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Two Decades On, Smoldering Questions About The Russian President’s Vault To Power
Two Decades On, Smoldering Questions About The Russian President’s Vault To Power August 07, 2019 By Mike Eckel Radio Free Europe www.rferl.org Russian President Vladimir Putin with his Belarusian and Ukrainian counterparts, Alyaksandr Lukashenka (left) and Leonid Kuchma, at a service marking the defeat of Nazi Germany near the southern...
Scientists produce radioactivity-free Chernobyl vodka
LONDON: A team of British scientists has helped produce a radioactivity-free vodka called “ATOMIK” from crops near the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the University of Portsmouth said on Thursday.The team did find some radioactivity in the grain but said the normal distillation process meant the only radioactivity in the alcohol was...
Ukraine’s Zelensky hopes for compromise with Turkey on issue of free trade zone
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Zelensky announces plans to legalize gambling in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that gambling will be legalized in Ukraine in particular it will be permitted to open casinos in fivestar hotels Kyiv Post reported …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Zelensky hopes for compromise with Turkey on issue of free trade zone
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky hopes that Ukraine and Turkey will reach a compromise on the issue of a free trade zone as soon as possible, Trend reports referring to RIA Novosti. …read more Source:...
Kazakh wrestler wins silver medal at international tournament in Poland
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – Nurkhozha Kaipanov won Aug. 4 the silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the Vaclav Tsiolkovsky International Tournament in Warsaw, Poland, reports Olympic.kz. It was the ninth medal Kazakh wrestlers won at the tournament. Photo credit: olympic.kz....
From reformer to hardliner: Putin’s 20 years on the global stage
MOSCOW: Twenty years ago on Friday, Russian president Boris Yeltsin appointed his fourth prime minister in less than 18 months: Vladimir Putin, then a relatively unknown security services chief with scant experience of politics.The departing Yeltsin was casting around for a successor and few could have predicted that two decades later Putin would...
Serena storms into third round in Toronto
Defending champion Halep survives second-round scare Osaka or Pliskova will replace Barty as world No. 1 TORONTO: Serena Williams made a solid start to her first US Open tune-up with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Elise Mertens on Wednesday while Naomi Osaka took a step closer to regaining her world No. 1 ranking by reaching the last 16. Three-times...
Brazil court rejects Turkey’s extradition request for businessman
BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s highest court on Tuesday rejected a request to extradite a Turkish citizen accused by Ankara of terrorism, saying the man would not be guaranteed a fair trial.The unanimous decision by the Federal Supreme Court means Ali Sipahi can remain in the Latin American country where he has lived for the past 12 years.Sipahi faced...
US ambassador in Moscow resigns
Huntsman says in his letter the US must continue to hold Russia accountable when its behaviour threatens America. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman is resigning after more than two years in one of the hottest of diplomatic hot seats, a US newspaper reported Tuesday. The Salt Lake Tribune published Huntsman’s...
