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Ex-Trump campaign chief seeks to suppress evidence seized by FBI
May23

Ex-Trump campaign chief seeks to suppress evidence seized by FBI

(Reuters) President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is asking a federal judge on Wednesday to suppress evidence seized by FBI agents working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying they violated the U.S. Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. The hearing before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman...

Russia Denounces Ukraine’s Threat against its Diplomats at UN
May14

Russia Denounces Ukraine’s Threat against its Diplomats at UN

Russia denounced the threats made against its diplomats by veterans of the war operation against the rebel population in Donbas, during a forum about fake news at the United Nations Information Committee. Moscow.- People dressed in camouflage uniforms insulted and threatened the personnel of our Foreign Ministry who was participating in the...

Protesters block roads across Armenia in stand-off with authorities
May02

Protesters block roads across Armenia in stand-off with authorities

(Reuters) Armenian protesters blocked roads in and around the capital on Wednesday, responding to a call from opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan for a campaign of civil disobedience to force the ruling elite to relinquish its grip on power. Ex-Soviet Armenia is locked in a political crisis after the ruling party, severely weakened after days of...

Donetsk Rebels Denounce Attack Led by NATO Advisors
Apr27

Donetsk Rebels Denounce Attack Led by NATO Advisors

The direction of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic denounced today the attack against rebel positions by artillery led by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) advisers. Kiev.-The NATO artillery fired openly on the positions of self-defense of Donetsk in the locality of Yasinovatoi, indicated deputy chief of the operative command of that...

Dominica appoints resident ambassador to Russia
Apr23

Dominica appoints resident ambassador to Russia

President of Apex Capital Partners, Nuri Katz (left) presenting tablets to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit in January 2016 (file photo) (Press Release) Roseau, Dominica April 23, 2018 — The Government of Dominica has appointed Mr. Nuri Katz as Resident Ambassador to the Russian Federation, in its quest to fully establish a diplomatic presence in...

IMF unveils new corruption policy for member states
Apr23

IMF unveils new corruption policy for member states

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund will systematically address corruption and its impact on economic growth with all its member countries under new guidelines launched on Sunday. The stricter new policy also aims to tackle how rich countries contribute to corruption in the developing world by failing to prevent...

Russia Vows Adequate Response to US, EU over Diplomats’ Expulsion
Mar28

Russia Vows Adequate Response to US, EU over Diplomats’ Expulsion

Moscow will give an adequate response to the decision by Washington and a number of Western countries to expel Russian diplomats, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Tuesday. Moscow.- “An adequate response will be given to all steps of the United States and the European Union, which we see,”...

Ukrainian lawmaker stripped of immunity on coup charges
Mar25

Ukrainian lawmaker stripped of immunity on coup charges

MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian parliament has stripped a former military pilot who became a national icon after spending time in a Russian jail of her immunity as a lawmaker on charges of plotting a military coup. In Thursday’s speech to lawmakers, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko accused Nadiya Savchenko of plotting an attack on parliament...

Ukrainian lawmakers must leave guns outside parliament
Mar23

Ukrainian lawmakers must leave guns outside parliament

MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill requiring lawmakers to lock up their guns before entering the chamber. The bill that obliges lawmakers to leave weapons and explosives in lockers follows last week’s statement by Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, who accused lawmaker Nadiya Savchenko, of plotting an attack...

Doctors to examine US man sought by Poland in Nazi case
Mar19

Doctors to examine US man sought by Poland in Nazi case

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — American authorities are moving ahead with Poland’s request to extradite a 99-year-old Minnesota man to be tried on allegations he was involved in a World War II massacre of civilians, Polish prosecutors said Thursday. Polish authorities issued an arrest warrant last year after opening a case following a series of 2013...