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January 19, 2019

‘Not partners’: Abe, Putin on collision course over islands

The leaders of Japan and Russia hold crunch summit talks on Tuesday, with the two countries locked in an undiplomatic war of words over a set of disputed islands. Simmering tension between Moscow and Tokyo over the islands has ramped…

January 18, 2019

Russia agrees for Germany, France to monitor Kerch Strait: Lavrov

Russia on Friday said it had agreed for France and Germany to monitor shipping traffic in the Kerch Strait following a naval confrontation between Moscow and Kiev last year. Russian ships fired on and seized three Ukrainian navy vessels in…

January 18, 2019

Body of pilot found after two Russian fighter jets collide over Sea of Japan: media

A rescue operation in the Russian Far East found the body of one pilot and rescued another after two fighter jets collided over the Sea of Japan during a training flight on Friday, Russian media reported. Russian news agencies quoted…

January 18, 2019

World must save imperilled nuclear arms pact: Nobel-winner ICAN

The world needs to “stop being passive” while the US and Russia decide whether to let a crucial nuclear arms control treaty collapse, the head of the Nobel prize-winning group ICAN told AFP. Beatrice Fihn, who leads the International Campaign…

January 18, 2019

Two Russian fighter jets collide over Sea of Japan

Two Russian Su-34 fighter jets collided on Friday over the Sea of Japan during a training flight, with both crews managing to eject, the defence ministry said. The bombers touched mid-air and fell into the sea near the Strait of…

January 18, 2019

Dutch top court slaps down Yukos bankruptcy ruling

Top Dutch judges refused Friday to recognise Russia’s 2006 bankruptcy ruling of Yukos, in a case involving the transfer of shares from the defunct oil giant to a Russian state company. Once the face of post-communist Russian capitalism, Yukos was…

January 18, 2019

Norway probes knife attack as possibly ‘terror-related’

Norwegian police said Friday they were investigating a knife attack in Oslo by a suspected assailant from Russia as a possible “terror-related” act. On Thursday a man stabbed a woman in a shop in central Oslo n broad daylight. The…

January 18, 2019

Democrat vows to probe Trump lawyer’s alleged lies to Congress

A top Democrat in the US Congress has vowed to look into a report that President Donald Trump ordered his personal attorney to lie to Congress to hide dealings with Russia. Adam Schiff, who heads the Intelligence Committee in the…

January 18, 2019

Germany urges Russia to destroy missile to save nuclear treaty

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday called on Russia to destroy a controversial missile system Washington says breaches a key arms control treaty. “We believe Russia can save this treaty,” Maas said after talks with Russia’s top diplomat Sergei…