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Replica of most powerful nuclear bomb ever goes on display in Moscow
MOSCOW – Eight metres long and weighing 25 tonnes, a replica of the so-called Tsar Bomb, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, has gone on display for the first time in Russia, in the midst of an ongoing standoff with the West over Ukraine.Tested in 1961 by the Soviet Union, the hydrogen bomb – also known as the AN602 –...
Replica of most powerful nuclear bomb ever goes on display in Moscow
Eight metres long and weighing 25 tonnes, a replica of the so-called Tsar Bomb, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, has gone on display for the first time in Russia, in the midst of an ongoing standoff with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Nordic, Baltic foreign ministers call on Russia to release Estonian, Ukrainians
Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers, meeting in Copenhagen on Thursday, called on Russia to immediately release an Estonian policeman who they say was “abducted” from his country and jailed for 15 years in a case that violated international law. …read more Source: Channel...
Insight – Street violence in Kiev dims prospects for peace effort in Ukraine’s east
A spasm of street violence has driven home how hard it is going to be for Ukrainian President President Petro Poroshenko to rally national support behind an internationally-brokered deal to bring peace to the east of his country. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine reports polio outbreak, first cases in Europe since 2010
Two polio cases have been confirmed in western Ukraine, the first to be recorded in Europe since 2010, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine ceasefire undermined, EU extends sanctions
Two civilians were killed on Wednesday (Sep 2) in eastern Ukraine, undermining fresh efforts to end continuing violence as the European Union extended sanctions against individuals deemed responsible for the conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia says will respond in kind to new US sanctions over Ukraine
Moscow said on Wednesday it would react in kind to United States’ widening of sanctions imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, criticising the move as straining relations and posing risks for international stability. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia risks Japanese ire with Far East war commemoration
MOSCOW- Russia staged a military parade on Wednesday to commemorate seizing a group of Pacific islands from Japan at the end of World War Two, a move likely to inflame tensions over a long-running territorial dispute with Tokyo.The show of force, the first of its kind on the island of Sakhalin in Russia’s Far East, is part of a push by...
Ukraine reels from clashes as third policeman dies
It was the worst unrest in Kiev since a bloody uprising ousted a Moscow-backed president in early 2014, unleashing a separatist insurgency in the industrial east that has killed thousands of people. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia expels Ukrainian diplomat – RIA
Moscow has expelled an Ukrainian diplomat in retaliation for Kiev’s expulsion of a Russian diplomat, RIA news agency on Tuesday quoted a source at the Russian foreign ministry as saying. …read more Source: Channel...
