France and Russia will create a bilateral forum for civil societies, French President Emmanuel Macron said after his meeting with President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. “We also wanted for our civil society representatives to have closer ties, a constructive dialogue and more exchanges. There already is such a mechanism between Germany and Russia. We would like to take…
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Merkel to visit Sochi
Germany’s Angela Merkel will visit Sochi, Russia, for talks on May 2 with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first bilateral visit since Maidan revolution in Ukraine and following sanctions over Crimea in 2014. The talks will be ‘pragmatic’ with no immediate prospect that Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis will be…
Tillerson’s visit as a glimpse of hope
Anna van Densky, OPINION The reception of State Secretary Rext Tillerson in Kremlin gives hope that the superpower leaders are prepared to assume their responsibilities towards global community, and stabilize the rapidly deteriorated US-Russia relations. The high expectations of Russians did not come true – the change of the administration did not bring a major…
Putin received Tillerson in Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin the head of the US State Department, Rex Tillerson, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who reported to the Russian president on the results of the joint negotiations according to press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov. However he declined to reveal the issues discussed during…
Kremlin: deplores US “agression” against Syria
President Putin “regards the strikes as aggression against a sovereign nation,” his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, noting that the president believes the strikes were carried out “in violation of international law, and also under an invented pretext.” Peskov also insisted that “the Syrian army doesn’t have chemical weapons,” saying this had been “observed and confirmed…
Terrorist act during Putin’s visit to St.Petersburg
In the metro of Petersburg on a ‘blue line’ there was a terrorist act. On the runway between the stations “Sennaya” and “Technological Institute” around 14:40 a self-made device exploded . Further, at the station “Ploshchad Vosstaniya” another device was found and neutralized. The explosion was carried out not by a suicide bomber, but most…
Putin postpones ‘direct line’
The ‘direct line’ with Vladimir Putin this year is likely to take place either to the Day of Russia on June 12, or to the Day of the Protection of Children on June 1, reports Kommersant newspaper, referring to its ‘close to the Kremlin’ sources. In the Kremlin, the late date has been explained by…
Only 30% of Russians support Putin
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…
#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…
Navalny conviction means Putin forever?
Anna van Densky COMMENT: Barring of Russian politician, and fighter against corruption, Alexei Navalny turns next year presidential elections into a soap a long time before it starts. The powerful opponent of Vladimir Putin is out of the race, so Kremlin can be sure there will no unpleasant surprises while opening of ballot boxes….
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