Tag: Russia
Uncertainties deepens about upcoming Trump, Putin meeting
NEW YORK: The shadow of Helsinki lingers. Uncertainties about Russia’s past and future election interference continue. And tensions are high over hot spots from...
Putin bans Russian flights to crisis-hit Georgia
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Friday banning Russian airlines from flying to Georgia, starting in July, after violent clashes in the neighbouring...
Iran assures to not wage war, Russia tells US to deescalate...
GENEVA/DUBAI: President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday Iran would not wage war against any nation, while Russia told the United States it should drop...
Times’ Russia report is ‘virtual treason,’ claims Trump
US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused The New York Times of "a virtual act of treason," after it reported the US is stepping...
China, Russia reject calls for freeze on UN pullout from Sudan
BEIJING: China and Russia on Friday rejected calls from European and African countries to freeze the planned shutdown of a peacekeeping mission to Sudan's...
Putin fires police generals over discredited case against journalist
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday fired two police generals involved in a discredited criminal case against a journalist, an episode that sparked...
Trump considering to deploy 2,000 new troops in Poland
The United States is considering sending 2,000 more troops to Poland, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday at White House talks with his Polish counterpart...
Imran, Putin to meet at SCO summit
Prime Minister Imran Khan to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which is now being considered a major diplomatic...
Putin says Russia didn’t meddle in US vote, despite evidence
ST. PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reaffirmed his staunch denial that his government meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election despite the...
US and Russia blame each other for near collision in East...
MOSCOW/TOKYO: Russia and the United States blamed each other for a near collision between their warships in the East China Sea on Friday with...
‘Economic egoism’ is recipe for trade and maybe real wars, Putin...
ST PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States on Friday that what he described as unbridled economic egoism was a recipe for...
China’s Xi in Russia seeking cooperation amid US tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin praised their countries' ties during a meeting in the Kremlin on Wednesday, as Beijing and Moscow...
U.S., Russia believe Russian support can help restrain Iran
The United States and believes Russia may be more amenable than in the past to address U.S. and Israeli concerns about Iran’s influence, including...
Kremlin contradicts Trump statement on alleged Venezuela drawdown
The Kremlin on Tuesday contradicted a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump and said it had not officially informed him about the activities of...
Russia tells Trump ‘most of their people’ have left Venezuela
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Russia told the United States it had removed “most of their people” from Venezuela, where Moscow has...
Kremlin pledges a response to new US sanctions on Russian individuals
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Friday it would respond in kind to a new round of US sanctions on Russian nationals, saying its retaliation...
CJP Khosa to leave for Russia on Monday
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Asif Saeed Khosa will depart for Russia on Monday for an official visit.
As per details, Justice Khosa will leave...
