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Senator McCain says U.S. stands with Ukraine against Russia
Republican U.S. Senator John McCain promised on Saturday continued support for Kiev in the face of aggression from Moscow, as he spent New Year’s Eve on the front line in Ukraine’s eastern conflict zone. McCain was one of a bipartisan group of 27 U.S. senators who sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump in December, urging him...
US-Russia relations
Worst since the Cold War Washington and Moscow should not need reminding how diplomatic hostility between the two capitals spreads to much of the world; and how quickly. Yet US-Russia relations are at their lowest since the ’80s, when the Afghan war bankrupted Moscow and sounded the death rattle of the Soviet Union. Disagreements today...
Ukraine?s ?indefinite? truce ?will it bring any change?
KIEV: The sceptics are out there — and so are the shells echoing over the decimated war zone of eastern Ukraine that is supposed to be protected by a new “indefinite” truce. The announcement of latest armistice in the 31-month conflict that has roiled the EU’s backyard at the cost of nearly 10,000 lives came after several days of...
Emerging stocks to end 2016 with gains after three years in red
(Reuters) – Emerging stocks hit two-week highs on Friday and were set to end 2016 in the black for the first time since 2012, while the top-performing rouble tumbled 2 percent on fears of fresh political strains between Russia and the United States.There were also jitters about China, where the yuan has fallen almost 7 percent, its biggest...
Trump praises Putin for holding back in US-Russia spy dispute
PALM BEACH, Fla. / MOSCOW: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for refraining from retaliation in a dispute over spying and cyber attacks, in another sign that the Republican plans to patch up badly frayed relations with Moscow. Putin earlier on Friday said he would not hit back for the US expulsion...
Putin refuses to expel US diplomats
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Friday said he would not expel any Americans in response to Washington turfing out dozens of Russian diplomats over alleged election interference. The Kremlin strongman´s shock decision came after Russia´s foreign ministry asked him to send home 35 US diplomats in a tit-for-tat retaliation for the...
Ukraine bans books promoting Russia
KIEV: Ukraine on Friday banned Russian books glorifying the Kremlin and its leaders or espousing what it views as “totalitarian views” in a move certain to further sour relations between the two foes. The law adopted by President Petro Poroshenko “prohibits the promotion of aggressor states … or (books) that create a positive image of this...
Putin refuses to expel US diplomats, looks to Trump
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday ruled out any tit-for-tat expulsion of Americans after Washington turfed out dozens of Russian diplomats over alleged interference in the US presidential election.The Kremlin strongmans decision came despite the foreign ministry asking him to send home 35 US diplomats in retaliation for the...
Ukraine bans books promoting Russia
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine Friday banned Russian books glorifying the Kremlin and its leaders or espousing what it views as totalitarian views in a move certain to further sour relations between the two foes.The law adopted by President Petro Poroshenko prohibits the promotion of aggressor states … or (books) that create a positive image of...
Putin refuses to expel US diplomats, looks to Trump
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would not expel any Americans in response to Washington turfing out dozens of Russian diplomats over alleged election interference. The Kremlin strongman’s shock decision came after Russia’s foreign ministry asked him to send home 35 US diplomats in a tit-for-tat retaliation...
