Section: Africa&ME
Kiev Regularly Stages Armed Provocations in Donbass: Russian Foreign Minister
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies’ staff is regularly staging armed provocations on the contact line in Donbass so that not to implement the political portion of Minsk agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday in an interview with Mir TV Channel. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Putin urges Macron to shed mutual distrust and ‘join forces’
French president-elect Emmanuel Macron greets supporters during a post-election rally at the Louvre Museum in Paris, on May 7, 2017 © AFP / Eric FEFERBERGMOSCOW, Russian Federation, May 8 – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged French election winner Emmanuel Macron to bridge deep rifts and work together in the face of the “growing...
Putin urges Macron to shed mutual distrust and ‘join forces’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged French election winner Emmanuel Macron to bridge deep rifts and work together in the face of the “growing threat of terrorism and violent extremism”. “The citizens of France entrusted you to lead the country in a difficult period for Europe and for the entire world community. The growing threat of...
eNCA | Putin urges Macron to bridge deep rifts and ‘join forces’
Ties between Russia and France are currently strained as Paris has helped spearhead the West’s punitive response to Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Armed man ‘sexually harassed’ female monitor in rebel Ukraine
Kiev: A female member of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission monitoring the conflict in eastern Ukraine was “sexually harassed” by an armed man in rebel territory, the group confirmed on Sunday. The OSCE has already limited its patrols in parts of the war-torn east since it sustained its first fatality of the...
‘Immortal Regiment’ March in Turkey Attended by Over 300 People
ANKARA (Sputnik) — Citizens of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova and other former Soviet republics took part in the event. They, in particular, laid flowers to the monument of the Russian soldiers, who died in captivity during 1877-1878 Russian-Turkish war. “Today, the “Immortal Regiment” march took place on the Island of...
Hundreds Attend ‘Immortal Regiment’ March in Lebanese Capital
BEIRUT (Sputnik) — The event was organized by the Russian Embassy and the Russian Cultural Center. Representatives of the Russian diaspora, citizens of Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Lebanon took part in the action. “Since April we have recorded 220 veterans, people came with photos of their heroes. We can say that 30% of the...
Accredited Russian Journalists Who Visited Crimea to Be Denied Entry to Ukraine
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian journalists who had visited post-referendum Crimea will not be allowed to enter Ukraine even if they are accredited for the Eurovision Song Contest, Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said Sunday. Earlier in the day, a photojournalist working for the Rossiya Segodnya...
France fights to keep Macron e-mail hack from distorting election
PARIS —France sought to keep a computer hack of frontrunner Emmanuel Macron’s campaign emails from influencing the outcome of the country’s presidential election with a warning on Saturday it could be a criminal offence to republish the data. Macron’s team said a “massive” hack had dumped e-mails, documents and...
What France’s choice of president means for the world
Paris // The foreign policy positions of the French presidential contenders are perhaps their starkest divide, with centrist Emmanuel Macron urging close cooperation with international institutions and the far-right Marine Le Pen championing France-first nationalism.Here is how France’s relationship with the world could change depending on...
