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Should the Russians hug the Chinese?
Chinese President Xi Jinping was the toast of Russia recently. He smiled at the Moscow Zoo as Russian President Vladimir Putin admired the pandas Xi had brought (a standard Chinese gift to countries it courts). In St Petersburg, he toured the Aurora, the warship that fired the shot marking the start of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, and took...
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...
2 streets in Kiev will no longer be named for Nazi collaborators
Despite protests by Jews, this glorification became mainstream following the 2014 overthrow of the government of former president Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Stormy G20 meeting looms as Trump bashes China on trade
China’s Xi Jinping landed in Osaka yesterday ahead of what promises to be a stormy G20 meeting over trade, as US President Donald Trump lashed out at Beijing and vowed more tariffs. The long-running trade war between the world’s top two economies looked poised to dominate the agenda of the group of 20 summit in Osaka from today and...
Ukraine court nullifies naming of streets for Nazi collaborators
Ukrainian court nullifies naming of Kiev streets for Nazi collaborators, mayor promises to appeal ruling. …read more Source: Arutz...
Ukraine President's Party Leads Poll Ahead of July Election
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A party set up by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office last month, continues to lead in an opinion poll published on Wednesday ahead of a snap parliamentary election due on July 21. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine livid as rights assembly lets Russia return
Ukraine yesterday expressed anger at its Western partners after lawmakers at the Council of Europe agreed to allow Russian representatives back following a five year absence prompted by Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. Russian delegates had been stripped of their voting rights in the pan-European rights body in 2014 after Russia annexed...
Facebook expands rules on political ads to Canada and Ukraine
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Council of Europe assembly allows Russia’s return
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) agreed early Tuesday to allow Russian representatives to return to the body, five years after it was stripped of its voting rights over Crimea’s reunification with Russia after a referendum in March 2014. …read more Source: Iran...
