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Moscow appoints action star Steven Seagal special envoy on Russia-US humanitarian ties

Moscow appoints action star Steven Seagal special envoy on Russia-US humanitarian ties

Hollywood star Steven Seagal, who was granted Russian citizenship back in 2016, is going to be Moscow’s special representative on humanitarian relations with the US. The veteran actor’s task will “contribute to the further development of Russian-American relations in the humanitarian sphere.” This will cover “culture, art, public and youth exchanges, among other things,” the […]

Russian Women Are Hungry for a Sexual Revolution—and the World Cup Is Giving Them a Taste

Russian Women Are Hungry for a Sexual Revolution—and the World Cup Is Giving Them a Taste

In all of Kristina Gorbunova’s 19-year-long life, Moscow has never felt as fun and sexy as this summer of the World Cup. Every night has been full of free-floating emotions, flirting, and drinking with foreign visitors coming from all over the globe to party, watch soccer, and in many cases to find love in Russia. […]

Australia and Netherlands formally accuse Russia of responsibility for downing MH17 passenger jet in 2014

Australia and Netherlands formally accuse Russia of responsibility for downing MH17 passenger jet in 2014

Australia and the Netherlands say they are holding Russia responsible for downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet in 2014. All 298 people on board MH17, which was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, died when it was shot down over rebel-held territory in Ukraine. On Thursday, Dutch-led international investigators concluded that the missile belonged […]

Zimbabwe VP Phelekezela Mphoko dragged into the mud

Zimbabwe VP Phelekezela Mphoko dragged into the mud

VICE-PRESIDENT Phelekezela Mphoko, currently in Russia on a working visit, reportedly took with him his grandson doing Grade Three as part of his 55-member delegation, NewsDay has learnt. High-level sources told NewsDay this week that Mphoko, who State media reported would meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin, had in fact been invited by a trade fair […]

Vladimir Putin told his Defense Department to watch ‘House of Cards’ to better understand American politics

Vladimir Putin told his Defense Department to watch ‘House of Cards’ to better understand American politics

It’s the hit US drama charting the Machiavellian scheming of a fictional president. But Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin is so convinced by the twists and turns in House Of Cards that he has advised his defence chiefs to watch it – to get a better understanding of the real American political system. Speaking ahead of […]

Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko to meet President Vladimir Putin

Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko to meet President Vladimir Putin

PRESIDENT Mugabe has dispatched Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko to Russia to engage President Vladimir Putin on further economic co-operation between Harare and Moscow. VP Mphoko will meet the Russian leader on the sidelines of the 21st St Petersburg International Economic Forum which is running from 1 to 3 June. Possible areas of discussion are mining, commerce, […]

President Vladimir Putin Warns North Korea Situation Has ‘Seriously Deteriorated’

President Vladimir Putin Warns North Korea Situation Has ‘Seriously Deteriorated’

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear program is deepening after the issue dominated talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Moscow. He and Abe believe the situation on the Korean peninsula has “seriously deteriorated,” Putin said Thursday after the Kremlin meeting. “We call on all states involved in […]

Top US military officials allude to increasing concerns over Moscow’s role in Afghanistan

Top US military officials allude to increasing concerns over Moscow’s role in Afghanistan

The United States must confront Russia for providing weapons to the Taliban for use against US-backed forces in Afghanistan, top US military officials say. According to the Associated Press news agency, a senior US military official speaking on condition of anonymity said in Kabul on Monday that Russia was giving machine guns and other medium-weight […]

Russia accuses Britain of backing Egypt Coptic church terror attack

Russia accuses Britain of backing Egypt Coptic church terror attack

In a stormy day at the United Nations, Russia’s Ambassador to the UN accused Britain of supporting terrorist organisations, and directly linked their alleged support to the attacks on Coptic Christian churches earlier in the week. Vladimir Safronkov, Moscow’s envoy to the United Nations, accused Britain of supporting organisations who “kill Christians” all over the […]

Anti-Corruption Protests In Russia’s Pushkin Square

Anti-Corruption Protests In Russia’s Pushkin Square

Thousands of people crowded into Moscow’s Pushkin Square on Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the Russian government, the biggest gathering in a wave of nationwide protests that were the most extensive show of defiance in years. Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is leading the opposition to President Vladimir Putin, was arrested while walking […]

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