Section: Al-Manar TV (Lebanon)
Kremlin: Putin to meet Poroshenko, Hollande, Merkel on Oct. 19
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Hollande Uncertain on Putin Visit after Aleppo Veto
French President Francois Hollande is weighing up whether to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Paris next week after the Kremlin blocked a UN bid to end to the bombing of Aleppo, the French government said Monday. Putin is due in Paris on October 19 to inaugurate a new Orthodox church next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. On Sunday, Hollande...
Russia Deploys Nuclear-Capable Missiles on NATO Doorstep: Lithuania
Russia is again deploying nuclear-capable Iskander missiles into its Kaliningrad outpost bordering two NATO members, Lithuania said Saturday, warning the move was aimed at pressuring the West into making concessions over Syria and Ukraine. “Russia is holding military exercises in Kaliningrad, and its scenario includes deployment of Iskander...
Putin to Meet Hollande in France on October 19
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his French counterpart Francois Hollande during a visit to France on October 19, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. The two leaders “will discuss international issues including Syria and Ukraine,” Lavrov told France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at a meeting in Moscow....
Ukraine Summons Russian Consul over Reporter’s Arrest
Ukraine on Thursday summoned the Russian consul after Moscow detained one of its state media reporters for alleged espionage. Meanwhile populist and nationalist factions in Ukraine’s parliament pushed for the introduction of travel visas for Russians in retaliation for Roman Sushchenko’s arrest. Russia on Monday announced the...
Russia Sends Third Fleet Missile Ship to Syria
A third Russian Black Sea Fleet small missile ship has embarked on a voyage to Syria a day after two others entered the Mediterranean waters, a source in the Crimean security agencies told RIA Novosti on Thursday. The Kalibr cruise missile-equipped Serpukhov and Zeleny Dol corvettes are planned to join the Russian Navy’s permanent task...
MH17 Probe ‘Biased’, Moscow ‘Disappointed’: Foreign Ministry
Moscow on Wednesday described as “biased” and “politically motivated” the Dutch-led inquiry into the downing of Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, which concluded the plane was shot down by a missile brought from Russian territory. “Russia is disappointed that the situation around the investigation of the Boeing catastrophe is not changing,”...
Handle with Care: American Psycho System a ‘Co-worker of God’
By Finian Cunningham US President Barack Obama made his eighth – and final – address to the United Nations General Assembly this week. What a relief, not to be subjected to any more florid speeches filled with vacuous, psychopathic lies. Unfortunately, his successor – whoever that is – will pontificate more of the same. For the American psycho...
German, French FMs Visit War-torn East Ukraine
The German and French foreign ministers on Thursday made their first visit to Ukraine’s war-torn east since the beginning of the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in April 2014. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault arrived in Kramatorsk, a city controlled by the Ukrainian army. Both...
German, French FMs make first visit to war-torn Ukraine east
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