Claims of Putin Using Body Double Surface, Kremlin Denies
Allegations of Vladimir Putin employing a body double arise, but the Kremlin refutes the claims, adding to the mystery surrounding his recent public appearances.
Allegations of Vladimir Putin employing a body double arise, but the Kremlin refutes the claims, adding to the mystery surrounding his recent public appearances.
The UN Security Council is set to vote Friday on a resolution that would seek to condemn Russia for its referenda in four regions under Russian control but claimed by Ukraine, media reports said.
The European Commission has questioned the feasibility of such a ban, saying certain categories, notably family members, journalists and dissidents ought always to be granted visas.
The President told the Washington Post in an interview published on Monday that "the most important sanctions are to close the borders because the Russians are taking away someone else's land", reports dpa news agency.
Mr Navalny’s sentence was announced on the 27th day of what Moscow calls its “special military operation” in pro-Western Ukraine, where thousands have been killed and millions displaced. Immediately after Tuesday’s verdict, Mr Navalny, countered the Kremlin, saying Russian leader Vladimir Putin was afraid of the truth.
The development came after Zoom reportedly decided to restrict access by the Russian state-owned companies to its software.
The epithet has rattled the Kremlin, though it would be presumptuous to argue that the latest kerfuffle between Washington and Moscow could ignite a new Cold War.
On Wednesday, the German government confirmed the doctors’ fears ~ Navalny (44) had been poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent from the Novichok “family”, a potent chemical weapon, developed by the Soviet Union, that was used at least once before in recent years in an attack on a Kremlin enemy.
The British and US governments concluded last year that Unit 29155 operatives were responsible for the March 2018 attack in Salisbury on Sergei Skripal, a former GRU officer who had defected to Britain, and his daughter.
On Friday, Putin and Erdogan spoke over the phone and agreed to consider the possibility of holding a top-level meeting in the near future.
