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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....
Finance: The ruble is on track for its worst week since 1999 as Trump tells Russia: ‘Get ready’
The currency has fallen 12% against the dollar over the last 7 days. LONDON — The Russian ruble is down 2.8% against the dollar on Wednesday after President Donald Trump ramped up his anti-Russian rhetoric on Twitter. The ruble was already down 1.7% in early European trading, but took a leg lower after Trump warned Russia to “Get...
Roma dreaming of Kiev after magical comeback against Barca
The Italian capital came alive after a magical night at the Stadio Olimpico …read more Source: Daily...
Fighting fake news on the front line
The Ukrainian journalist and colleagues weighed into the battle with a StopFake.org website after Russian soldiers entered Crimea under cover and their country appeared to become a testing lab for using bogus stories to manipulate public opinion. …read more Source:...
Finance: The Russian ruble is on track for its worst week since 1999
The currency has fallen 10% against the dollar over the last 7 days. The Russian ruble is down 1.7% against the dollar at 8.45 a.m. GMT (3.45 a.m. ET) on Wednesday morning. It follows declines of 4% on both Monday and Tuesday for the struggling currency. The Financial Times reports that the ruble is now on track for its worst week since 1999,...
Roma dreaming of Kiev after magical recovery against Barcelona
The Italian capital came alive after a magical night at the Stadio Olimpico …read more Source: Mail &...
Politics: There’s one other person the FBI targeted as aggressively as Michael Cohen
The common thread between the two raids: investigators apparently did not believe either man could be trusted. The FBI’s raid on President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer’s home and office Monday took Washington by storm. There is one other known, high-profile instance in the last year in which the FBI targeted someone...
Politics: Russian military jamming in Syria is seriously affecting US drones
Russia has reportedly deployed electronic warfare equipment that is successfully jamming small US military surveillance drones. Russia has reportedly deployed electronic warfare equipment that is successfully jamming small US military surveillance drones. Department of Defense officials speaking to NBC News did not confirm if they lost any of the...
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,...
Russia vows to curb U.S. sanctions fallout, shrugs off ruble fall
MOSCOW – The Russian government pledged to minimize the fallout from U.S. sanctions on Tuesday and dismissed sharp falls in the ruble and financial markets as short-term volatility, saying Russia needed time to adjust to the new curbs. , The ruble fell sharply for a second day, shedding over 3 percent of its value against the dollar, as...
