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Putin and Berlusconi ‘drank $100,000 bottle of Crimean wine’
KIEV – Ukraine has launched a criminal probe into wine-tasting by Russian President Vladimir Putin and ex-Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi after they allegedly quaffed a $100,000 bottle of centuries-old wine in Crimea, prosecutors said Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine launches probe after Putin and Berlusconi allegedly quaff US$100,000 bottle of centuries-old wine
Ukraine has launched a criminal probe into wine-tasting by Russian President Vladimir Putin and ex-Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi after they allegedly quaffed a US$100,000 bottle of centuries-old wine in Crimea, prosecutors said. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Putin, Berlusconi in Ukraine probe for drinking Crimea wine
Ukrainian prosecutors are preparing charges against the director of a winery in Russian-occupied Crimea for allegedly uncorking a 240-year-old bottle for Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. …read more Source: The Times of...
Putin and Berlusconi under fire for Crimea wine tasting
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine has launched a criminal probe into wine-tasting by Russian President Vladimir Putin and ex-Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi after they allegedly quaffed a $100,000 bottle of centuries-old wine in Crimea, prosecutors said Saturday.The Kremlin strongman and the disgraced billionaire reportedly cracked open a bottle of...
US defense official arrives in Azerbaijan
The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Evelyn Farkas arrived in Baku, the US embassy in Azerbaijan told Trend Sept. 18. …read more Source:...
Serzh Sargsyan attends opening of Armenia Expo 2015
President Serzh Sargsyan attended today the opening of the annual Armenia Expo 2015 exhibition which was held at the Yerevan Expo Center of Yerevan Scientific Research Institute of Mathematical Machines CJSC. For already 15 years, this regional universal trade-industrial exhibition has been uniting the largest domestic manufacturers (more than...
Russians with Western ties increasingly branded ‘traitors’
Anton Kravtsov looks at a photo of his parents Alla and Gennady, at home in northern Moscow, on Sept. 4. (AP/Nataliya Vasilyeva)When Gennady Kravtsov sent a cover letter to a Swedish company, he reasoned that, even if a job didn’t come of it, he at least would know whether his engineering skills were valued outside Russia.Instead, he found...
Russian, US military talks: Concerned over Syria
Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Aug. 20. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)American and Russian military chiefs began talks Friday over Moscow’s buildup in Syria, signaling the U.S. is resigned to Russia’s emerging plans but anxious to avoid dangerous misunderstandings on the battlefield.A...
Evelyn Farkas: Azerbaijan Is Strategic Partner of United States
“The US is very concerned with not resolved conflicts in the region.” On Friday in Baku, this was said by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Evelyn Farkas. “The United States is constantly monitoring the situation and looking for ways to resolve conflicts in accordance with international...
Tomljanovic advances
TOKYO: Croatia’s Ajla Tomljanovic beat American Madison Brengle to reach the Japan Women’s Open semi-finals on Friday, leaving the tournament bereft of its top four seeds. Rising star Tomljanovic continued her fine run at the rain-hit Tokyo event with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over the third seed, having already eliminated Japan’s...
