Andy Stone, spokesman for the Meta tech conglomerate, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been placed on a wanted list in Russia, according to the database of the country’s Interior Ministry. Izvestia, Ria-Novosti and other Russian media outlets reported on Sunday that Stone’s name can now be found on …
Read More »Kremlin not worried about ICC warrant for Putin – spokesman
The International Criminal Court is a puppet of the collective West and Russia finds it hard to imagine any country would dare enforce its writ against a sovereign nuclear power, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview on Wednesday. The Bosnian Serb outlet ATV asked Peskov about the ICC …
Read More »Gazprom will halt gas supply to Moldova in 48 hours – spokesman
“Today is the scheduled date of payment. Yet, there is no payment,” Sergey Kupriyanov, Gazprom board chairman’s spokesman, said in a statement, adding that the energy giant is “extremely disappointed” with Moldova’s failure to fulfill its obligations under the recently extended contract. The deal was struck in late October following …
Read More »Taliban gained ‘full control’ of Panjshir province, spokesman claims
Taliban fighters have conquered the last remaining pockets of resistance in Panjshir, defeating most of their rivals and forcing others to flee, Mujahid announced on Monday morning. The claim was hard to verify, as the group has often overestimated its gains in the past. Videos have been uploaded online showing …
Read More »Panjshir resistance is two guys who want war to continue, Taliban spokesman tells Russian media, dismissing tribal militia threat
“It’s not a big problem. It’s just two men, who would like to continue the war, Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud,” Zabihullah Mujahid told the Russian media on Thursday. Mujahid, who has been appointed information minister in the Taliban-installed government, was referring to the so-called Panjshir resistance in the north …
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Read More »Taliban spokesman says Afghan war is over, militants convinced ‘foreign forces won’t repeat failed experience in Afghanistan’
Speaking to Al Jazeera Mubasher TV from within the palace on Sunday night, Taliban spokesman Mohammed Naeem declared the war for Afghanistan to be over, stating that the Islamist militants had achieved their objective of securing “the freedom of our country and the independence of our people.” The group’s spokesman then added …
Read More »You’re doing it WRONG! White House Covid-19 spokesman yells at media for quoting CDC documents on Delta variant
“Vaccinated people do not transmit the virus at the same rate as unvaccinated people and if you fail to include that context you’re doing it wrong,” Ben Wakana, deputy director of strategic communications for the White House Covid-19 response team, tweeted at the New York Times on Friday – in …
Read More »‘Fascism spread to courts’: Erdogan’s spokesman berates top EU court for allowing employers to ban headscarves in workplace
The ruling passed this week by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) is “wrong” and “an attempt to lend legitimacy to racism,” Fahrettin Altun, the communications director for the office of President Erdogan said on Twitter on Saturday. He said it was “unbelievable that fascism just spread to the courts” …
Read More »Coalition airbase in Iraq struck by at least 10 rockets, US spokesman confirms, just days before Pope’s historic visit
On Wednesday, Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the US military in Iraq and Operation Inherent Resolve, confirmed that the Ain al-Asad airbase had been hit by at least 10 indirect fire missiles. Marotto said that the base, which houses both US and coalition troops, was struck at approximately 7:20am (4:20am …
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