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Kremlin: Putin, Trump will meet at G20 summit as planned
MOSCOW: A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin will take place at this week’s G20 summit as planned, the Kremlin said today, despite US threats to cancel over Moscow’s tensions with Ukraine.“Washington has confirmed the meeting,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.Peskov said the...
Putin defends ‘lawful’ seizure of Ukrainian ships
A crew member (left) of one of Ukrainian naval ships, which were recently seized by Russia’s FSB security service, is escorted after a court hearing in Simferopol, Crimea. — Reuters photo MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russian forces were in the right to seize three Ukrainian ships last weekend, but President Donald...
Ukraine president asks Nato to send ships to Sea of Azov
Poroshenko visits the 169th training centre ‘Desna’ of the Ukrainian Army ground forces in Chernihiv Region, Ukraine. — Reuters photo BERLIN: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked Nato members including Germany yesterday to send naval vessels to the Sea of Azov to back his country in the standoff with Russia. “Germany is one of our...
Ukraine says Russia rams navy tugboat off Crimea
KIEV: Ukraine’s navy said that Russia’s border guards rammed one of its tugboats in the Black Sea off Moscow-annexed Crimea on Sunday in “openly aggressive actions.”Ukraine said the incident took place as three of its ships including two small warships were heading for the port of Mariupol in the Sea of Azov, an area of heightened...
Russian FM mocks British army chief over IS comparison
Lavrov (right) is welcomed by Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva at Necessidades palace in Lisbon. — Reuters photo LISBON: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday mocked the ‘intellectual capacities’ of Britain’s army chief for calling Russia a bigger threat than the Islamic State group. “In regards to the...
Poland proposes to help fund US troops in country, ministry says
US soldiers were among troops in NATO battalions deployed to Poland. (AFP pic) WARSAW: Poland has a proposal to welcome a permanent deployment of US troops to the country, including helping to defray the costs, the defense ministry confirmed on Tuesday, amid fears over recent aggression by neighbouring Russia. Paweł Soloch, head of the office of...
Ukraine president hopes to launch anti-corruption court in July
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hopes Ukraine can start setting up a special anti-corruption court in July after parliament passes necessary legislation, he told reporters on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Nato, Russia to hold first talks since Skripal attack
BRUSSELS: Nato will on Thursday hold its first formal talks with Russia since the nerve agent attack on a former Kremlin double agent in Britain, as the alliance seeks to counter Moscow’s increasing assertiveness. Tensions between the transatlantic alliance and Russia have hit post-Cold War highs in recent years over Moscow’s...
Russia seeks 14 years jail for Ukrainian reporter
MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors have asked a Moscow court to convict a Ukrainian journalist of espionage and jail him for 14 years, his lawyer said Monday, in a move condemned by Kiev. Journalist Roman Sushchenko, who has worked for Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform for over a decade, was detained in Moscow in 2016. Russia’s FSB security...
Crypto currency stunt on Everest linked to Sherpa death
In this photo taken on May 17, mountaineers make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, as they ascend on the south face from Nepal. — AFP photo KATHMANDU: A promotional stunt by an Irish tech company to bury US$100,000 worth of a new cryptocurrency at Everest’s summit has been linked to the death of a Sherpa guide, the company said...
