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Thousands of workers mark May DayUSA TODAYAs many as 2 million people were expected to be on hand for the event organized by Russian labor unions, which are mostly loyal to the Kremlin. The parade was led by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and around 100, 000 people took part. BERLIN. and more …read more Source: … Read more
ReutersBP’s Chief Executive Bob Dudley also visited Moscow earlier this month and said the company was “rock solid” with its investment in the country, where it owns a fifth of the Kremlin’s national oil champion Rosneft. However, investors are increasingly …Ukraine crisis needs peaceful solution, Putin and Cameron agreeThe Daily StarPutin, Cameron agree “peaceful means” … Read more
Valley NewsAs Yekaterina Kravtsova of the Moscow Times put it, “The move to oust Durov is widely seen as part of a wider campaign by the Kremlin to tighten its grip on the Internet, and observers said the authorities aimed to ‘cleanse’ the management of Russian …Google warning on Russia prescient as Putin squeezes webConcord … Read more
Moscow to revive Red Square May Day paradeHometownlife.comAs many as 2 million people may be on hand for the event organized by Russian labor unions, which are mostly loyal to the Kremlin. But Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, whose City Hall approved the measure, assured that it would not be a return to Soviet … and … Read more
Moscow to revive Red Square May Day paradeUSA TODAYAs many as 2 million people may be on hand for the event organized by Russian labor unions, which are mostly loyal to the Kremlin. But Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, whose City Hall approved the measure, assured that it would not be a return to Soviet … … Read more
The IndependentThe author had “always been amazed” by the Kremlin from her first trip to Russia at the age of 18. “Going from the then ghastly Soviet airport, everything in Moscow was grey and cold and hard,” she said. “Suddenly in the middle of the city were these … and more …read more Source: Moscow … Read more
Putin, Cameron agree “peaceful means” only way out of Ukraine crisis – KremlinThomson Reuters FoundationMOSCOW, April 30 (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister David Cameron, in a phone call on Wednesday, agreed the Ukrainian crisis can only be solved through “peaceful means”, the Kremlin said in a statement. and more …read … Read more
ReutersMOSCOW, April 30 (Reuters) – Oil majors are beginning to grow cool on new projects in Russia as U.S. and EU sanctions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine make investment increasingly risky and after the Kremlin’s threat to review the West’s role in Russia …Plunging ruble sends Rosneft profit down 14%The West AustralianEU, US sanctions on … Read more
NDTVThe bunker tour can seem rather like current statements emanating from the Kremlin: a jumble of jingoism, nationalism and preaching about the benefits of ensuring peace through international law. The guide allowed children sitting at old consoles to … and more …read more Source: Moscow Kremlin News From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie … Read more
Live cross: 7 individuals, 17 companies close to Kremlin targetedCCTVThe United States and European Union have launched fresh sanctions against Russia for its alleged actions in Ukraine. The U.S. measures, including asset freezes and travel visa bans, will impact seven Russian individuals and 17 companies close to the … and more …read more Source: Moscow … Read more
Amid a Revived East-West Chill, Cold War Relics Draw New InterestNew York TimesThe bunker tour can seem rather like current statements emanating from the Kremlin: a jumble of jingoism, nationalism and preaching about the benefits of ensuring peace through international law. The guide allowed children sitting at old consoles to … and more …read more … Read more
The AustralianIn the explosive recording, the US secretary of state accuses Russia of behaving like a rogue state, and declares that members of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle are unhappy with the Kremlin’s approach. He lays bare the depths of his …Live cross: 7 individuals, 17 companies close to Kremlin targetedCCTVKremlin Threatens ‘Painful’ Response to … Read more
The AustralianIn the explosive recording, the US secretary of state accuses Russia of behaving like a rogue state, and declares that members of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle are unhappy with the Kremlin’s approach. He lays bare the depths of his …Live cross: 7 individuals, 17 companies close to Kremlin targetedCCTVKremlin Threatens ‘Painful’ Response to … Read more
The Times (subscription)In the explosive recording Mr Kerry, the US secretary of state, accuses Russia of behaving like a rogue state, and declares that members of President Putin’s inner circle are unhappy with the Kremlin’s approach. He lays bare the depths of his … …read more Source: Moscow Kremlin News From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie … Read more
U-T San DiegoIn contrast, the European Union has mainly targeted smaller players, but ones linked closely to the Kremlin’s unilateral annexation of Crimea or the still simmering unrest in Ukraine’s east. The reasons are economic, legal and political. For one thing …Putin says sanctions could hurt Western energy firms in RussiaChannel News AsiaEuropean Union Adds … Read more
In The Revival Of Russia’s Empire The KGB Never Stopped Pulling StringsForbesNary a word about the Kremlin’s own culpability for generating the threats in the first place, real and imagined. Reporting from Putin’s invasion of Georgia in 2008, I spent time in Stalin’s birthplace Gori, then under Russian occupation. The invading … …read more Source: … Read more
Channel News AsiaThe European Union said it was adding 15 names to its own list. The US also warned it would target specific sectors of the Russian economy if the tens of thousands of troops the Kremlin has ordered to the border actually invade Ukraine. But late Monday …Russia assures US it won’t invade UkraineNew … Read more
New US sanctions target Russian officials and companiesBBC NewsAlexei Pushkov, who heads the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee and often speaks for the Kremlin to English-language broadcasters is also on the list, as are the deputy prime minister who was in charge of the Sochi Winter Olympics and the … …read more Source: Moscow Kremlin … Read more
