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Leaks show US commerce chief, UK queen’s offshore investments
WASHINGTON: US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, according to a vast leak of financial documents that also revealed Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II’s investments in tax havens. It was also revealed that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top...
Judge maintains house arrest for former Trump campaign officials
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chairman and an associate were ordered by a judge Thursday to remain under house arrest while they await trial for money laundering and other charges. Paul Manafort, 68, who managed Trump’s campaign from June to August 2016, and Robert Gates, 45, will also continue to be subject to...
Russia suspects ‘sabotage’ as Crimea gas line damaged
MOSCOW: Russian security services on Wednesday said they were looking into possible sabotage after finding a damaged gas pipeline in Crimea along with a toppled electrical line support. After interruptions to the supply, “specialists discovered external damage to the gas pipeline” and an area in south Crimea was left without...
Body recovered after Arctic helicopter crash: Norway
OSLO: Norwegian authorities said Tuesday they had recovered the body of one of the eight people aboard a Russian helicopter that crashed in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago last week. The eight Russians, five crew members and three scientists, are all presumed dead. “One person was brought to the surface this morning. The body was lying...
Who are Paul Manafort and Rick Gates?
WASHINGTON: Paul Manafort, a businessman and longtime Republican Party operative, surrendered on Monday to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to face the first charges produced by a special counsel investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. Manafort and his associate Rick Gates were indicted by a federal...
Wife of Russian accused of Putin assassination plot shot dead in Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian wife of a Chechen man accused by Russia of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin was shot and killed outside Kiev on Monday in an attack that also wounded her husband, Ukrainian interior ministry officials said. …read more Source: The...
Trump ex-campaign Manafort charged with conspiracy
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was charged Monday with conspiracy against the United States and money laundering, in the first indictment stemming from a sprawling probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort, 68, and business partner Rick Gates, 45, were charged with...
Putin unveils monument to victims of political repression
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday unveiled the first national memorial to victims of Soviet-era political repression, but critics accused him of hypocrisy over a continuing crackdown on activists. “The Wall of Grief”, a large bronze relief of human figures in central Moscow, opened following decades of efforts to...
Search continues for Russian helicopter missing in Arctic
OSLO: Emergency services on Friday continued to search for a Russian helicopter that went down with eight people on board off the coast of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, Norwegian rescue crews said. Norwegian authorities said Russia would join the search, calling it “a race against time” to find any survivors as...
US draws up list of Russian firms under sanctions law
WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Thursday submitted to lawmakers a list of Russian companies with ties to the military and intelligence services that could face sanctions. A spokeswoman said the list would be made public in the coming days to allow American firms and individuals time to put an end to any business they are doing with the...
