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Trump: US must work with Russia, move past election issues
Washington, Jul 10 – President Donald Trump said Sunday that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia” after his lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany. But he is still avoiding the question of whether he accepts Putin’s denial that Russia was responsible for meddling in the 2016 election,...
Trump says it’s ‘time to move forward’ with Russia
Washington, Jul 9 – President Donald Trump said Sunday that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia” after his lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany. But he is still avoiding the question of whether he accepts Putin’s denial that Russia was responsible for meddling in the 2016 election,...
No ‘specific agenda,’ but Trump, Putin have lots to discuss
Washington, Jul 5 – President Donald Trump’s first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday will be brimming with global intrigue, but the White House says there’s “no specific agenda.” So in the absence of a set list of topics, what are two of the world’s most famously unpredictable leaders to...
Tillerson draws up programme for dealing with Russia: Report
NEW YORK, – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has crafted a three-point framework for developing a constructive working relationship with Russia on a limited set of issues, the BuzzFeed portal has reported citing officials in the State Department, reports BSS. The framework is a classified document that has not previously been revealed, the...
Inkerman Cave Monastery of St. Clement
Interesting News: The Inkerman Monastery of St. Clement, located near the city of Inkerman at the mouth of the Black River, is built into the natural caves and hollows in the cliff face carved by the river. The name “Inkerman” is Turkish meaning cave fortress, although the city itself is located in the Crimean peninsula, a territory currently...
Putin says Western sanctions made Russia stronger
Moscow, Jun 15 – Russia has climbed out of recession despite the continuing Western sanctions, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, adding that the restrictions have forced the country to “switch on our brains” to reduce its dependence on energy exports, reports AP/UNB. Speaking in a live call-in show televised nationwide, Putin deplored the...
British defense minister: Russian aggression to NATO growing
Bucharest, Jun 15 (AP/UNB) – Britain’s defense minister says Russian aggression toward NATO is increasing and the alliance was right to have agreed to a “very high readiness taskforce”, reports AP/UNB. Michael Fallon said Thursday that Russia had annexed Crimea, threatened the Baltic states, and interfered in the democratic processes in...
Can the US and Europe work together?
The Atlantic is rough these days, as stormy disregard blows from the United States to Europe and back. After President Donald Trump attacked Germany’s trade practices, Chancellor Angela Merkel told a campaign rally in Munich that “the times we can completely rely on others are somewhat over” and that “we Europeans must take our destiny into...
The new Great Game of energy
Last autumn, the world’s two largest oil producers united during an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC meeting in Algiers, where they publicly declared their commitment to cut output and support prices. Last month, they came together again and agreed to roll over their self-declared historic deal to take...
Putin: Russian state has never been involved in hacking
St.Petersburg, Jun 1 – President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the Russian state has never engaged in hacking and scoffed at allegations that hackers could influence the outcome of elections in the United States or Europe reports AP/UNB. But the Russian leader admitted the possibility that some individual “patriotic” hackers could have...
