Section: Newsweek (USA)
Putin’s Son-in-Law Lands $1.75 Billion Russian State Loan
The son-in-law of Vladimir Putin stands to benefit from $1.75 billion in cheap finance from the Russian state, a Reuters examination of public documents shows. The money will help fund a petrochemical project at a company in which Kirill Shamalov, husband of Katerina Tikhonova, the Russian president’s younger daughter, has a significant...
Turkey Now Russian Media’s Enemy Number One: Report
Turkey has overtaken Ukraine, the U.S. and even extremist group the Islamic State (ISIS) as Russian news media’s enemy No. 1, according to research done for independent Russian news channel RBC. Turkey downed a Russian Su-24 jet near the Syrian border at the end of November after accusing it of violating airspace and refusing to leave. In...
Russia’s Putin Orders Counter-Terrorism Units for the Coasts
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered counter-terrorism operational headquarters to be set up in several coastal areas, the state-run RIA news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying on Saturday. The units are to be set in Kaspiysk on the Caspian Sea, Murmansk in Russia’s north-west and in...
The Leaders, Thinkers and Doers Who Will Greatly Impact 2016
“The future depends on what we do in the present.” If you believe Mahatma Ghandi, today is tomorrow’s crystal ball. So what are we doing in the here and now that will have an impact on the coming year? What minor moments today are catalyzing the major events of tomorrow? Whether protests or product launches, politics, or plans for planetary...
In Christmas Message, Pope Francis Urges the World to Unite to End ISIS Atrocities
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged the world in his Christmas message on Friday to unite to end atrocities by Islamist militants that he said were causing immense suffering in many countries. Security was tight at the Vatican as Francis, marking the third Christmas since his election in 2013, read his traditional Christmas Day...
Pressuring Russia, U.S. Imposes 34 Ukraine-Related Sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 34 individuals and entities as part of its efforts to pressure Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury Department said. “Today’s steps support the U.S. commitment to seek a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Ukraine by maintaining our...
A Row Erupts During a Meeting of Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers
A meeting of Ukraine’s cabinet of ministers and other officials on Thursday ended with President Petro Poroshenko holding his face in his hands, as the interior inister, Arsen Avakov, hurled water and insults at Mikheil Saakashvili, the governor of Odessa. Video of the altercation has circulated online. It all began when Avakov brought up...
Putin Talks Syria, Turkey, Ukraine And More In Annual Press Conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin opens up about Syria, Turkey, Ukraine and other issues on Moscow’s agenda in his annual press conference. The event—lasting over three hours in 2014—in which he holds court in front of hundreds of journalists in a live, televised broadcast, counts as one of the president’s annual public statements,....
European Union Expected to Extend Russia Sanctions on Friday
The European Union is set to agree a six-month extension of its economic sanctions on Russia on Friday. …read more Source:...
United Nations: U.S. and Russia Blame Each Other for Ukraine Conflict
Washington accused Moscow of trying to suppress public discussion of facts about the nearly two-year-old war. …read more Source:...
