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The improbable careers of Vladimir Putin’s bodyguards
VLADIMIR PUTIN was asleep upstairs when the bear arrived. The Russian president’s bodyguard, Alexey Dyumin, stared at the creature through the glass doors of the mountain home. “It was quite large,” Mr Dyumin later recalled. “I opened the door and emptied my pistol at his legs.” The bear wisely turned and ran. Politicians often develop...
Russia is being made a scapegoat for the downing of Malaysia Airlines says Malaysian Prime Minister
MH17: Investigators name four suspects in downing of plane, three Russian nationals, one Ukrainian …read more Source:...
Putin: The EU Has Lost Nearly 5 Times More Than Russia For 5 Years of Sanctions Against It
The European Union has lost nearly 5 times more than Russia for 5 years of sanctions against it. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 17th “Direct Line” with his compatriots. Putin called “utter stupidity” the claims of Russian occupation in eastern Ukraine and said Russia would spit on its interests...
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court backs decree dissolving parliament: Ukrinform
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s move to dissolve parliament was constitutional, the Ukrinform news agency reported on Thursday. …read more Source:...
EU to extend economic sanctions on Russia until 2020
European Union leaders will decide on Thursday to prolong until the end of January 2020 economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine and call on Moscow to help bring to justice those guilty of shooting down a passenger plane there in 2014. …read more Source:...
Putin: Fate of captured Ukrainian sailors must be tied to jailed Russians
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the fate of 24 Ukrainian sailors held in Russia since last year must be linked to the release of Russian citizens held in Ukraine whom Moscow wants to see freed. …read more Source:...
The west thinks Putin is Russia’s spymaster. But are the spies controlling him? | Mark Galeotti
From Ukraine to the US, Russia’s risky policies may be a sign of the security services’ sway over the presidentVladimir Putin will be hoping that the release of the Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov in response to an unprecedented campaign of public protest demonstrates his credentials as a a “good tsar” willing and able...
What caused Angela Merkel’s shakes during Berlin ceremony? Doctor gives his verdict
ANGELA Merkel sparked fears for her health after she was seen shaking during a military ceremony to welcome the new Ukrainian president to Berlin on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Visiting Chernobyl more powerful than Instagram hype
The HBO series about the 1986 Ukrainian nuclear disaster has spurred visits to the reactor — and inappropriate selfies. Kai Dambach reflects on his own Chernobyl tour and the disaster’s legacy in the social media age. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Vladimir Putin to hold national phone-in after Russians charged over MH17
Newscasters will cautiously press Russian president on the economy, protests and foreign relations in choreographed eventRussian President Vladimir Putin will address the nation in a live televised broadcast on Thursday, one day after a Dutch-led investigation accused four Russian-back separatists in the 2014 shooting down of a passenger jet over...
