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UN chief warns another Cold War developing between Russia, US
NEW YORK: United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that Russian and US relations were deteriorating into a situation “similar, to a large extent, to what we lived during the Cold War” and called for safeguards to be put in place. Just days after the United States announced it would expel 12 Russian UN diplomats over a nerve agent...
Britain shared ‘unprecedented’ intelligence over spy attack
LONDON: Britain shared “unprecedented levels” of intelligence about a spy poisoning it blamed on Moscow, which has led at least 25 countries to expel Russian diplomats, a senior UK government official said Tuesday. This week’s coordinated expulsions have echoed Britain’s action in response to the March 4 attack on former Russian...
Poland inks $4.75 billion US Patriot Missile deal
WARSAW: Poland signed the largest weapons procurement deal in its history on Wednesday, agreeing with the United States to buy Raytheon Co’s Patriot missile defense system for $4.75 billion as it modernises its forces to face a bolder Russia. “It is an extraordinary, historic moment; it is Poland’s introduction into a whole new world...
‘Must prevent new Cold War’, says Germany’s Russia expert
BERLIN: Germany wants to keep up a dialogue with Moscow despite joining Western expulsions of Russian diplomats and must avoid a new Cold War, the German government’s coordinator for Russia said in a newspaper interview. Gernot Erler told the Passauer Neue Presse that Berlin’s decision to send four diplomats back to Russia was a sign...
24 countries expel Russian diplomats
BRUSSELS (AA): Several countries are expelling Russian diplomats as part of an orchestrated response to the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy and his daughter in the U.K. Countries convinced that Russia is behind the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the U.K. have expelled dozens of Russian diplomats in a...
NATO expels seven Russian diplomats
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. Photo: AFPLONDON: NATO joined 25 governments around the world Tuesday in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in Britain, marking what London called a “turning point” in the West´s relations with Moscow.The US-led military alliance expelled seven Russian staff and denied...
Skripal attack: Nato expels seven more Russian diplomats over UK spy poisoning
BRUSSELS: Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday the alliance was expelling seven Russian diplomats to show that Moscow faces “costs and consequences” over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain.Stoltenberg announced the maximum size of the Russian mission to Nato would also be slashed by a third, from 30 to 20, as part...
Russian gas pipeline presents a dilemma for Denmark
COPENHAGEN: Denmark is under pressure to rule on whether a new Russian pipeline supplying gas to Germany can be built near its Baltic coast, a decision that puts it in the line of fire from friend and foe alike. Denmark does not want to act alone in resolving one of the biggest foreign policy quandaries that the small European Union nation has...
US expels 60 Russians as allies back Britain in spy row
The United States joined Britain´s allies in Europe and around the world Monday in expelling scores of suspected Russian spies in an unprecedented response to a nerve agent attack. Photo: file WASHINGTON: The United States joined Britain´s allies in Europe and around the world Monday in expelling scores of suspected Russian spies in an...
US expels 60 Russians, closes consulate for British attack
Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON: The U.S. retaliated Monday for a chemical attack in the U.K. blamed on Russia by expelling 60 diplomats Washington said were working as intelligence officers, and orders the closure of Moscow’s consulate in Seattle. Those expelled include 48 embassy employees and 12 individuals who were working at the Russian...
