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Russia detains American suspected of espionage
The headquarters of Russia’s FSB security service, which has opened a criminal case against a US citizen accused of spying. (AFP pic)MOSCOW: Russia said Monday its security services had detained a US citizen in Moscow accused of spying, the latest in a series of espionage cases between Russia and the West. The FSB domestic security service...
Putin tells Trump Moscow is open for dialogue
Putin attends a meeting with officials and representatives of Russian business community at the Kremlin in Moscow. — Reuters photo MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a New Year letter to his US counterpart Donald Trump, said that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a “wide-ranging agenda”, the Kremlin said yesterday. At the end of...
Merkel, Macron demand Russia release Ukrainian seamen
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron demanded on Friday that Russia release Ukrainian sailors who were seized along with their ships last month. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko announces end to martial law in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a press conference in Kiev on December 16, 2018 (AFP pic)KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday announced the end of martial law in the country’s border regions, which was introduced last month after Russia’s seizure of three of Kiev’s navy vessels in the Sea of...
Ukraine may force church to add 'Russian' to its name
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian MPs passed a law on Thursday that could force the Moscow-backed church in Ukraine to add “Russian” to its name, aimed at curbing the influence of priests whom the authorities call a threat to national security. …read more Source: The...
Putin says West trying to ‘hold back’ powerful Russia
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the West was trying to hold back an increasingly powerful Russia, during an end-of-year press conference that took aim at sanctions and “made-up” spy scandals.Domestic concerns also loomed large at the annual event, after Putin’s approval ratings took a beating in recent months over...
Putin says Russia ready to respect Azov Sea accord with Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was willing to respect a Russian-Ukrainian accord governing the joint use of the Azov Sea and that Moscow wanted to normalise the situation around the waters. …read more Source: The...
Under pressure at home and abroad, Putin faces media
More than 1,700 journalists are expected during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference in Moscow. (Bloomberg pic)MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will face hundreds of journalists Thursday during his annual press conference, a bookend event to a year of tensions with the West and crisis with Ukraine. It also...
U.S. to remove sanctions from aluminium giant Rusal
(Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury will lift sanctions on the core empire of Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, including aluminium giant Rusal and its parent En+ , watering down the toughest penalties imposed since Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The...
‘Thousands’ of EU diplomatic cables hacked
The NYT said that according to Area 1, the techniques used by the hackers over the course of three years were similar to those used by an elite Chinese military unit (AFP pic)BRUSSELS: Hackers apparently connected to China accessed thousands of sensitive EU diplomatic cables, the New York Times reported Wednesday, in the latest embarrassing data...
