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DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will not hold a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam, the White House said Friday. “Regarding a Putin meeting, there was never a meeting confirmed, and there will not be one that takes place due to scheduling conflicts on both sides,” press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters minutes before Air Force One touched down in the Vietnamese city […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of inventing doping allegations against Russian athletes to influence next year’s presidential election, which he is widely expected to contest and win. “In response to our alleged interference in their election, they want to create problems for the election of the president of Russia,” Putin said in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk. Putin has not said whether he will contest the March […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – Russia and the US disagreed on Thursday over whether US President Donald Trump plans to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told Russian news agencies that the meeting “will be on November 10,” with the exact time still being discussed. But in comments in Beijing, where Trump is on a state visit, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – The commander of NATO forces in Europe, US General Curtis Scaparrotti, on Thursday demanded that Russia “stop meddling” in European elections, amid concerns about Kremlin interference in the Catalan crisis. Spanish media have accused Moscow-backed outlets such as Russia Today and Sputnik — which have Spanish language services — of playing a destabilizing role in the crisis triggered by Catalonia’s banned October 1 referendum. Moscow is also suspected of interfering in […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia said Tuesday its submarine deployed in the Mediterranean fired three ballistic missiles to destroy a command post of the Islamic State group in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province. “A missile strike with three Kalibr missiles destroyed a command post with large numbers of militants and armed vehicles and also a large weapons and ammunition depot,” the Russian defense ministry said in a statement posted on Facebook. It said the strikes […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday said there was no evidence the country had interfered in US elections, after a Washington probe accelerated with charges against three former aides to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. “We are accused of interfering not only in US elections but also in those of other countries without one piece of evidence,” Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Moscow. Russia has repeatedly denied any attempt to influence the […]
by Dmitry Zaks KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — A Chechen volunteer soldier who was accused of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin was wounded and his wife killed Monday when their car was strafed by gunfire near Kiev. The apparent assassination was the latest involving high-profile figures in Ukraine who bitterly opposed Russia. Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said Amina Okuyeva died and her husband Adam Osmayev was injured when their car was hit by a […]
PLESETSK, Russia (Reuters) — Russia conducted test launch of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles on Thursday (October 26) as part of a training exercise for the country’s strategic nuclear forces. Russian defence ministry released a video showing a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile being test fired from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, hitting a target at the Kura military testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula thousands of kilometres (miles) away. The ministry said test launches involved land, […]
OSLO, Norway (AFP) — A Russian helicopter with eight people on board crashed at sea in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic on Thursday, Norwegian rescue services said, with fears growing over the fate of those on board. None of the eight aboard had been found six hours after the accident was reported. According to Russian media, they are all Russian nationals. Chances of survival were fading rapidly, with air and water temperatures in the […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday received 5000 Kalashnikov rifles and 20 trucks from Russia. Apart from these, Duterte received 5000 steel helmets and one million units of cartridges with steel core bullets in turnover ceremonies held at the Port of Manila. Following a tour of the mammoth anti-submarine warship Admiral Panteleyev, Duterte personally handled some of the donated Kalashnikov rifles along with ammunition and trucks to the Philippine military. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu hailed […]
by Dmitry Zaks Agence France Presse KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — A cyber attack hit a Ukrainian international airport and three Russian media outlets Tuesday before also being detected by IT experts in Germany and at least two other European states. The malware called “BadRabbit” appeared to be the largest since “NotPetya” was launched from the same two countries before affecting the rest of the world in July. US and Russian cybersecurity experts said the computer […]
by Marina Koreneva Agence France Presse SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) — Maria Ryabtseva was just a baby when the 1917 October Revolution broke out. Since then the former nurse has lived through extraordinary events from the USSR’s birth and death to the dominance of President Vladimir Putin. Born on June 14, 1917, in northern Moscow, Ryabtseva witnessed the Civil War between the Bolsheviks and the “Whites” who opposed the revolution, and World War II, […]
