Contents tagged with Putin
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Merkel promises to discuss release of Ukrainian sailors with Putin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel assured Ukraine of solidarity in the conflict with Russia and promised to discuss the issue of respecting the rights of Ukraine in the Kerch Strait with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in the capital of Argentina, Deutsche Welle reports.
According to Merkel, Kyiv should “act smart.” She noted that it would be impossible to solving the Ukrainian-Russian conflict by military means. "The conflict in Ukraine can be solved through dialogue only,” …
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Kremlin: Putin is ready for new contacts with Trump
The Kremlin regrets the decision of the US administration to cancel the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov told reporters, TASS reported.
“We regret the decision of the US administration to cancel the meeting between the two presidents to be held in Buenos Aires,” he said. Peskov said that this situation postponed the discussion of serious international and bilateral issues “ …
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Putin calls the seizure of Ukrainian ships in Kerch Strait a 'small incident'
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of the armed clash near the Kerch Strait on November 25, 2018, Interfax reported.
“As for the incident in the Black Sea, this was indeed a provocation organized by the current [Ukrainian] government, including the current president ahead of the presidential elections which will be held in Ukraine next March,” Putin said at the "Russia Calling!" investment forum.
“A small incident in the Black Sea and martial law was introduced. It is obviously …
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Erdogan speaks with Putin after the conversation with Ukrainian President Poroshenko
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin during which the parties discussed the situation in the Black Sea region, stated the Kremlin’s website. Turkey initiated the talks.
The Kremlin stated that Erdogan and Putin exchanged their views regarding the incident in the Kerch Strait where Russia captured three Ukrainian ships and twenty-four sailors. "In the context of the dangerous incident in the region of the Kerch Strait …
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President Poroshenko tried to talk with Putin after Ukrainian ships were seized by Russia
President Petro Poroshenko stated that after the Russian border guards captured Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait, he tried to hold a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, there was no response from the Russian side.
“I requested a conversation with the Russian President Putin at night, but we did not receive an answer,” Poroshenko said in an interview with Ukrainian television channels on Tuesday evening.
The Ukrainian President also said that because of …
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Media uncovers ties between Wagner private military company and Putin’s chef
The BBC Russian service has found a connection between the Wagner private military company (PMC) and the businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is also known as “Putin’s Chef”.
Megaline, a company affiliated with Prigozhin, built a chapel in Russia’s Rostov province to commemorate the Russian volunteers who died in Syria. It has also built a number of facilities for the Defense Ministry, including a small military town in the region of the Belgorod province bordering with Ukraine.
The company …
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Ukrainian President: Putin’s visits will not make Crimea Russian
Commenting on Putin’s trip to Crimea for an extensive meeting of the State Council Presidium of the Russian Federation Ukrainian, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated that Putin’s visits to Crimea will not make the peninsular Russian.
“We consider these Russian president’s visits as a gross violation of international law. I would like to emphasize separately that these visits - and I hope they hear us in Russia – will not make Crimea Russian. Crimea is Ukraine. It was and always will be, …
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Putin visits annexed Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the annexed Crimea to have a number of working meetings and take part in a meeting of the State Council Presidium, reported press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
“The president will most likely stay longer here to hold a number of meetings with the members of the government, deputy prime ministers, and the leadership of the Kremlin administration,” the Russian news agency TASS quoted Peskov.
He added that after this kind of meetings, " …
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Russia considers changing conditions for use of nuclear weapons
Participants in the round table of the Russian Federation Council’s Defense and Security Committee have advised the Russian Security Council to update its conditions for the use of nuclear weapons, Deutsche Welle reports, citing the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
“The interdepartmental commission of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on military security proposes that the following matters be considered: the drafting of a new version of ‘Basis of the Russian Federation’s policy …
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Russian National Guard buys laser weapons to disperse protests
The Russian National Guard will soon have laser weapons at its disposal. According to a report by Open Media and RBC based on current state procurements, the Russian Guard is purchasing laser emitters which can deafen and blind people. The non-lethal systems will be mounted on GAZelle vehicles and colored “mouse-gray” at the client’s request. The laser emitters can create “acoustic pressure” which exceeds the human pain threshold. At 10 meters, the volume is an ear-splitting 135 dB.
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