MOSCOW: Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny began a nationwide day of protest against the authorities on Sunday, calling on voters to boycott what they said was a rigged presidential election on March 18. Beneath bright blue skies, hundreds of young people gathered in the main square ...
Read More »‘Friendly fire’: Russian air strike kills Turkish soldiers in Syria; Putin sends condolences to Erdogan
ANKARA/MOSCOW: At least three Turkish soldiers were killed and 11 others were wounded after a Russian air strike accidently hit them in northern Syria on Thursday. Following the tragic incident, the Kremlin issued a statement (in Russian) saying President Putin had, in a telephone call with his Turkish counterpart, “expressed ...
Read More »Donald Trump lashes out over ‘phony’ Russia dossier claims
NEW YORK: Donald Trump attacked US intelligence agencies and the media as he denied explosive allegations about his ties to Russia, despite admitting for the first time that Moscow had likely meddled in the US election. Just over a week before he takes office, Trump said he had ceded “complete” ...
Read More »Russia accuses Britain of anti-Moscow ‘witch hunt’ plan
LONDON: The Russian embassy to Britain posted online an extraordinary attack on the Government, accusing it of planning to brief Donald Trump’s incoming United States administration against Moscow. It comes as Prime Minister Theresa May prepares for her first meeting with the US president-elect, expected in the spring, and Foreign ...
Read More »US expels 35 Russian intel agents over vote hacking
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday fired back at Moscow over its meddling in the presidential election, announcing a series of tough sanctions against intelligence agencies, expulsions of agents and shutting down of Russian compounds on US soil. “I have ordered a number of actions in response to the Russian ...
Read More »White House suggests Putin was involved in U.S. hacking
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during the opening session of the newly elected State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia. The U.S. on Oct. 7 blamed the Russian government for the hacking of political sites and accused Moscow of trying to interfere with the upcoming presidential election. ...
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