Section: Pakistan
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Analyst asked to quit live transmission over language policy
(Web Desk) – Political analyst and blogger, Yuriy Romanenko walked off a live discussion on Ukranian Zik Television for being asked to speak in Ukrainian in place of Russian language.We agreed that [you would speak] Ukrainian, Mr Drozdov said, to which Mr Romanenko responded: Let me speak the way I want to speak, bbc.com quoted the blogger.After...
Kremlin warns against ?harmful? new US sanctions on Russia
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Monday warned that new US sanctions on Russia would hit the interests of both sides as Congress gears up to approved fresh punitive measures. “We consider such a continuation of the rhetoric of sanctions counter-productive and harmful to the interests of both countries,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. In mid-June,...
Kushner says met Russians four times, denies collusion
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said Monday he had contacts with Russian officials four times during his father-in-law Donald Trumps presidential campaign but denied any collusion, hours before facing grilling by senators as part of the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.In a statement he...
?Russia to blame for ?hot war? in Ukraine?
KIEV: Russian aggression is to blame for violence in eastern Ukraine, where people are dying in what should be seen as a “hot war” rather than a “frozen conflict”, the US special envoy to the Ukraine peace talks said on a visit to Ukraine on Sunday. Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to Nato, was appointed to his current...
US senators predict ?veto-proof?
WASHINGTON: Two US senators said on Sunday they believe that legislation that allows for new sanctions against Russia would pass with enough votes to override any potential veto by US President Donald Trump. Republicans and Democrats reached agreement on legislation that allows new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea in a bill that...
White House says open to legislation toughening Russia sanctions
WASHINGTON: The White House said on Sunday it was open to legislation toughening sanctions on Russia as momentum increased in the US Congress for stronger action against Moscow.Two US senators said they believe the legislation that allows for new sanctions against Russia would pass with enough votes to override a veto should US President Donald...
Ask not for whom the historian groans
Can America’s Afghan policy be driven by experience in Germany and Japan? “Of the thinkers who dominated US policy in the 20th century, Brzezinski is now dead and Kissinger is old. This has created a void that many other experts are finding hard to fill.” Two foreign policy thinkers & diplomats Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski...
EU sounds alarm, urges US to coordinate on Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS: The European Union sounded an alarm on Saturday about moves in the US Congress to step up US sanctions on Russia, urging Washington to keep coordinating with its G7 partners and warning of unintended consequences. In a statement by a spokeswoman after Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress reached a deal that could see new...
EU sounds alarm, urges US to coordinate on Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS: The European Union sounded an alarm on Saturday about moves in the US Congress to step up US sanctions on Russia, urging Washington to keep coordinating with its G7 partners and warning of unintended consequences.In a statement by a spokeswoman after Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress reached a deal that could see new...
Siemens scales back Russian ops over Crimea turbines
FRANKFURT AM MAIN (AFP) – German industrial conglomerate Siemens said Friday it would scale back its Russia operations after confirming gas turbines it sold to companies there had been diverted to Ukraines Russian-annexed Crimea region in breach of sanctions.All four gas turbines that were delivered in the summer of 2016… have since...
