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Kazakh beer tycoon jailed for 21 years on coup-plotting charges
By Raushan Nurshayeva A Kazakh businessman was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday on charges including plotting a coup against veteran President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Tokhtar Tuleshov, best known for running Shymkentpivo, one of the former Soviet republic’s largest breweries, was subjected to a closed trial before a military court in...
Georgia’s Saakashvili resigns as governor in Ukraine
Georgia’s pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili announced his resignation Monday from his post as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region out of frustration at allegedly being reined in from fighting corruption. …read more Source: The Daily...
Presidential vote in Bulgaria could herald closer Russia ties
Bulgarians began voting on Sunday to choose the country’s next president in a highly contested election that could trigger political instability in the Black Sea state and push it towards closer ties with Russia. Opinion polls show Tsetska Tsacheva, 58, the centre-right GERB ruling party candidate, is likely to narrowly win the ballot but...
Ukrainian blacksmiths reproduce medieval works
Over one hundred blacksmiths from all over Ukraine have gathered in Kiev to showcase their products. …read more Source:...
For Europeans and Russians in UAE, mixed feelings over Clinton and Trump
This is the sixth in a daily series that explores how expats from around the world feel ahead of the US presidential election on November 8. We have spoken to people from Latin America, South Asia, Africa, Russia and East Asia. Next we talk to people from the MENA region.ABU DHABI // With only a few days left before the US elections, UAE...
Putin unveils controversial statue of Vladimir the Great
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday unveiled a giant statue by the Kremlin of his namesake Vladimir the Great, a revered leader and Orthodox saint, that has faced criticism from locals and conservationists. The 17-metre monument of Vladimir, the prince who converted modern Russia’s precursor state Kievan Rus to Christianity...
Ukraine’s leader speaks to ‘fake’ Kyrgyz president
Ukrainian president spoke to what he thought was his Kyrgyz counterpart by phone this week – only to discover that the person on the other end was someone else entirely. …read more Source: The Daily...
Jewish actress Mila Kunis calls out Hollywood sexism
The Ukrainian-born Jewish actress explained that after being rejected, insulted, paid less, and diminished based on her gender, she decided to found her own production company. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Kalibr-Armed Frigate to Join Russia’s Naval Group near Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia’s Frigate Admiral Grigorovich armed with Kalibr cruise missiles will leave the port of Sevastopol to join the aircraft carrier group in Syria on Thursday, a source in Crimea’s uniformed services said. …read more Source: Fars News...
Germans, Ukrainians to top winter tourist arrivals to Egypt: investors
Tourism experts expect that Germans will rank first place for the most tourists visiting Egypt in winter, followed by Ukraine. The Tourism Activation Authority implemented an advertising campaign in the German market at a cost of $5m presented in television, outdoor, and radio advertisements. Hany Shoukry, executive chairperson at the...
