Section: Iran
Canada says time to reboot relations with Russia
Russia-Canada relations are about to get a reboot, with the countries’ foreign ministers expressing willingness to resume dialogue after a stall caused by events in Ukraine. The new Canadian government believes snubbing Russia was not productive, RT reported. Canada’s new Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Dion, told journalists on...
Trump wishes for ‘good’ relations with Russia, China
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed hopes for a good relationship with Russia and China in the future. “I think it would be great if we had a good relationship with Russia, I think it would be great if we had a good relationship with China,” Trump said in an interview with Fox Business News on Tuesday. He...
US investigation into ‘Russian meddling’ in the EU will be a farce — RT Op-Edge
Danielle Ryan is an Irish freelance journalist and media analyst. She has lived in the US and Germany and is currently based in Moscow. She previously worked as a digital desk reporter for the Sunday Business Post in Dublin. She studied political reporting at the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism in Washington, DC and also has a...
Top 5 Ways Putin has won big in Syria and why Europe is embracing him
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Russia is so far winning big in Syria, and making Moscow’s projection of force in the Middle East a reality that the other great powers have to recognize. As Russia has emerged as a major combatant against Syrian al-Qaeda and against Daesh (ISIS, ISIL), it is being accepted back into a Europe...
Kremlin dismisses US accusation of corruption against Putin
The Kremlin has rejected a US official’s accusation of corruption against Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling the claim official and challenging the US to provide evidence for it. Adam Szubin, the acting under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US Treasury, claimed on the BBC Panorama program aired on Monday...
Harmony Over Hatred: Ethnic Conflict in Crimea is a Western Media Myth
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia’s Crimea is a territory where the rights of each and every nationality are observed, according to Polish journalist Mateus Piskorski. …read more Source: Fars News...
Tahrir 5 Years Later: The Hurdles to Democratization that most Arab Youth Revolts couldn’t Overcome
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A frequently met-with Western political and often journalistic narrative of the 2011 youth revolts in the Arab world is that idealistic young people came out into the streets and managed to overthrow four dictators, but then the essential Arab nature (violent, fanatical, tribal and sectarian) came out and...
Greco-Roman roster for Ukraine tournament released
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France voices hopes Russia sanctions are removed
France is hoping that Western imposed sanctions on Russia for its alleged intervention in Ukraine are removed by this summer. “The goal that we all share is to be able to lift the sanctions this summer because the (Minsk peace) process will have been respected,” said French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Moscow on...
Securing Interests: Russia Could Deploy Ground Troops to Crimea ‘if Needed’
TEHRAN (FNA)- Amid the rising number of threats, such as NATO’s expansion and Ukraine’s irredentism in the Black Sea region, Russia is building up its military capabilities in Crimea, including the possible deployment of ground troops to the peninsula. …read more Source: Fars News...
