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Putin opens new bridge to Crimea, provoking Ukraine, Western ire
KERCH: President Vladimir Putin drew condemnation from the US, Europe and Ukraine on Tuesday after he opened a new bridge linking mainland Russia and Moscow-annexed Crimea by driving a truck across it to the peninsula. Putin dressed in jeans and a casual jacket was shown by Russian state television behind the wheel of a construction truck to...
Putin opens mega bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia
A vehicle runs down the 19 km road-and-rail Crimean Bridge passing over the Kerch Strait and linking southern Russia to the Crimean peninsula yesterday prior to the opening ceremony. KERCH: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday drove a truck across a new bridge linking mainland Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea, triggering a fierce reaction...
Ukraine raids offices of Russian state media
People walk past a building where the Kiev office of Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency are housed. — AFP photo KIEV: Ukraine’s state security service searched the Kiev offices of Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency and TV channel RT yesterday, after detaining one journalist near his home, officials said. The...
Ukraine raids Kiev offices of Russian state media
KIEV: Ukraine’s security service raided the Kiev offices of Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency on Tuesday, detaining one journalist who was accused of treason. The searches took place with relations between Moscow and Kiev already extremely strained over Russia’s 2014 seizure of Crimea and accusations that it fuelled a...
Russia's Putin drives truck to open bridge link with annexed Crimea
THE KERCH STRAIT (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, driving a truck, unveiled the auto section of a new road-and-rail bridge linking Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula on Tuesday, defying Ukraine which said the move showed cynical disregard for international law. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine detains local director of Russian state news agency
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian state security agents searched the offices of Russian state news agency RIA Novosti and detained the director of its Kiev office on Tuesday, accusing RIA of being used in an “information war” by Russia against Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
First China-made aircraft carrier starts sea trials: State media (Updated)
BEIJING: China’s first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier started sea trials Sunday, state media said, a landmark in Beijing’s ambitious plans to modernise its navy as the Asian giant presses its claims in disputed regional waters. The carrier, known only as Type 001A, set out for the trials from a port in northeastern China...
First China-made aircraft carrier starts sea trials: state media
BEIJING: China’s first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier started sea trials Sunday, state media said, a landmark in Beijing’s ambitious plans to modernise its navy as the Asian giant presses its claims in disputed regional waters. The carrier, known only as Type 001A, set out for the trials from a port in northeastern China...
Hungary detects fresh case of African swine fever in wild boar
It is possible for wild boar to transmit African swine fever to domestic pigs. (Reuters pic) BUDAPEST: Hungary detected a fresh case of African swine fever in wild boar this week but the disease has not spread to domestic pigs, the national food safety authority NEBIH said. Russia’s agriculture safety watchdog on Monday introduced temporary...
Latvia’s Russians mark 73 years since Soviet victory
More than 100,000 Latvians fought in World War Two. (AFP pic) RIGA: Latvians of Russian descent gathered in the capital Riga on Wednesday in tribute to fallen Red Army soldiers 73 years since the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany ended World War Two on the eastern front. Around 20,000 Russian-Latvians laid flowers at the foot of the controversial...
