Section: Africa&ME
Putin gets a rousing welcome in Serbia
Ceremonial cannons fired and church bells pealed in Belgrade yesterday as President Vladimir Putin arrived to a rousing welcome in Serbia, a key Moscow ally, where he will confer Russia’s top award to his counterpart. Tens of thousands of Serbs marched through the capital in a parade in Putin’s honour. “Welcome honoured President...
Russia Detains Model Claiming Trump Secrets
Detained Belarusian model Anastasia Vashukevich (C) known by her pen name Nastya Rybka leaves Thai immigration department in Bangkok. Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP Russia on Thursday detained a Belarusian model who claimed she had evidence of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office, witnesses told AFP. Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her...
Putin Receives Five-Star Welcome, Calls For Stable Balkans In Serbia
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks in Belgrade. MAXIM SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for stability in the Balkans during a visit to Serbia, a key Moscow ally in the volatile region. After arriving to a rousing...
EU reiterates call on Russia to free Ukrainian sailors
‘We expect Russia to immediately and unconditionally release 24 captured Ukrainian sailors,’ says EU spokesperson …read more Source: Anadolu...
Facebook Shuts Hundreds Of ‘Inauthentic’ Russia-Linked Pages
Facebook announced Thursday that it has removed more than 500 pages, groups, and accounts originating in Russia for engaging in what the social network called “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” The California-based social media giant said they were part of two separate but similar Russian-based influence operations, one that was active in a...
Facebook To Tighten Political Advert Rules For 2019 Elections
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg/ AFP Facebook said Tuesday it will tighten rules for political ads in countries with elections scheduled in the first half of the year, building on transparency efforts already underway in the United States, Britain and Brazil after a series of scandals. “As we prepare for major elections around the world this year,...
Facebook implements new advertising rules to combat fake news for 2019 elections in Nigeria, others
The company will kick-start its new initiative in Nigeria on Wednesday. Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and other countries across the world, social media giant, Facebook has announced an extension of some of its …read more Source: Pulse...
Facebook implements new ads rules to combat fake news for 2019 elections in Nigeria, others
The company will kick-start its new initiative in Nigeria on Wednesday. Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and other countries across the world, social media giant, Facebook has announced an extension of some of its …read more Source: Pulse...
‘Sex expert’ in Trump-Russia scandal pleads guilty in Thai ‘sex seminar’ case
Moscow – A model whose alleged affair with a Russian oligarch made her an unexpected player in probes over Moscow’s influence pleaded guilty Tuesday in Thailand to charges linked to a “sex training” seminar, setting the stage for her deportation. The model and self-described sex expert from Belarus, Anastasia Vashukevich,...
Russia extends detention of jailed Ukrainian sailors
A court in Moscow Tuesday ordered eight Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia last year off the coast of Crimea to be kept in pre-trial detention until April 24, Russian news agencies reported. …read more Source: The Daily...
