Tag: #Kremlin
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Russia court sentences Kremlin critic Navalny to nine years in prison
A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to nine years in prison on fraud charges, in a ruling that will keep President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent opponent out of active politics for years ahead
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U.S President Biden says Russia’s Putin is ‘war criminal’
U.S President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he believes Russia’s Vladimir Putin “is a war criminal” for his attacks on Ukraine
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Foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine arrive in Turkey for face-to-face talks
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine have arrived in Turkey for face-to-face talks set for Thursday morning, officials said, in the first high-level contact between the two sides since Moscow invaded its ex-Soviet neighbour
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Ukraine accuses Russia of attacking children’s hospital
Hours before the attack, Ukraine’s foreign minister warned that 3,000 children in the city were without access to food or medicine
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Police detain more than 2,000 people at anti-war protests held in cities across Russia
Police detained more than 2,000 people at anti-war protests held in 48 cities across Russia as people defied the authorities to show their anger over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Putin blames Kyiv for escalation in east Ukraine but says diplomaticy needs to intensify
Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Kyiv for a military escalation in east Ukraine in a call with French leader Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, but said diplomatic efforts to find a resolution needed to intensify.
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Russia bans Deutsche Welle in response to Berlin’s ban on Russian RT
Russia has said it is closing the Moscow bureau of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and revoking staff accreditations in Russia, in response to Berlin’s ban on the German-language channel of Russian state TV network RT
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Turkey’s President visits Kyiv to set stage for summit aimed at avoiding war in Ukraine
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Kyiv on Thursday in a bid to set the stage for a three-way summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin aimed at avoiding war in Ukraine.
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US to send additional troops to Eastern Europe amid Ukraine tensions
The Pentagon says amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the US is sending 2,000 additional troops to Europe and redeploying another 1,000 from Germany to Romania
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Kremlin says US-Russia ties are at low ebb as tensions on Ukraine rise
The Kremlin called the state of US-Russian relations “lamentable” on the eve of a video call between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden