Section: Newsweek (USA)
Russian City to Honor Murdered Kremlin Critic Boris Nemtsov
Murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov is set to be honored with a memorial plaque in the region where he was once governor, the local city council of Nizhny Novgorod announced on Monday. During a council meeting, mayor of the capital city of the Nizhegorod region, Ivan Karnilin, said that enough time had legally passed since Nemtsov’s...
Vladimir Putin Tells Oliver Stone Why Russia Feels Obliged to Take Countermeasures Against NATO
Russian President Vladimir Putin took another swipe at NATO expansion and said Russia should implement “countermeasures” to halt any expansion of Western facilities designed to deter Russian forces. Putin made the comments in U.S. director Oliver Stone’s new documentary on the conflict in Ukraine, which aired on Russian television channel...
Russia Set to Increase Air Defences if Europe Gets Missile Shield
Russia is planning to deploy more units from its air force along its western borders should U.S. allies in Europe opt to host missile-shield elements on their territory, the defense committee chairman of Russia’s Federal Council has said. The missile shield is set to be hosted by both Poland and Romania, who Russia has warned against taking...
Barack Obama Calls on Donald Trump to Stand Up To Vladimir Putin
President Barack Obama has warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to stand up to Russia if the country does not follow American “values and international norms.” Obama made his comments at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Thursday as fears grow that Trump will grow increasingly close with his Russian...
How Russia Wages Information Warfare in the United States
This article was originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The media has become a key battleground in the current conflict between Russia and the West, with Russia’s two state-funded, U.S.-based media outlets at the forefront. RT America and Sputnik are responsible for crafting the Russian narrative for millions of...
Trump and Foreign Hot Spots: Who Knows What He’ll Do?
In Caracas, a local columnist threw up his hands when he tried to tell his readers what Donald Trump will do about chaotic Venezuela. “So, it’s supposed to be my job to help you figure out what the Trump presidency will mean for Venezuela,” Francisco Toro wrote. “Except I can’t do my job, because trying to predict how Donald Trump...
Donald Trump Will Drop Russia Sanctions, Claims Putin’s Adviser
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s adviser Sergei Glazyev expects the U.S. to lift economic sanctions on Russia, following Donald Trump’s triumph in the U.S. presidential election, state news agency Itar-Tass reports. Putin sent an early congratulatory note to Trump on Wednesday, after Trump’s praise for Putin and Russian...
EU Chiefs Urge Donald Trump to Uphold ‘Strategic Partnership’
European Union leaders have urged U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to uphold his country’s “strategic partnership” with the bloc. In a joint letter published Wednesday, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk invited Trump to visit Europe for an EU-U.S. summit “at your earliest...
U.S. Ambassadors Say Donald Trump Won’t End Support for Ukraine and Europe
The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine has dismissed suggestions that Washington would cease supporting Ukraine, following Donald Trump’s win in the U.S. presidential election, Ukrainian news site Ukrainska Pravda reports. Trump has spoken highly of Russian President Vladimir Putin and famously claimed that Putin is “not going into Ukraine,” two...
U.S. Presidential Election: What Is Russian Media Saying on Polling Day?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov cut a calm figure Tuesday, saying the Kremlin would “follow (the U.S. presidential election) along with other international events,” the state news agency Itar-Tass reported. The Kremlin was open to working with either candidate, he said. Yet as polls in the U.S. opened, the message...
