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Armenia holds drills with US amid rift with Russia
AFP, Published on 12/09/2023
» YEREVAN - The United States and Armenia opened military drills on Monday, the latest sign of Yerevan drifting from Moscow's orbit as Russia's invasion of Ukraine reshapes post-Soviet relations.
Dutch court backs squatters in Russian tycoon's mansion
AFP, Published on 26/11/2022
» AMSTERDAM: The elegant house overlooking Amsterdam's iconic Vondelpark would fit in nicely with its neighbouring dwellings, were it not for the huge anti-war banners draped down the outside.
New US sanctions target Russia's pro-Putin oligarchs
AFP, Published on 04/03/2022
» WASHINGTON - The United States imposed sanctions on the ultra-wealthy Russian oligarchs at the heart of President Vladimir Putin's regime Thursday in the latest ratcheting up of pressure on the Kremlin to halt its invasion of Ukraine.
Navalny allies plan fresh protests despite crackdown
AFP, Published on 31/01/2021
» MOSCOW: Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny prepared for a fresh round of anti-government demonstrations on Sunday despite authorities ramping up pressure on the opposition with arrests and criminal probes.
Russian billionaire Arkady says he owns 'Putin palace'
AFP, Published on 31/01/2021
» MOSCOW - Billionaire and Vladimir Putin ally Arkady Rotenberg Saturday said he owns a Black Sea coast property that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says costs over $1.5 billion and belongs to the Russian president.
The online battle for the truth
AFP, Published on 12/07/2018
» PARIS: False information is saturating political debate worldwide and undermining an already weak level of trust in the media and institutions, spreading further than ever on powerful social networks.
Kiev seeks to reassure West over faked journo murder
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» KIEV: Ukrainian law enforcement chiefs on Friday met Western diplomats to brief them on Kiev's decision to stage a contract-style killing of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, which has prompted widespread criticism.
Franco-Romanian precedent for Babchenko faux death
AFP, Published on 31/05/2018
» PARIS - The staged "murder" of anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko has stunned observers and enraged Russia after Ukraine accused Moscow of plotting his assassination in a stunt which actually has a precedent.
Ukraine staged fake murder of journalist
AFP, Published on 31/05/2018
» KIEV: "Murdered" anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko appeared alive and well at a press conference in Kiev on Wednesday as Ukraine admitted it had faked his death to expose an alleged Russian plot to kill him.
Russia plays down stability risk from US sanctions
AFP, Published on 10/04/2018
» MOSCOW - Russia's central bank on Tuesday sought to reassure the public after new US sanctions prompted a market collapse and plunge in the ruble's value, insisting there was no threat to financial stability and that the bank was ready to act if necessary.