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Denis Voronenkov murder: Russia, Ukraine trade blame
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Karaganda to erect monument to Soviet rock legend Victor Tsoi
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The Karaganda administration in collaboration with the Er Nur & Nika public fund of Kazakh-Korean friendship plan to erect a monument to legend of Soviet-era rock music Viktor Tsoi on Olimpic Street. Competition for the best draft design of the...
Tillerson to meet allies as Nato races to save talks
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with Nato members next week in Brussels, officials said Friday, as alliance diplomats worked to nail down the date. “We are currently planning to hold the meeting of Nato foreign ministers on 31 March. Consultations on scheduling among Allies are ongoing,” a Nato official in...
Putin meets France’s Le Pen in Moscow
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin met French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen as she visited Moscow on Friday, with the Russian leader stressing that the Kremlin does not meddle in France s politics. Le Pen’s meeting with Putin comes a month before the first round of the French presidential vote and as she tries to boost her...
Football: Buffon reaches 1,000 as Italy and Spain cruise
PARIS (AFP) – Italy kept pace with Spain in European World Cup qualifying as goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon played his 1,000th professional match in a 2-0 victory over Albania on Friday.A first-half Daniele De Rossi penalty and late second from Ciro Immobile was enough to earn the Azzurri three points but they remain behind Spain on goal...
Putin meets France’s Le Pen in Moscow
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin met French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen as she visited Moscow on Friday, with the Russian leader stressing that the Kremlin does not meddle in Frances politics.Le Pens meeting with Putin — their first, according to Moscow — comes a month before the first round of the...
France?s Le Pen says Putin embodies ?new vision? of world
MOSCOW: France’s far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Russian President Vladimir Putin represents a “new vision” of the world, following her meeting with the Kremlin strongman in Moscow on Friday. “He represents a sovereign nation,” the leader of the National Front far-right party told reporters....
Ukraine’s Nikolayev opens exhibition on occasion of Aivazovsky’s 200th anniversary
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Russia’s Putin meets French presidential contender Le Pen in Kremlin | Reuters
By Polina Nikolskaya and Andrew Osborn | MOSCOW MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin granted an audience to French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen in the Kremlin on Friday, bestowing a level of international recognition that has so far eluded her in the countdown to France’s presidential election.Opinion polls show Le Pen getting through to...
One dead after blasts at eastern Ukraine arms depot
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday said one person has died as a result of a fire that broke out at an arms depot in the countrys east, sparking explosions and forcing a mass evacuation.Ukrainian authorities have blamed Thursdays fire on an act of sabotage and opened investigations into possible diversion or negligence of military personnel.The...
