (C), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) give a press conference following a meeting on the sidelines of the European Union leaders summit in Brussels. Photo: Francois Lenoir / POOL / AFP Britain on Monday hailed the “extraordinary international response” to the poisoning...
Facebook Rocked By Data Breach Scandal As Investigations Loom
In this file photo taken on May 17, 2012, a Facebook logo is seen through the windows of the NASDAQ stock exchange as people walk by on Times Square in New York. Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP Facebook shares plunged Monday as the social media giant faced an onslaught of criticism at home and abroad over revelations that a firm working for Donald...
What The World Is Saying About Putin’s Re-Election
Presidential candidate, President Vladimir Putin speaks as he meets with confidants at his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, 2018.Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP China was the first world power to react on Monday to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s re-election, vowing to push ties to a “higher level”, but Germany questioned the fairness of...
Putin Pledges To Reduce Russia’s Military Spending
Presidential candidate, President Vladimir PutinAlexey DRUZHININ / SPUTNIK / AFP President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia would cut its military spending, a day after he won a presidential election with a landslide. “We have plans to decrease our defence spending both this year and next. But this will not lead to any decline in the...
Russia Will Remain ‘Difficult Partner’ After Putin Re-Election – Germany
German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas (R) arrives ahead of a Foreign Affairs minister meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on March 19, 2018.JOHN THYS / AFP Russia will remain a “difficult partner” after President Vladimir Putin’s re-election but will be needed to help resolve international tensions, German Foreign Minister Heiko...
