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Teva bribery settlement raises questions on Argentina, Romania probes
Pharmaceutical giant — fined half-billion dollars for bribery in Russia, Ukraine and Mexico — says internal review of Argentina case is closed and it’s premature to discuss Romania …read more Source: The Times of...
Israel rebukes countries’ ambassadors over UN Security Council vote
Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned the ambassadors of all UN security council members which backed a resolution condemning Israeli settlements to “personally reprimand” them, Israeli foreign ministry announced on Sunday. The ministry added that the ambassador of the US was not among the envoys summoned. According to Israel’s official state...
Russia responds to Ukraine rejoicing deadly plane crash
The Russian Foreign Ministry responds to Ukrainian politicians “rejoicing” over the deadly crash of a military aircraft over the Black Sea. …read more Source:...
Celebration turns into horror as Russia plane crashes, killing 92
MOSCOW — A Russian plane headed to an air base in Syria with 92 people aboard, including members of a well-known military choir, crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday minutes after taking off from the resort city of Sochi, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. There was no indication anyone survived the crash of the Tu-154, which belonged to the...
Russia’s hybrid war against the West
The United States FBI and CIA have both concluded that Russia ran a hacking and disinformation campaign aimed at influencing the US presidential election in Donald Trump’s favour. We may never know how successful Russia’s cyber operation was, but we do know that the Kremlin got the result it wanted. Time magazine was wrong to name...
Israel hits back after UN settlement vote
Israel yesterday summoned representatives of states that supported a UN resolution demanding it halt settlement activity, while cutting civilian co-ordination with Palestinians by way of rebuke.Ambassadors from 10 of the 14 countries that voted in favour of the resolution and have embassies in Israel – Britain, China, Russia, France, Egypt,...
Russia M&A bucks global slowdown for bank deals
Investment banking deal volumes in Russia rose almost 50% in 2016, with domestic advisors leading the charge, but continued sanctions and the economic contraction mean the industry remained a shadow of its former self.According to Thomson Reuters data up to December 14, equity capital market (ECM) volumes in Russia have more than doubled to...
Rabbi: UN vote won’t break true friendship between Ukraine, Israel
“For the government of Israel it was obviously a red line, but I hope it won’t impact the relationship between Ukrainian Jews and Israel.” …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Knesset summons Egypt’s ambassador to Israel over UN resolution: Israeli media
Egypt’s ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat was reportedly summoned by the Israeli foreign ministry among other ambassadors whose countries had supported the UN resolution condemning Israel’s settlement project in Palestine, several Israeli media outlets said on Sunday afternoon. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry did not publish any...
Russian plane with 92 aboard crashes into the Black Sea
MOSCOW // A Russian plane headed to an air base in Syria with 92 people aboard, including members of a well-known military choir, crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday minutes after taking off from the resort city of Sochi, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.There was no indication anyone survived the crash of the Tu-154, which belonged to the...
