Section: South Africa
Numerous Trump associates had ties with Russians during campaign
Washington – After questions emerged about whether campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page had ties to Russia, President Donald Trump called him a “very low-level member” of a committee and said that “I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to him.” When it was revealed that his son met with a Russian lawyer...
‘Friends of Crimea’ Forum to Kick Off in Russia’s Yalta
SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) — Foreign delegations are arriving to the Crimean peninsula to participate in the International Forum Friends of Crimea, Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Georgy Muradov told Sputnik on Sunday. This conference will be attended by the former politicians, businessmen, international organizations’ representatives. Foreign...
Ukraine’s Parliament May Discuss Donbass Reintegration Bill in Mid-November
KIEV (Sputnik) — Ukrainian parliament may hold the second reading of the bill on Donbass reintegration, initially set for October, in the middle of November, Ukraine’s presidential parliamentary representative Irina Lutsenko said Saturday. In early October, the Ukrainian parliament in the first reading adopted the bill on reintegration of...
Two Gas Pipelines Damaged in Crimea, Sabotage Not Excluded
SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) — Another gas pipeline was damaged in the southern Crimean settlement of Zaprudne, and the act may be regarded as sabotage, the head of the region’s state unitary gas enterprise Krymgazseti told Sputnik on Wednesday. “A medium pressure gas pipeline of 270 mm diameter has been damaged near Zaprudne settlement. The nature...
Manafort indicted; ex-Trump aide pleads in Russia probe
Washington – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former Manafort business associate, Rick Gates, were indicted Monday on felony charges of conspiracy against the United States, acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and several other financial counts involving tens of millions of dollars routed...
Trump ex-campaign manager Manafort indicted on conspiracy, money-laundering charges
“Manafort and Gates generated tens of millions of dollars in income as a result of their Ukraine work,” the indictment states. …read more Source: Mail &...
Ukraine’s Forces Shell Donbass Ceasefire Center in Donetsk – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) — “At 09:00 a.m. [07:00 GMT] the Ukrainian Armed Forces based in Mar’inka opened a precision fire on Oleksandrivka using an SPG-9 [anti-tank grenade launcher]. The shelling lasted for more than an hour. At around 09:10 a.m. an explosion was registered near a school building, where the monitoring group ‘Oleksandrivka’...
Ukraine’s Forces Shell Donbass Ceasefire Center in Donetsk – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) — “At 09:00 a.m. [07:00 GMT] the Ukrainian Armed Forces based in Mar’inka opened a precision fire on Oleksandrivka using an SPG-9 [anti-tank grenade launcher]. The shelling lasted for more than an hour. At around 09:10 a.m. an explosion was registered near a school building, where the monitoring group ‘Oleksandrivka’...
Russia’s Monitoring Officers in Donbass Come Under Shelling – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) —The mission reported that “shelling of the Bezymennoye observation post started at 15:25 on October 27, twenty-five 82-millimeter mortar shells were fired and the fire was being delivered from the direction of Shirokino [controlled by Kiev].” According to the reports, the shelling is continuing and the information about the...
Russia’s Monitoring Officers in Donbass Come Under Shelling – DPR
DONETSK (Sputnik) —The mission reported that “shelling of the Bezymennoye observation post started at 15:25 on October 27, twenty-five 82-millimeter mortar shells were fired and the fire was being delivered from the direction of Shirokino [controlled by Kiev].” According to the reports, the shelling is continuing and the information about the...
