Section: Africa&ME
Politics: Russian military jamming in Syria is seriously affecting US drones
Russia has reportedly deployed electronic warfare equipment that is successfully jamming small US military surveillance drones. Russia has reportedly deployed electronic warfare equipment that is successfully jamming small US military surveillance drones. Department of Defense officials speaking to NBC News did not confirm if they lost any of the...
Poland demands Russia return 2010 presidential jet wreckage
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday demanded that Russia hand over the wreckage of a 2010 presidential plane crash that has stoked friction with Moscow and divisions at home as Warsaw marked eight years since the disaster. President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria were among the 96 people who died in the crash in Smolensk, western...
New United States Sanctions Targeted At Russians
The Russian Embassy in Washington, DC Photo Credit: ZACH GIBSON / AFP A new round of United States sanctions targeting oligarchs and businesses is “aimed at the Russian people,” Russia’s US embassy said Friday. “We are told that these measures are not aimed against the Russian people, but they are,” the embassy said on its Facebook page,...
Russian shares sell off amid sanctions fears
The ruble has experienced its biggest one-day fall for over two years and stocks in major Russian companies also slid, as investors reacted to a new round of US sanctions targeting some of Russia’s biggest tycoons.The fresh US sanctions announced on Friday, targeting officials and businesspeople around President Vladimir Putin, sent...
Russia vows to curb U.S. sanctions fallout, shrugs off ruble fall
MOSCOW – The Russian government pledged to minimize the fallout from U.S. sanctions on Tuesday and dismissed sharp falls in the ruble and financial markets as short-term volatility, saying Russia needed time to adjust to the new curbs. , The ruble fell sharply for a second day, shedding over 3 percent of its value against the dollar, as...
Germany’s Merkel seeks to assure Ukraine on Russian gas link
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is promising to consider the impact of a new Russian-German gas pipeline on Ukraine as plans progress. …read more Source: The Daily...
Germany: Nord Stream 2 project not possible without clarity about Ukrainian role
The chancellor said the Nord Stream 2 project without clarity about the Ukrainian transit role was not possible. …read more Source:...
Ukraine to impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs: president
Ukraine will impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs including Oleg Deripaska, following the lead of penalties ordered by the United States, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
WATCH: FBI raid on Cohen’s offices is a witch-hunt, says Trump
New York – A furious Donald Trump blasted the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller as a “disgrace” and a “witch-hunt” Monday after FBI agents raided the New York offices of the president’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen. Agents seized files relating to Cohen’s work, which included...
Politics: Why the FBI’s raid on Michael Cohen’s office could spell trouble for Trump
Michael Cohen's possible criminal exposure heightens the possibility that he could "flip" against President Trump. News that the FBI seized work product between Michael Cohen and his clients could pose significant ramifications for President Donald Trump, who is one of Cohen’s longtime clients. If investigators find that...
