Tag: Vladimir Putin

• Thursday, December 6th 2018 - 09:14 UTC

  Russia drew Argentina's attention to Ilyushin-96 jets before G-20 Summit

  

  The Russian aircraft manufacturer Ilyushin has sought to attract Argentina's interest to purchase their Il-96 jets of various specifications, it was revealed Wednesday.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 10:44 UTC

  Maduro off to Moscow in search of Putin's help

  

  After meeting in Caracas with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro took off for Moscow, where he hopes to hold some “serious talks” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in order to “strengthen and expand diplomatic relations and friendly ties between the brotherly nations.”

• Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:19 UTC

  Air Force One touches down - Trump is in BA for G-20 Summit

  

  The famous Air Force One, a veritable Flying White House, landed in Ezeiza at 10.10 pm amid tight security measures right on time for US President Donald Trump to rest and get ready for Friday's breakfast meeting with his Argentine colleague Mauricio Macri.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 17:53 UTC

  No talks with Putin at G-20 over Crimea tensions, says Trump enroute to Argentina

  

  US President Donald Trump Thursday shocked the world as he announced he would not be meeting one-on-one with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin during the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires due to the escalating military crisis in Crimea.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 18:32 UTC

  Putin to hold bilateral meetings with Macron, Merkel and Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires

  

  While in Argentina for the upcoming G-20 Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold bilateral talks with France's Emmanuel Macron, China's Xi Xinpung and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Kremlin sources announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 20:23 UTC

  Putin meeting with Saudi crown prince in BA cannot be ruled out

  

  A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud during the upcoming G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires is not to be ruled out, according to a Kremlin official source.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Macron describes nationalism as “a betrayal of patriotism”

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron has urged world leaders marking the centenary of the World War One Armistice to reject nationalism. Addressing leaders in Paris, including US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin - he described it as a “betrayal of patriotism”.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 23:57 UTC

  Russia to help Cuba finance acquisition of military equipment

  

  Russia has agreed to assist Cuba purchase modern weaponry by means of a 38-million-euro credit line, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak explained Friday after talks between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez at the Kremlin.

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 02:29 UTC

  Turkish police searching for Saudi journalist remains in outskirts of Istanbul

  

  Turkish police are searching a forest on the outskirts of Istanbul and a city near the Sea of Marmara for remains of a Saudi dissident journalist who disappeared two weeks ago after entering the Saudi consulate, two Turkish officials said.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  Salisbury poisoning: second Russian involved is allegedly a military intelligence doctor

  

  The name of the second suspect in the Salisbury case is actually Alexander Mishkin, the BBC understands. The Bellingcat investigative website says the man who travelled under the alias Alexander Petrov is in reality a military doctor working for Russian intelligence, the GRU.