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New e-mail deepens divide over Trump impeachment
December 24, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • The White House on Sunday signalled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, while a top Democrat seized on a newly released e-mail on the withholding of US aid to Ukraine to press his case for testimony. …read more Source::...
Russia’s Vladimir Putin takes first train across Crimea bridge
December 24, 2019 1:16 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Dec 23) stood in the driver’s cabin of a train for the official opening of a railway bridge that links annexed Crimea to southern Russia, with the launch drawing sharp criticism from Ukraine and the EU. …read more Source:: The Straits...
China, Russia Pursue Mongolia Gas Project
Less than a week after opening its first natural gas pipeline to China, Russia has mounted a new push for a second route through Mongolia to replace earlier plans for a line through Xinjiang. On Dec. 5, Russia and Mongolia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a joint assessment for a feasibility study to pipe Russian gas through Mongolia...
New film about Ayvazovsky and his creative activity created in Crimea
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Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal
KYIV, Ukraine — In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling cigarette and a deck of cards, two Russian-speaking men offered a Ukrainian gas executive what seemed like an outrageous business proposal. Andrew Favorov, the No. 2 at Ukraine’s state-run gas company […] The post Giuliani...
Kazakh start-ups win funding at SAP UP competition in Russia
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh start-ups Kishkentai and Kid Security won funding as prizes in the SAP UP competition in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 18. Photo credit: toppress.kz. “We were in Moscow for three days. It was very interesting… The money will help us with our plans,...
Battle lines harden over Trump impeachment trial witnesses
The White House on Sunday signalled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, while a top Democrat seized on a newly released email on the withholding of US aid to Ukraine to press his case for testimony. …read more Source::...
US moved to freeze Ukraine aid 90 minutes after Trump phone call
A US budget official told the Pentagon to “hold off” on military aid to Kiev 90 minutes after a controversial phone call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, according to an internal email. …read more Source:: The Times of...
US sanctions cannot stop gas pipeline to Europe: Russia
MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign minister insisted on Sunday that a flagship project to pipe natural gas to Europe would be finished, despite the United States slapping sanctions on the companies involved.Sergei Lavrov said the US measures over Nord Stream 2 had “humiliated” European countries but reiterated Moscow´s commitment to the plan, in...
Trump asked about Ukraine aid before July Zelenskiy call
New documents show President Donald Trump asked about U.S. military aid to Ukraine a month before the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that went … …read more Source:: The Japan...
