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Moscow denounces ‘abominable’ Charlie Hebdo cartoon
MOSCOW: The head of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee Alexei Pushkov on Sunday denounced a cartoon published in the latest issue of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on the truce in Ukraine as “abominable”. The drawing, entitled ‘Ceasefire: boredom sets in in Donetsk’, depicts the inhabitants...
Memorial rally in Moscow for slain Russian opposition leader
MOSCOW: Supporters of Boris Nemtsov were preparing to march through Moscow Sunday afternoon in an outpouring of anger and grief at the brutal murder of the opposition leader and fervent critic of Vladimir Putin, who has vowed to bring the killers to justice. The 55-year-old former deputy premier was shot in the back several times just before...
Obama condemns ‘brutal, vicious’ Nemtsov killing
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama condemned what he called the “brutal” and “vicious” murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin who was shot dead in Moscow on Friday. “We call upon the Russian government to conduct a prompt, impartial and transparent...
Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead near Kremlin
MOSCOW: A Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of President Vladmir Putin, Boris Nemtsov, was shot dead by an unidentified attacker who fired multiple rounds at the politician as he was walking in central Moscow late Friday The murder of the 55-year-old politician, who has been an outspoken critic of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine,...
Ukraine, rebels swap dozens of prisoners
KIEV/DONETSK: Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists have exchanged dozens of prisoners in east Ukraine, a Ukrainian Security Council aide confirmed today, a step towards implementing an internationally brokered peace deal. Reuters reporters in the village of Zholobok, 20km west of the rebel stronghold of Luhansk, saw more than...
US State Dept blocks thousands of hack attacks every day
WASHINGTON: The State Department faces thousands of cyber attacks every day, a top US official said on Friday, refusing to confirm that hackers who breached their system in November were reportedly still lurking in the network. “We have robust security to protect our computer systems and our information, which includes access to an...
Ukrainian forces start to quit besieged town
KIEV: Some Ukrainian forces began to pull out of a town under siege by Russian-backed separatists today as renewed fighting threatened to wreck an international deal aimed at ending the conflict. Rebel forces, who the pro-Western government in Kiev say are supported and armed by Moscow, fought their way into the eastern Ukrainian town of...
Republican Jeb Bush to lay out case for stronger US role in world
WASHINGTON: The United States needs to regain its leadership role in the world, Republican Jeb Bush will say in a speech on Wednesday, while asserting that President Barack Obama has been inconsistent and indecisive in carrying out American foreign policy. Bush’s speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs will be his first major foray...
US condemns Ukraine ceasefire violation, warns Russia
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden (pix) on Tuesday blamed separatist fighters and Russian forces as he condemned the violation of a three-day-old ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and warned of increased “costs” to Russia. Biden “strongly condemned the violation of the ceasefire by separatist forces acting in concert with...
Ukraine says peace hopes ‘destroyed’ as rebels assault town
SOLEDAR: Ukraine on Tuesday accused rebels and Russia of destroying a fragile three-day-old ceasefire after insurgents armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a flashpoint town and engaged thousands of troops there in intense combat. “The hopes of the world for peace are being destroyed,” the deputy head of...
