The five-hour meeting, earlier this week, between French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin was “rich and substantive,” with both leaders focused on the future of peace in Europe, the French leader said on Wednesday. Following his trip to Moscow, and a subsequent visit to Kiev, Macron …
Read More »‘Beyond the pale’: Americans horrified by report that CIA under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange
Yahoo News interviewed more than 30 former Trump administration officials for its article revealing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under Trump’s then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo had discussed assassinating or kidnapping Assange while he took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The report also claimed that the Trump …
Read More »Washington denies its top envoy discussed withdrawal of troops from Iraq with Prime Minister Kadhimi
A statement referring to a pullout of American troops from Iraq was released by the office of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi after he met with Brett McGurk, the White House special coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa. “Discussions took place about mechanisms for [US] combat troops’ withdrawal from …
Read More »Talks between Lavrov & Blinken ‘constructive’: Pair discussed situation on Russian-Ukrainian border & treatment of US state media
That’s according to an official statement from Ned Price, the spokesman for the US Department of State. Blinken and Lavrov met on the sidelines of the Arctic Council, currently meeting in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. The readout revealed that Blinken raised Washington’s “deep concerns” regarding Moscow’s troop deployments “in …
Read More »‘Is this satire?’ Twitter baffled by report that UK govt discussed relocating Prince Edward to Scotland in bid to ‘save’ the Union
The Daily Mail reported that, last year, an aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson had “mooted” an idea to send the Earl of Wessex and his wife Sophie to live at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland, and to host more events there. The plan was …
Read More »AOC says committee being discussed to ‘REIN IN MEDIA environment’ and prevent ‘false information’ spreading
During an Instagram livestream on Tuesday night, Ocasio-Cortez at one point answered a question from a viewer asking if there were discussions in Congress for “truth and reconciliation or media literacy initiatives,” and she confirmed there are. “I do think that several members of Congress, in some of my discussions, …
Read More »Netanyahu and Putin discussed by telephone “coronavirus” problems
Monday, April 6, a telephone conversation between the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The main theme was the problems associated with the epidemic coronavirus disease COVID-19. The office of the head of the government of Israel reports that Putin wished the people of Israel …
Read More »In the State Duma discussed the draft law on supporting entrepreneurs in the Arctic
In the State Duma discussed the package of draft laws on state support of entrepreneurial activities in the Arctic zone of Russia. At a joint meeting of the Arctic Council at the Federation Council and the expert Council for legislative support of the far Northern regions of the state Duma, …
Read More »The meeting between Putin and Lukashenko in Sochi discussed the snow
In Sochi, the negotiations Putin and Lukashenko. The presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko meet in Sochi. They plan to discuss bilateral cooperation, including integration processes within the Union state, reported on the Kremlin website. The President started the conversation tete-a-tete, later to be joined by …
Read More »The Russian Ambassador discussed with foreign Minister of Poland Putin’s words about the “anti-Semitic pig”
The Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreev has told about “rigid” conversation with the Director of the Eastern Department of the foreign Ministry of Poland Jan Hofmokl in connection with the statement of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin about after Poland in Germany who in the 1930-ies promised to erect a …
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