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Saint Petersburg police break up opposition rally, detain dozens
SAINT PETERSBURG: Police in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday broke up a sanctioned May Day opposition rally and detained more than 60 people after protesters chanted slogans critical of President Vladimir Putin, a monitor said.Supporters of top opposition leader Alexei Navalny were among some 2,000 anti-Kremlin protesters.Several thousand members of...
Putin signs law on fast-tracked Russian passports for Ukraine's rebel regions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed has signed a law on fast-tracked Russian passports for Ukrainians who live in rebel-held territories in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive: Wife of Ukraine president-elect got penthouse bargain from tycoon
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The wife of Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy bought a luxury apartment for less than half the market rate from business tycoon Oleksandr Buryak, according to official income and property records. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says radiation levels safe after nuclear plant fire
KIEV: Ukrainian officials said Tuesday that radiation levels remained safe after a fire broke out at a nuclear power plant, leading to the shutdown of one of the reactors.The fire, which was extinguished within an hour, began late Monday at the Rivne nuclear power station in western Ukraine, around 300km (190 miles) from Kiev.It erupted in an...
US measles outbreak hits ‘completely avoidable’ 25-year-high
(Reuters pic)NEW YORK: The number of measles cases in the United States has reached a 25-year peak, propelled by the spread of misinformation about the vaccine that can prevent the disease, federal health officials said on Monday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 704 cases as of April 26, a 1.3% increase since the most...
Study says Russia holding 236 political prisoners
WASHINGTON: Russia is holding 236 political prisoners, a significant increase over the past few years as President Vladimir Putin goes on the offensive against perceived threats, a study backed by human rights advocates said Monday.The number compares with 46 political prisoners on a February 2015 list by Memorial, the veteran Russian civil...
Putin says Russians and Ukrainians would benefit from shared citizenship – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russians and Ukrainians would only benefit from sharing common citizenship, the Interfax news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
Former US senator Lugar dies at 87
US senator Richard Lugar (R) with co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative Sam Nunn. (Reuters pic) WASHINGTON: Centrist Republican Richard Lugar, a soft-spoken foreign policy powerhouse who championed nuclear nonproliferation during 36 years in the US Senate, died on Sunday at age 87. The Lugar Center, a...
US military spending up for first time in 7 years
US Marines watch the US Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship ‘USS Wasp’ during the annual joint US-Philippines military exercise on April 11, 2019. (AFP pic) STOCKHOLM: US military spending has risen for the first time in seven years, reflecting Trump administration policy, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm...
Ukraine’s president-elect offers passports to Russians
KIEV: President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed an offer by Vladimir Putin to provide passports to Ukrainians, and pledged instead to grant citizenship to Russians who “suffer” under the Kremlin’s rule.The Russian president on Saturday said Moscow was considering plans to make it easier for all Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship,...
