The proposal to set up a naval facility in the North-African country, which Putin approved on Monday, was brought forward by the Russian government last week. Moscow and Khartoum signed a seven-year-long military cooperation deal last year and the project of a naval logistics hub has been already discussed by …
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The new facility has an improved chance of survivability in an attack, including a nuclear strike, ensuring that Russia remains in control of its armed forces, the president said on Wednesday. This metric is crucial for nuclear deterrence, ensuring a retaliatory strike is launched in response to a decapitating first move and thus …
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The agreement will create conditions for a long-term settlement of the crisis in the interests of both peoples, Putin said shortly after midnight Moscow time on Tuesday (10:30pm GMT Monday), confirming reports of the armistice Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan described as “painful” but necessary. According to the text of the …
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The agreement will create conditions for a long-term settlement of the crisis in the interests of both peoples, Putin said shortly after midnight Moscow time on Tuesday (22:30 GMT Monday), confirming reports of the armistice Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan described as “painful” but necessary. According to the text of the …
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Unlike many other world leaders, Putin has remained silent since the US media called the election in the Democratic candidate’s favor and said Biden had achieved the necessary 270 Electoral College votes to clinch victory over the incumbent president, Donald Trump. “Anticipating your possible question about Putin’s congratulations to the …
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McFaul, who became one of the most outspoken proponents of the debunked theory that Moscow “colluded” with the Trump campaign in 2016, expressed his disappointment on Twitter that Russian President Vladimir Putin has yet to offer his congratulations to the Democratic nominee, who declared himself president-elect on Saturday. “Has Putin …
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The Democratic Party has once again nominated for president someone who not only lacks ideas, energy and charisma but who also doesn’t appear to do much in the way of campaigning. In 2016, the Democrats ran against Trump and Putin; today they are running against Trump and Covid. Nonetheless the …
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In a bold new proposal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has expanded on his existing offer of a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-range nuclear forces on European soil by suggesting that Russia and the US/NATO engage in so-called “verification measures” (a euphemism for on-site inspections) “regarding the Aegis Ashore systems …
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“It doesn’t concern us. It concerns the Americans and the Ukrainians,” Putin said when asked about Hunter’s business dealings in Ukraine during an interview with Rossiya-1 that was aired late on Sunday. The Russian president said he is aware of “at least one company” Joe Biden’s son “de-facto headed,” adding …
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“I’ll say it once again: we have no need to fight the American presence [in Afghanistan],” Putin said in an interview aired on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. The president was responding to a reporter’s question about assertions in US media, using anonymous sources, insisting Russia had paid bounties to Taliban …
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