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Putin fast-tracks Russian citizenship for more Ukrainians
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree fast-tracking Russian citizenship for more Ukrainians, a controversial new move expected to deepen the crisis between the two countries.The latest move comes during a hugely sensitive transitional period in Ukraine where a comedian with no political experience, Volodymyr Zelensky, won a...
Putin expands list of Ukrainians eligible for Russian passports
MOSCOW (Reuters): Russian President Putin has signed a decree expanding the list of Ukrainians and citizens of some other countries eligible for fast-tracked Russian passports, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. The initial decree, simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for residents of the rebel-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk...
Putin floats ?common citizenship? for Russians, Ukrainians
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Ukrainians and Russians were “one people” and would benefit from common citizenship, after he angered Kiev by offering to fast-track Russian passports for Ukrainians.”I’ve said many times that Ukrainians and Russians are brotherly nations. More over, I believe...
US military spending up for first time in 7 years: Sipri
STOCKHOLM: US military spending has risen for the first time in seven years, reflecting Trump administration policy, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.Worldwide military spending also rose by 2.6 percent to $1.8 trillion overall last year, SIPRI calculated. It was the second year...
US military spending up for first time in 7 years
STOCKHOLM: The United States’ military spending has risen for the first time in seven years, reflecting Trump administration policy, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Worldwide military spending also rose by 2.6 percent to $1.8 trillion overall last year, SIPRI calculated. It...
Ukraine?s president-elect offers passports to Russians
KIEV: President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed an offer by Vladimir Putin to provide passports to Ukrainians, and pledged instead to grant citizenship to Russians who “suffer” under the Kremlin’s rule.The Russian president on Saturday said Moscow was considering plans to make it easier for all Ukrainians to obtain Russian...
CITY NOTES: Imran’s brave new world
I suppose the question was inevitable, though it cast an unheard-of aspersion on the prime minister. Imran Khan not just cast a new light on history for his Iranian audience when he said that Germany and Japan had built industries in their border areas to make peace, but he revised geography. True, his statement was not much of an advertisement...
Russia considers offensive in Idlib ‘unnecessary’
MOSCOW (AA): Russia considers a military offensive in the Syrian province of Idlib “unnecessary” because of possible civilian casualties, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday. However, Russian air forces will continue to provide support to the Syrian army as part of its fight against terror, Putin said, speaking at a news conference...
What Putin Said to Kim
By FP Editors Talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un earlier this year may have faltered, but at least one person thinks that there is still hope for stabilizing the Korean Peninsula: Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Thursday, he met with Kim, whom he describes as “an interesting and substantive...
Macron and Merkel: a relationship on the rocks?
PARIS: The relationship between French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, long seen as Europe’s defining political alliance, is undergoing a period of unprecedented strain as reality clashes with expectation.At a news conference on Thursday night, Macron unexpectedly laid bare the extent of his disappointment...
