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April 8, 2019

Leap in cyber attacks against elections in OECD countries: Canada

Cyber attackers targeted half the member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that held national elections in 2018, the agency that monitors Canada’s telecoms networks said Monday. “The proportion of elections targeted by cyber threat activity has…

April 8, 2019

Putin and Erdogan discuss S-400 missile deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart on Monday discussed a missile deal slammed by the US as well as closer military cooperation during a visit by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Moscow. The two sides must “strengthen cooperation in…

April 8, 2019

Russia must stay in Council of Europe: activists

Russian human rights activists urged the Council of Europe and Russia Monday to compromise so that Moscow remains in the group, fearing there could be “irreversible” consequences if it is forced out. Excluding Russia “would by no means contribute to…

April 8, 2019

Russian officials agree to free ‘whale jail’ animals

Russian officials said 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. Nearly 100 whales captured for sale to aquariums…

April 8, 2019

Russian officials say will free ‘whale jail’ animals

Russian officials said Monday they will work towards freeing all orcas and belugas from a notorious facility in the east of the country, after a visit by US-based marine mammal advocates. Nearly 100 orca and beluga whales captured for sale…

April 8, 2019

Russian director Serebrennikov freed from house arrest

A Russian court on Monday ordered the release from house arrest of renowned film and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov who is on trial on embezzlement charges. A Moscow city court judge overturned a decision by a lower tribunal last week…

April 8, 2019

Russia calls for calm on ‘all sides’ in Libya conflict

Russia on Monday called for calm on all sides in the Libya conflict after at least 32 people were killed in fighting near the capital Tripoli. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was calling “on all sides to reject actions…

April 7, 2019

Russia blocks UN Libya statement singling out Haftar’s forces

Russia on Sunday blocked a UN Security Council statement that would have called on forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar to halt their advance on Tripoli, diplomats said. Moscow insisted that the formal statement urge all Libyan forces to…

April 7, 2019

Russia’s Lavrov calls for closure of Syria camp near US base

Russia’s top diplomat called Sunday for the immediate closure of a desert camp near Syria’s border with Jordan housing tens of thousands of displaced people in dire conditions. Speaking during a visit to Amman, Sergei Lavrov called for the Rukban…