Turkey Approves Sending Troops To Joint Russian Monitoring Center In Azerbaijan
A large billboard featuring images of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Ankara (file photo)
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U.S. Says Iran And Russia Have Obtained Voter Information
U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe.
Read moreChina, Russia Among Rights Abusers Elected To UN Human Rights Council
October 14, 2020 00:07 GMT – By RFE/RL China and Russia were among 15 countries elected to the UN Human Rights Council on October 13, drawing sharp criticism from rights groups and the United States over their abysmal human rights records. The 193-member UN General Assembly also elected Ivory Coast, Gabon, Malawi, Cuba, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, France, and Britain to the 47-member
Read moreOpen Russia Director Detained After Release From Moscow Jail
Andrei Pivovarov, executive director of opposition group Open Russia.
Read moreFormer Athletics Chief Guilty of Russian Doping Corruption
16 September – The Moscow Times The former head of athletics’ world governing body, Lamine Diack, was on Wednesday found guilty by a French court of corruption in covering up Russian doping cases and sentenced to four years in prison, two of which were suspended. Diack, an 87-year-old Senegalese who led the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), now renamed
Read moreU.S. adds Russian chemical research facilities to sanctions list
22:20, 26 August 2020 – UNIAN The entities are involved in Russia’s chemical and biowarfare programs, U.S. officials note. A number of Russian entities – scientific and research facilities – “have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.” That’s according to a report released on
Read moreWhite House Denies Trump Was Briefed On Reported Intelligence That Russia Offered Bounties
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Vice President Mike Pence (2nd R) observe the dignified transfer of two U.S. soldiers, killed in Afghanistan, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, February 10, 2020
Read moreCTBTO: Elevated But ‘Not Harmful’ Radioactivity Detected In Baltic Sea
Lassina Zerbo, the head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Read moreTurkey Retaliates Against Syrian Forces After 33 Of Its Soldiers Killed In Air Strikes
A Turkish military convoy drives through a village Syria’s Idlib Province in a photo from February 20.
Read moreRussia’s ‘Heinous’ Sentencing Of Seven Activists Sparks Social Media Outrage
Seven men who received sentences of six to 18 years appear in court in the Volga Military District Court in Russia.
Read morePolice Disperse Demonstrators Protesting Constitutional Reform in St. Petersburg
Moscow protests 7-20-19
Read moreRussia’s attempts to bring separatist movements to international platforms threaten EU – think tank
21:50, 27 January 2020 The experts explain far-reaching, and troubling, intentions behind the efforts. Russia is trying to set a precedent of allowing access of representatives of unrecognized states to various international platforms. If the plan succeeds, separatist movements around the world, especially in Europe, will be given a free hand to lay claim to participation in any international platform,
Read morePutin Says He Rejects Soviet-Style Leaders For Life
Russian “President” Vladimir (Platform Shoes) Putin
Read moreTrump Signs NDAA Into Law, Triggering Sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Trump has signed legislation that will impose sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, but some analysts question whether it is too late to stop the project.
Read moreJournalists identify two Russian mercenaries involved in brutal Syrian murder, including one who likely served with Wagner PMC leader
One of the illegal mercenaries who took part in torturing and beheading a Syrian deserter is pictured in 2017.
Read moreWinter War: The 1939 Soviet Invasion Of Finland In Crystal-Clear Photos
NOVEMBER 23, 2019 02:01 GMT An archive of thousands of images of the Soviet Union’s 1939 invasion of Finland have been scanned and digitized, revealing the harrowing human details of the David vs. Goliath struggle. – By Amos Chapple On November 30, 1939, nearly half a million Soviet troops stormed into Finland, beginning what would become known as the Winter War.
Read moreRussia Says Proposed Four-Year Athletic Doping Ban ‘Unfair,’ ‘Maybe Even A War’
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (The Kremlin Bike) complained that the doping issue “focuses exclusively on Russia.”
Read moreExplosion occurred on Russian tanker, three people died
Picture used on the original source, TASS
Read moreReports: Criminal Investigation Launched Into Mueller’s Russia Probe
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller led the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Read moreResidents In Russia’s Saratov Protest After Killing Of Local Schoolgirl
The protesters have taken to the streets for the second day.
Read moreGermany believes Russia has not yet done enough for the EU to lift sanctions
09:28, 1 October 2019000 Although Berlin estimates the recent exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine and the decrease of tension in the area of Stanytsia Luhanska as “two positive, encouraging signals.” The German government believes that Russia has not yet made enough efforts to achieve peace in eastern Ukraine so that the EU can lift sanctions against Moscow. This was stated
Read moreRussian fishing vessel sinks in Black Sea
08:03, 12 August 2019 All crew members were saved and taken to the coast of Krasnodar Krai Six seamen were rescued after Russian fishing vessel caught fire and sunk in the Black Sea. The incident took place on August 11, Russian Emergencies Ministry reported, as quoted by Russia 1 TV channel. “We got a word that the engine of a
Read moreU.S., European Countries Call On Russia To Withdraw From Georgian Territory
August 09, 2019 03:05 GMT – The United States and five European countries have marked the 11th anniversary of the five-day war between Russia and Georgia and urged Moscow to withdraw its military forces to the positions held before hostilities broke out. In a joint statement issued on August 8, the UN ambassadors of the United States, Belgium, Estonia, France,
Read moreSBU detains Russian national preparing act of sabotage at Army airfield (Photos)
23:50, 08 August 2019 – The Cherkasy resident has been making improvised explosive devices. The Security Service of Ukraine’s counterintelligence team detained a Russian national who had been preparing an act of sabotage at an Army airfield in Cherkasy. The operatives have documented that a Russian man who lived in Cherkasy region had been making explosives and improvised explosive devices,
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