Section: Lebanon
Grenade attack hits Ukraine TV channel set to air Putin documentary
A grenade launcher fired at the building of a Ukrainian television channel Saturday after it announced plans to air a controversial documentary featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia’s Putin, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy discuss ending conflict in eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy held their first telephone conversation Thursday and discussed settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the return of prisoners, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia detains Crimean Tatars for Red Square protest
Russian police Wednesday detained seven Crimean Tatars on Red Square as they held up posters protesting against the persecution of the Muslim ethnic group on the peninsula, Russian television reported. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s new president invites Putin for talks
Ukraine’s new president has proposed holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in the east and Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin: Russia Interested in Resuming Full-Fledged Relations
Russia is interested in restoring full-fledged relations with the European Union and is ready to work together with every political force supported by EU voters, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Italian Corriere della Sera daily, published on Thursday. “We are interested in restoring full-fledged relations between...
Putin Says Moscow Seeking Improved Ties with Washington, Warns of Countermeasures
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country seeks improved relations with the United States but has warned that Moscow will take countermeasures if Washington imposes more sanctions. Putin made the remarks during a news conference at the G20 summit in Japan’s Osaka on Saturday after meeting his American counterpart Donald Trump. The...
Putin says Russia will do all it can to improve ties with U.S.
Russia’s president said Saturday that Moscow would do all it could to improve relations with the United States that have been strained by years of diplomatic conflicts over Ukraine and accusations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections. …read more Source: The Daily...
Council of Europe readmits Russia, five years after suspension over Crimea
Europe’s main human rights forum Tuesday approved Russia’s readmission, the first time that an international sanction imposed for its seizure of Crimea in 2014 has been reversed, despite a stalling protest from Ukraine and Georgia. …read more Source: The Daily...
EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine conflict
European Union leaders Thursday extended sanctions against Russia for another six months for its failure to fulfil a peace deal on the Ukraine conflict, EU spokesman Preben Aamann said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russians, Ukrainian to face murder charges over downing of flight MH17
Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine which killed 298 people, in a trial to start in the Netherlands next March, an investigation team said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
