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I will never give up Crimea, vows Russian President Putin
Putin says he cannot forgive betrayal …read more Source: Daily...
Singer Yulia Samoilova to Represent Russia at 2018 Eurovision Song Contest
“Julia Samoilova at the second attempt will try to conquer the Eurovision song contest. A young woman with a character and a song with a core,” the broadcaster announced in the program “Vremya.” Samoilova was chosen to represent Russia at the 2017 Eurovision song contest in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev but the Ukrainian authorities banned the...
Qatar Airways ends ‘spectacular week’ at ITB Berlin
Qatar Airways completed a “spectacular showcase” at this year’s ITB Berlin, at which the airline revealed a host of 16 new destinations to be launched in 2018-19, as well as announcing a five-year partnership agreement with leading German football team FC Bayern München AG, further strengthening Qatar’s role as a global leader in...
Putin vows never to give Crimea back to Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that under no circumstances would he give Crimea back to Ukraine, speaking in a new documentary released yesterday ahead of his expected re-election in next week’s poll.“What, have you gone mad?” he told a journalist who asked him if there were any circumstances under which the Russian leader would...
Politics: Putin is getting slammed for saying Jews might have interfered in the US election
The Russian president made the claim during an interview with NBC's Megyn Kelly on Saturday, and also said Ukrainians or Tatars might be responsible. Russian President Vladimir Putin made controversial statements about Jews and several other groups in Russia, shifting the blame to them for Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election....
No budging on Crimea, says Putin
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that under no circumstances would he give Crimea back to Ukraine, speaking in a new documentary released on Sunday ahead of his expected re-election in next week’s poll. “What, have you gone mad?” he told a journalist who asked him if there were any circumstances under which the Russian...
Putin: villain abroad, hero at home
To the West he is public enemy number one: snatching land from his neighbours, interfering in foreign elections and unveiling weapons that he says render Washington’s missile defence systems obsolete. But despite — or because of — his reputation abroad, Vladimir Putin is still widely popular in Russia and is all but guaranteed to win a...
Putin indicates Crimea will never return to Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that Crimea’s rejoining to Russia from Ukraine in 2014 was a move that can ‘never’ be reversed. …read more Source: Iran...
‘Crazy’: Official Scolds Ukrainian MP for Wish to Deport Russians From Crimea
Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Georgy Muradov, who is also the Russian President’s permanent envoy to Crimea, has described Ukrainian MP Refat Chubarov’s plans for the peninsula as unfeasible. Chubarov heads the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, which Russia has banned for extremism. Commenting on the Ukrainian lawmaker’s...
Putin indicates Crimea will never return to Ukraine
Putin says in an interview that Crimea will remain part of Russia for ever. …read more Source:...