The New Indian ExpressThe Kremlin vowed it would deliver a “painful” response to the sanctions imposed on 17 Russian businesses and seven individuals including Igor Sechin, the boss of the Russian oil giant, Rosneft, which is 20 per cent owned by BP. As the share price of …A who’s who of Putin’s friends hit by … Read more
With Pavel Durov Out, Users Of VKontake React To Kremlin Control Of ‘Russia’s …International Business Times“The government-friendly oligarchs wouldn’t be trying to get it under their control” if the Kremlin was not planning a social media clampdown. Duval also announced on April 16 that late in 2013, he had been asked by the FSB, Russia’s … Read more
Irish ExaminerIn George Kennan’s celebrated 1946 “long telegram”, the diplomat and scholar explained why Russia’s conduct was so often duplicitous. Kennan might well have been writing about Putin when he laid out the West’s problems with the Kremlin leaders’ …Could the Latest US Sanctions Hit a Nerve With Putin?National Journal all 28 news articles …read … Read more
Wall Street JournalThe U.S. and European Union imposed more sanctions on Russia Monday, and both the ruble and Moscow stock index rallied, the latter up 1.5%. The markets didn’t take this response to the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine seriously, and neither will Vladimir Putin.US, EU hit Russia with new sanctions over UkraineWashington PostUS, EU slap … Read more
The San Luis Obispo TribuneMOSCOW — The seven people from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle targeted with U.S. sanctions on Monday include men who have helped Putin restore Kremlin control over Russia’s economy and its political system. They have been tasked …Putin’s oil tsar emerged from shadows to wield vast powerReuters all 156 news … Read more
Bahrain News AgencyMoscow, Apr 28 (BNA) — His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, today paid a visit to the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow, where he toured several sites … and more …read more Source: Moscow Kremlin News From Google News … Read more
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) – When Vladimir Putin brought Igor Sechin out of the shadows and into the Kremlin 14 years ago, Russian newspapers said they had no photographs of him and alluded to his behind-the-scenes influence by calling him Darth Vadar.Rosneft chairman added to US sanctions listThe GuardianIgor Sechin: Russia’s second most powerful manFinancial Times all … Read more
Reuters Blogs (blog)In George Kennan’s celebrated 1946 “long telegram,” the diplomat and scholar explained why Russia’s conduct was so often duplicitous. Kennan might well have been writing about Putin when he laid out the West’s problems with the Kremlin leaders’ …Russia seeks Eurasian hegemony, with Germany’s helpAl Jazeera AmericaRussia not pursuing Cold War in Mideast … Read more
The Moscow TimesWhile reviving many aspects of the Soviet Union, President Vladimir Putin’s regime has avoided one of the most odious of all Soviet practices: state-sponsored anti-Semitism. There are no Soviet-style hidden quotas for jobs or universities and no …Trudy Rubin | A veiled threat to Ukrainian JewsCentre Daily TimesAnti-Semitic fliers out of RussiaWinnipeg Free … Read more
Daily BeastBut the denunciations fit into a pattern that’s important to the confrontation between Vladimir Putin’s KGB-rooted Kremlin and the West. United Russia parliament member Sergei Fyodorov sees the upheaval of vast economic restructuring and growing … …read more Source: Moscow Kremlin News From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” is … Read more
The Moscow TimesThe legislation, under which offenders face up to five years in prison, has prompted renewed allegations that the Kremlin is imposing a state ideology and rooting out alternative opinions. Critics claim the law is only the most overt strategy of this … and more …read more Source: Moscow Kremlin News From Google News … Read more
As West plans more Russia sanctions, insurgents hold military observers in …The Globe and MailAs Western governments vowed to impose more sanctions against Russia and its supporters in eastern Ukraine, a group of foreign military observers remained in captivity Saturday accused of being NATO spies by a pro-Russian insurgency. The German-led … …read more Source: … Read more
Sanctions revive search for secret Putin fortuneThe Globe and MailAnd yet, some have drawn attention to what appear to be expensive watches on his wrist and the construction of a seaside palace that the Kremlin denied was being built for Putin. Some argue that Putin may want money, or the appearance of it, because it … Read more
The Voice of RussiaMoscow is taking steps to free the international military observers working for OSCE which were allegedly detained by the pro-federalization protesters near the Ukraine’s eastern city of Slavyansk, said a statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry …Putin, Obama still in dialogue: KremlinXinhuaUkraine blames Moscow for ‘human shield’ detentions in eastReuters all 10,083 … Read more
Daily BeastBut as the U.S. and EU prepare to unveil new sanctions against Russia, Putin has decided the interactions should stop. The Kremlin has ended high-level contact with the Obama administration, according to diplomatic officials and sources close to the …European Firms Seek to Minimize Russia SanctionsNew York TimesBaird says Kremlin has lost touch with … Read more
Kyiv PostSince the current crisis began in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied that Moscow has a hand in events there. The Kremlin strives to portray the actions of pro-Russian insurgents as a purely local response to …Baird says Kremlin out of touch with reality for accusing West of plottingTheChronicleHerald.ca all 8,393 … Read more
Deployment of int’l forces in Ukraine not option: Kremlin aideShanghai Daily (subscription)Commenting on Friday’s phone conversation between President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the two leaders have omitted that topic. “There’s no word about that,” he told reporters, adding he was not …Putin, Merkel call for gas talks … Read more