GENEVA (AFP) – During tense talks on Monday, Russia told the US that it had no plans to invade Ukraine, and the two sides agreed to step up efforts to keep tensions from escalating into a full-fledged conflict. After more than seven hours of talks in Geneva, Russian and USContinue Reading
ASHGABAT, (AP) — Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has called put an end to one of the country’s most famous but terrible sights: the burning natural gas crater known as the “Gates of Hell.” The desert crater, some 260 kilometres (160 miles) north of Ashgabat, has been burning for decades andContinue Reading
(Reuters) – MOSCOW (Reuters) – According to the Interfax news agency, Facebook has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owing in Russia for failing to erase information deemed unlawful by Moscow, but the danger of a possibly higher charge looms. Facebook parent Meta, along with Alphabet’s Google, will faceContinue Reading
MOSCOW (AFP) – On Friday, Russia’s media regulator ordered that YouTube unlock a German-language channel of Russian official broadcaster RT, calling the action “destructive” censorship. After eliminating the network’s German stations RT DE and Der Fehlende Part earlier this year, YouTube banned a new RT channel on Thursday. RT, formerlyContinue Reading
(Reuters) – STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – On Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Russian counterpart to warn him face-to-face of the “severe implications” of an invasion of Ukraine and to encourage him to seek a diplomatic solution to the problem. Blinken issued the warning to Russian ForeignContinue Reading
RIGA (AFP) – NATO foreign ministers will meet on Tuesday to discuss ways to resist a Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s border, amid worries that the Kremlin is planning an invasion. The long-planned meeting in Latvia’s capital Riga comes at a dangerous time on NATO’s eastern border, as members copeContinue Reading
DAKAR AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken advised the clandestine Russian mercenary company Wagner on Saturday not to get involved in Mali, as he pushed for a civilian transition in the troubled nation. During a visit to Senegal, Blinken stated that the US was “contributing to efforts withContinue Reading
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia recorded 1,251 coronavirus-related fatalities in the last 24 hours on Thursday, an all-time high following a jump in infections. The government coronavirus taskforce reported 37,374 illnesses nationally, down from a peak of 41,335 on Nov. 6.Continue Reading
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – In a fresh flare-up of tensions between the Caucasus enemies, Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other’s troops of opening fire along their border in the separatist enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday. Last autumn, the two former Soviet republics fought for six weeks over Nagorno-Karabakh, resulting inContinue Reading
According to a Russian state arms dealer, the Taliban have taken more than 100 Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters from various airbases and army depots since gaining control of war-torn Afghanistan. According to Interfax, the Taliban have taken over 100 Mi-17 helicopters of various models purchased by the US for the AfghanContinue Reading
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