Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that nuclear tensions were rising, though he insisted “we have not gone crazy” and Moscow would not be the first to deploy them in the Ukraine conflict. Speaking more than nine months after his forces launched their military operation, Putin warned the conflict could be “lengthy”. Russian forces have […]
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UAE president to visit Putin in Moscow
UAE president to visit Putin in Moscow. The United Arab Emirates’ president on Tuesday will visit his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, state media reported, one of the few leaders to make the trip to Moscow since the Ukraine war started. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan “will discuss with President Putin the friendly relations between the […]
Elite Russian Supercar owners brutally detained
Elite Russian Supercar owners brutally detained. Dozens of car owners were brutally detained by armed police. Videos from Moscow showed the flashy cars roaring through Russia’s capital. Dozens of men were in the custody of the Russian police. Russian Police arrest owners of flashy supercars. As they take part in car racing while the country […]
Russian opposition leader Navalny found guilty on new embezzlement charges
Pokrov: A Russian court on Tuesday found jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty on embezzlement charges that could see hissentence significantly extended. “Navalny committed fraud — the theft of property by an organised group,” judge Margarita Kotova said, according to an AFP reporter present at the trial. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal domestic critic, […]
Zelensky urges Germany to tear down new Russian ‘Wall’ in Europe
“It’s not a Berlin Wall — it is a Wall in central Europe between freedom and bondage and this Wall is growing bigger with every bomb” dropped on Ukraine, Zelensky told MPs. Appearing on a screen in his now trademark khaki T-shirt with dark rings under his eyes, Zelensky was welcomed by MPs in the […]
“There is no link between events in Ukraine and Vienna talks” -Iran’s foreign minister
DUBAI – There is no link between current events in Ukraine and nuclear talks in Vienna, Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Tuesday during a news conference with his Russian counterpart in Moscow. Amirabdollahian added that Russia will stand next to Iran until the end of nuclear talks.
12 injured, 1 missing in Russia’s military depot fire
MOSCOW: Russian officials say powerful explosions at a military depot in Siberia left 12 people injured and one missing and forced over 16,500 people to leave their homes. The Emergencies Ministry said that 9,533 people have been evacuated and about 7,000 fled on their own after Monday’s fire at a military ammunition depot near the […]
Russian space sector plagued by astronomical corruption
With millions of dollars missing and officials in prison or fleeing the country, Russia’s space sector is at the heart of a staggering embezzlement scheme that has dampened ambitions of recovering its Soviet-era greatness. For years, Moscow has tried to fix the industry that was a source of immense pride in the USSR. While it […]
Maduro hangs on as Venezuelan protests could fizzle out
Venezuelans heeded opposition leader Juan Guaido’s call to take to the streets on Wednesday in a bid to force President Nicolas Maduro from power, but there was little concrete sign of change in a crisis that increasingly looks like a political stalemate. Guaido had called for the “largest march” in Venezuela’s history and said on […]
An icy Moscow visit
For the handful of Americans attending this year’s Moscow International Security Conference (MISC), unsurprisingly, the Kremlin’s attitude towards Washington and, of course, NATO was icy, confrontational and accusatory. Russian participants made abundantly clear to the 700 or so participants from some fifty-five states the major dangers to international security: the U.S. and NATO. The U.S […]