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UEFA Europa League: Atletico Madrid train in sub-zero conditions
Atletico Madrid won the first leg at home 3-0.
March 14, 2018 -
White House continues to deny Russia collusion
The White House continued to deny collusion with Moscow a day after special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals and three entities for allegedly meddling in the US 2016 presidential election, the media reported. In a series of tweets on Saturday, President Donald Trump said that, despite the newly announced charges, the Russian meddling had …
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February 18, 2018 -
Russian plane with 71 on board crashes
A Russian passenger plane with 71 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Moscow airport on Sunday, media reports say. Emergency Services told Interfax news agency that there was little chance of anyone having survived after the aircraft crashed near the town of Argunovo in Moscow province, Efe news agency reported. The AN-148 …
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February 11, 2018 -
Moscow sees US anti-Russia sanctions unpromising: Russian FM
The sanctions imposed on Russia by the US are groundless and will not affect Moscow’s foreign policy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. “We consider that the sanctions are imposed absolutely without any grounds as for the reasons behind them… Russia’s honest, open and constructive policy cannot be changed by them,” Lavrov said in …
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January 22, 2018 -
Working with countries like India a good thing: US President Donald Trump
Working with countries like India, Russia and China is a good not bad thing, US President Donald Trump said today. He was responding to criticism of his desire to improve relationship with Moscow. “Working with countries, whether it’s Russia or China or India, or any of the countries that surround this world and encompass this …
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January 11, 2018 -
Moscow to be nominated to host 2021 Beach Soccer World Cup
Russia announced its plans to submit its bid for hosting the beach soccer event in the fall of 2016.
January 5, 2018 -
Vladimir Putin calls Saint Petersburg blast ‘act of terror’
Russian President Vladimir Putin thursday called an explosion that tore through a Saint Petersburg supermarket, wounding 13 people, “an act of terror.” “As you know, an act of terror took place in Saint Petersburg yesterday,” he said at a meeting of military officers in the Kremlin. The homemade bomb went off in a locker at …
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December 28, 2017 -
Russia ‘ready’ to mediate between US, North Korea
Russia is ready to serve as a mediator between North Korea and the US if both sides agree, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. “You can’t become a mediator between two countries just on your own will. It is impossible, you need both sides to be willing,” Peskov told CNN on Tuesday. Peskov’s comments came …
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December 27, 2017 -
Ukraine, separatist rebels agree on major prisoner exchange
Ukrainian authorities and separatist rebels have agreed on a major prisoner exchange. Separatist leaders and a Ukrainian government representative said in televised comments today that they would exchange prisoners on Wednesday. They spoke after a meeting in Moscow mediated by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Kiev representative Viktor Medvedchuk says Ukraine is ready …
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December 25, 2017 -
Moscow reveals cables sent to USSR by British double agent
A new exhibition in Moscow has made public for the first time secret documents that British double agent Kim Philby sent to his Soviet handlers. Considered one of the KGB’s most productive Western recruits — and Britain’s biggest Cold War traitor — Philby passed information to Moscow from the 1930s until he was discovered and …
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October 1, 2017 -
Russian opposition leader Navalny detained in Moscow
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he was detained by police today as he left his home in Moscow, hours before he was to hold a banned rally. “They have detained me in my building’s entrance hall. They are taking me somewhere ‘to give explanations,'” Navalny said on Twitter. Navalny has declared his intention to …
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September 29, 2017 -
Russia to respond if US restricts observation flights
Moscow will scrutinise a reported US intention to limit Russian observation flights and will take measures in response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said here on Thursday. Russia will evaluate whether the possible restriction violates the Treaty on Open Skies, Xinhua quoted her as saying. Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that …
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September 29, 2017 -
Liverpool, Manchester United fans trigger Moscow security fears
For the Liverpool and United games, tightened controls will be in place at stadium entrances.
September 26, 2017 -
20,000 people evacuated in Moscow amid bomb threats
Over 20,000 people were evacuated from more than 30 facilities here on Wednesday, following “almost simultaneous” anonymous phone calls with bomb threats, Russian medai reported. Police checked over 30 facilities in Moscow, including three railway stations, major shopping malls and hotels in various parts of the city, Xinhua cited Tass news agency as saying. The …
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September 14, 2017 -
Trump backs law expanding Russia sanctions: White House
US President Donald Trump supports a bill announced on the weekend by Congress to increase sanctions on Russia, in part due to Moscow's alleged interference in last year's election, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said. Sanders told ABC News on Sunday that Trump supports the bill as it now reads as the White House …
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July 24, 2017 -
Moscow negatively views new US sanctions bill: Kremlin
Moscow negatively viewed the newly released US draft bill on sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, media reports said. "Extremely negatively", Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Sputnik news agency as saying on Saturday when asked about the Kremlin's take on the draft bill. US Republicans and Democrats have reached agreement …
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July 23, 2017 -
Fire breaks out in Moscow mall, 14 injured
At least 14 people, including a child, were injured after a fire broke out at a shopping mall on the outskirts of Moscow on Monday, the media reported quoting officials. The fire broke out at the Rio shopping mall on Dmitrovskoe Highway in the northeast of Russian capital, Xinhua news agency reported citing the Russian …
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July 10, 2017