Tag: Russia

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:53 UTC

  North Korea's wooing Russia following the fallout with Trump

  

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean state media confirmed. With his Russia visit, North Korea's Kim is seen working to build up foreign support for his economic development plans, since the breakdown of the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi in February led to stalled talks with Washington on the sanctions relief Pyongyang had sought.

• Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 08:39 UTC

  “US will not quit the fight” for democracy in Venezuela, Pompeo states in Chile

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended sanctions on Venezuela and said the United States would not “quit the fight” in the socialist-run Latin American nation which is spiraling into deepening economic and political crisis.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:36 UTC

  Russia agrees to free orca and belugas held in “whale jails”

  

  Russian officials said on Monday they will work towards freeing all orca and beluga whales from a notorious facility in the east of the country, after a visit by US-based marine mammal advocates.

• Friday, April 5th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  Pressure on Russia to release juvenile whales in small pens; apparently to be sold to Chinese marine parks

  

  International pressure is growing for the Russian government to release nearly 100 juvenile whales which have been kept in small pens in the far east for seven months. French marine scientist Jean-Michel Cousteau and other experts are meeting government officials in Moscow. They plan to visit the so-called “whale jail” near Nakhodka on Saturday.

• Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Kremlin officials can't understand why official stats show Russians are so poor

  

  The Kremlin press secretary has said he cannot understand a survey that shows that Russians struggle to afford new shoes. Dmitry Peskov was commenting on a report by state statistics agency Rosstat.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 16:14 UTC

  Russia to celebrate 200th anniversary discovery of Antarctica by Bellingshausen

  

  Russia's tall ships are to undertake a round-the-world trip to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Antarctica's discovery by the Bellingshausen-Lazarev expedition, according to official information from Moscow. In effect, 2020 marks the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica by the expedition led by Fabian Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev. In honor of this event, plans are underway for the round-the-world sailing of the tall ships Pallada, Sedov and Krusenstern in 2019-2020.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Trump calls on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela; Guaido's wife meets Trump and Pence at White House

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela and said that “all options” were open to make that happen. The arrival of two Russian air force planes outside Caracas on Saturday believed to be carrying nearly 100 Russian special forces and cyber-security personnel has escalated the political crisis in Venezuela.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Mueller report: Trump declares himself “completely exonerated”; Democrats not so sure

  

  United States president Donald Trump declared on Sunday that he had been “completely exonerated” after his campaign was cleared of colluding with Russia in the 2016 election, in a major boost for his re-election hopes.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Russian military planes in Venezuela's main airport reportedly with troops and equipment

  

  Two Russian military planes landed in Venezuela's main airport on Saturday, reportedly carrying dozens of troops and large amounts of equipment. The planes were sent to “fulfill technical military contracts”, Russia's Sputnik news agency reported.

• Monday, March 11th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  Thousands protest in Russia against plans to tighten restrictions on internet

  

  Thousands of people in Russia have protested against plans to introduce tighter restrictions on the internet. A mass rally in Moscow and similar demonstrations in two other cities were called after parliament backed the controversial bill last month.