Tag: Russia

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Russian mini-sub loss a “state secret”: dead crew belonged to an elite force

  

  The Kremlin on Wednesday refused to reveal the full story of a fire that killed 14 officers on what was reportedly a nuclear-powered mini-submarine, saying the details of the tragedy were a “state secret.”

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  Russian submarine sinks in Arctic waters: fourteen crew members killed

  

  Fourteen submariners on board a Russian Defense Ministry research vessel were killed in a fire while carrying out a survey of the sea floor off Russia's Arctic coast, the ministry was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Divided EU leaders unable to agree on new EC posts; third consecutive day meeting

  

  The divided European Union's 28 national leaders were to spend a third consecutive day on Tuesday arm-wrestling over who should hold the bloc's most prominent jobs until nearly 2025.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Falklands' next permanent patrol shadows Russian vessel in the English Channel

  

  HMS Forth that in a few months time will be replacing HMS Clyde as Falkland Islands permanent patrol has been engaged in shadowing a Russian patrol ship as it passes through the English Channel towards Dover.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Russian military intelligence allegedly behind the Salisbury chemical attack

  

  An open-source investigation has found that a top Russian military intelligence officer coordinated last year's Salisbury chemical attack from a London hideout using his phone and a few messaging apps.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  EU extends economic sanctions against Russia over Ukraine until February 2020

  

  European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to prolong economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine until the end of January 2020, a spokesman for the bloc said. The EU first slapped sanctions on Russia after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014 and supported rebels fighting Kiev troops in the east of the country. That conflict, which killed 13,000 people, is still simmering.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:42 UTC

  Putin and Xi call for a rethinking of the US dollar role in global trade

  

  China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin hit back at US global economic dominance on Friday as they took the stage together at Russia's showcase business forum.

• Thursday, June 6th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Huawei rejected by the West signs a deal with Russia's telecoms

  

  China's Huawei, considered a security threat in the United States, on Wednesday signed a deal with Russian telecoms company MTS to develop a 5G network in the country over the next year, The agreement was signed on the sidelines of a meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

• Thursday, June 6th 2019 - 08:00 UTC

  First tourist Arctic train leaves from Russia for Norway

  

  The first tourist train traveling through Russia's Arctic region carrying passengers heading for Norway set off from Saint Petersburg station on Wednesday with 91 passengers aboard for the inaugural trial journey.

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  “Russia, Russia, investigation...” triggers furious reactions from Trump

  

  President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that Moscow helped him win the White House in 2016 - before retracting himself to launch a fiery attack on Robert Mueller and the Russia probe.