Tag: Russia

Seven countries to intensify campaign against IS

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter won agreement from defense ministers from France and five other nations on Wednesday to intensify the campaign against IS militants in Iraq and Syria. A bilateral meeting was held firstly between Ashton Carter and Jean-Yves Le Drian, France’s Defense Minister, to discuss the issue before the closed-door meeting among the defense ministers from the other five countries, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy and Germany. This is the […]

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Tension rises as Russia’s rouble falls further

Russians gathered outside banks and closed restaurants on Wednesday (January 20) demanding foreign currency mortgages to be restructured and salaries paid, as the national currency hit the new record low. Employees flocked to the closed doors of the Sbarro pizza restaurant, holding flags and banners calling on the owners to pay them. Sergei, one of the protesters, explained that he and his colleagues have not received money for their work in a while. “The salary […]

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Moscow economic forum addresses Russia’s economic woes

An economic forum, known as “Gaidar” opened on Thursday in Moscow to address Russia’s economic woes. With “Russia and the World: Looking into the future” as the theme, the 2016 Gaidar Forum has become one of the most influential platforms since it was opened in 2010. It is an annual event held in mid-January by the Russian Presidency. Addressing the forum, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the Russian government is anticipating the worst, […]

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Russia to halt free-trade agreements with Ukraine in 2016

Russia will cease free-trade agreements with Ukraine within the Commonwealth of Independent States framework on Jan 1, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an annual conference in Moscow on Thursday. Putin expressed regret over the deterioration of Russia-Ukraine economic and trade relations. He said that Russia was not imposing sanctions against Ukraine but adopting a system favorable to the Russian business industry. Therefore, Ukraine would no longer enjoy any preferential treatment. “In practice, it […]

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Russia confirms Turkey shot down Russian warplane on Syria border

Russian military general staff spokesman Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi confirmed on Tuesday night that Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 warplane and that one of the pilots was killed by fire from the ground as he parachuted from the plane. The Turkish military said it shot down the Russian plane after it entered Turkish airspace and ignored 10 warnings from the Turkish side. Russia’s military denied the statement and said that, according to its investigation […]

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Russia’s Medvedev says terrorism a global challenge

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday, November 18 that terrorism was a global challenge requiring a global response. Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Prime Minister said that the terror attacks that Russia and France have just faced affected the whole world. The terrorism expansion is indeed a global challenge, a challenge to the entire civilized world. And it requires a united response – coordinated, fully concerted action.” Earlier on Wednesday, Medvedev said the west’s boycott […]

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Russia mourns victims of Egypt plane crash

Flags were flying at half-mast on official buildings in Moscow on Sunday (November 1) as Russia mourned the Egypt plane crash victims. The Russian airliner, with 224 on board, crashed into a mountainous area of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday (October 31) shortly after losing radar contact near cruising altitude, killing all occupants. Muscovites flocked to Sunday church services and lit candles, as priests remembered the victims in prayer. “What can I say? It is […]

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Russia is not striving for leadership over Syria – Putin

Several hundreds of Palestinians protested on Tuesday (October 13) at the border area between Israel and Gaza in the wake of a series of street attacks in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv on a “Day of Rage” declared by Palestinian groups. Protesters waved flags belonging to different Palestinian political parties as they marched towards the border with Israel. Israeli forces threw tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd. At least 14 demonstrators were overcome by […]

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Russia all talk, no substance in fighting Islamic State

France’s foreign minister took a swipe at Russia on Tuesday (September 29) saying that it has talked a lot about striking Islamic State, but that if it wanted to prove its real intentions in Syria then it should stop “media strikes” and carry out real ones. “Those who are against Daesh [Islamic State], are those who strike Daesh. There’s no question about it. It’s simple,” Laurent Fabius told reporters in New York at the French […]

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Russian granny suspected of killing and dismembering 13 says she wants to live in prison

  (Reuters) — A 68-year-old Russian woman was arrested on Tuesday (July 28) in St. Petersburg suspected of killing and dismembering a pensioner neighbour several days before. Police suspect Tamara Samsonova may have also killed a 32-year-old lodger in 2003. The elderly woman’s case drew substantial attention in Russia after police retrieved a diary she kept in three languages – Russian, English and German – detailing 11 other murders. Samsonova confessed to some of the […]

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Russian state “involved” in ex-KGB agent’s London murder, inquiry hears

(Reuters) — The Russian state must have been involved in the 2006 poisoning of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with a radioactive isotope, which amounted to “a nuclear attack on the streets” of London, an inquiry into the death was told on Thursday (July 30). Kremlin critic Litvinenko died weeks after drinking green tea laced with polonium-210 at London’s plush Millennium hotel. From his deathbed he accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering his killing but […]

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Construction of new soccer stadium underway in Russia, 2018 World Cup host

(Reuters) — Russia’s preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup are in full swing as the country gets 11 cities ready to host the tournament in three years time. The Local Organising Committee are currently showing journalists around the 11 World Cup cities to show how the work is going. Construction is underway in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod city, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) east of Moscow, where a gleaming new soccer stadium is under construction […]

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