A genuine poll launched by a Russian journalist Dimitry Smirnov showed 70% of participants refused to vote for the incumbent president Vladimir Putin if asked to drop off a ballot today. The Twitter poll organized by Dmitry Smirnov, a journalist from Kremlin pool – a special correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda (www.kp.ru) – one of the…
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May: Brexit with as ‘little disruption’ as possible
“New partnership between the UK and the EU that works for us all,” – has declared the prime minister Theresa May as a target of two-year Brexit negotiations with the EU in her historic speech in the Parliament. She wowed to get “a right deal for everyone in this country,” working for both “rich and…
UK breaks away from EU
Prime Minister Theresa May will file formal Brexit request on Wednesday, 29 of March 2017, fulfilling the wish people enshrined in the referendum on the UK membership in the European Union. Nine months after Britons voted to leave, May will notify EU Council President Donald Tusk in a letter that the UK really is quitting…
Is Medvedev aware Russian people demand his resignation?
Russian social media is guessing if prime minister Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) is aware of what happens in the country, while skiing amid a massive anti-corruption protests demanding his resignation. “How was your day?” an Instagram user identified as inspiridonoff messaged Medvedev within hours after Russia saw its largest nationwide demonstrations in years, underscored by calls…
Navalny jailed due to prosecutorial misconduct
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 15 days in prison after being detained at a major opposition protest that he had inspired by issuing a video exposing an outstanding wealth of the incumbent Russia’s prime minister Dmitry Medvedev in a trial many experts access as a ‘prosecutorial misconduct’ to jail a political opponent of…
President Abbas visits Brussels
“…I re-expressed to the President what I often express publicly, also recently, the strong European Union’s opposition to the Israeli settlement policy and demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures. The European Union considers settlements to be illegal under international law and this also has not changed in our policy, “- the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini said,…
Navalny with hundreds of Russians detained for anti-corruption protest
Police detained anticorruption activist Aleksei Navalny (pictured) as thousands rallied, and dozens were arrested, in cities across Russia in some of the larger public demonstrations the country has seen in years. People protesting in St. Petersburg's Palace Square in 1917 and today, chanting "Down with the Tsar!" pic.twitter.com/hGj5EwO40S — THEY/THEMARS 🇺🇦 #ArmUkraineNow (@Mortis_Banned) March 26,…
Russians unite in anti-corruption protests
Anticorruption protests led by Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny have begun in Russia’s Far East and Siberia. (Photo: demonstration in Novosibirsk) Наиболее многочисленные акции к этому часу прошли в Новосибирске, Иркутске, Красноярске, Владивостокеhttps://t.co/0aRvkXbqUe pic.twitter.com/v4WhzIyAmK — Медиазона (@mediazzzona) March 26, 2017 In Vladivostok, police detained at least 30 people. Local Russian media outlets reported that around…
Rome: Juncker calls for solidarity
“…It is now exactly 60 years ago that the Treaties of Rome – signed in this very room – sealed our Union forevermore. It is a Union that rose from the ashes of two world wars, shaped by the hands and by the iron will of those who had returned from battlefields and concentration camps…
#Marine for partnership with Kremlin in fight against terrorism
“First of all, it is necessary to establish co-operation between France and Russia, both in the field of culture and trade. The same applies to strategic partnership in many areas — in particular, the fight against terrorism and energy,”- the leader of Front National, and candidate for presidency Marine Le Pen said to Russia today TV channel, while visiting Moscow. Vladimir Putin met with…
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