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WATCH Putin hiking & driving off-road in Siberian mountains in signature holiday VIDEO

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019By Editor

Russian President Vladimir Putin and some of his top officials took a break from state affairs ahead of his birthday, spending a few days hiking, hillwalking, and even driving off-road in the thick of the Siberian wilderness. … Read More >WATCH Putin hiking & driving off-road in Siberian mountains in signature holiday VIDEO

Business Russia

Russia offers to set up ‘grain OPEC’ to ensure stability & solve problem of world hunger

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019By Editor

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Gordeyev has suggested creating an organization of grain exporters similar to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). … Read More >Russia offers to set up ‘grain OPEC’ to ensure stability & solve problem of world hunger

World

Roles reversed: Russia becomes ‘global power broker’ as US acts like ‘SPOILER,’ former Spanish FM says

Posted on October 7, 2019By Editor

Russia, which has long been seen by the West as a threat to international stability, has proven to be a security guarantor, Spain’s former Foreign Minister Ana Palacio said, adding that the US has turned into a global disruptor. … Read More >Roles reversed: Russia becomes ‘global power broker’ as US acts like ‘SPOILER,’ former Spanish FM says

World

‘Let them talk!’ Rumors of Russia mulling a military base in CUBA shot down by PM Medvedev

Posted on October 7, 2019By Editor

Setting up a Russian military base in Cuba was not discussed between Raul Castro and Moscow, PM Dmitry Medvedev has said. There are also no plans for Russian warships to escort oil tankers to the island nation amid a US crackdown. … Read More >‘Let them talk!’ Rumors of Russia mulling a military base in CUBA shot down by PM Medvedev

USA

Imagine FSB interrogating a US senator? FBI agent questions Russian lawmaker, offers ‘informal’ meeting

Posted on October 7, 2019By Editor

The Russian Embassy in Washington has filed a note of protest with the State Department and the FBI, after parliament member Inga Yumasheva was detained at a New York airport and questioned by a US federal agent. … Read More >Imagine FSB interrogating a US senator? FBI agent questions Russian lawmaker, offers ‘informal’ meeting

Asia & Pacific Business

Duterte Calls Russia Priority Trade, Investment Market for Philippines

Posted on October 7, 2019March 9, 2020By Editor

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday called Russia a priority trade and investment market for his country and praised robust economic ties. … Read More >Duterte Calls Russia Priority Trade, Investment Market for Philippines

Russia vows to develop Cuban energy sector strangled by US blockade

Posted on October 7, 2019October 7, 2019By Editor

Moscow is planning to cooperate on nuclear energy with Havana, and wants to help develop Cuba’s oil and gas resources, a government official said as PM Dmitry Medvedev … Read More >Russia vows to develop Cuban energy sector strangled by US blockade

UK

A Racket, in Short’: Praising Putin, UK Chief of Defence Staff Exposes NATO’s True Nature

Posted on October 7, 2019October 16, 2020By Editor

Chief of UK Defence Staff, General Nick Carter has claimed the new dynamic stemmed from battling unrelenting cyberattacks … Read More >A Racket, in Short’: Praising Putin, UK Chief of Defence Staff Exposes NATO’s True Nature

Russia

Kremlin Reveals How Putin Will Celebrate 67th Birthday

Posted on October 7, 2019By Editor

Russian President Vladimir Putin remains cheerful, physically vigorous, as well as full of energy – and he’s turning 67 on 7 October. … Read More >Kremlin Reveals How Putin Will Celebrate 67th Birthday

Russia

Space bagel: Russia to fly donut-shaped spaceship to edge of solar system

Posted on October 7, 2019By Editor

A team of Russian scientists is developing a donut-shaped spaceship that can reach the farthest corners of the solar system in record time … Read More >Space bagel: Russia to fly donut-shaped spaceship to edge of solar system