Tag: Russia
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Putin reacts angrily to Biden’s ‘killer’ comments
The Kremlin has reacted angrily to US President Joe Biden’s remarks that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is “a killer,” calling the comment unprecedented and describing the relationship between the two countries as “very bad.” In an interview with ABC that aired Wednesday, Biden said Putin “will pay a price” for his efforts to undermine the…
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I think Putin is a killer – Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden has agreed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “killer,” adding that he will “pay” for interfering in the 2020 presidential election in an ABC News interview that aired Wednesday. His pre-taped remarks aired after the U.S. intelligence community’s first assessment of foreign interference in the campaign. The report said Putin…
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Russia sues Google, Facebook, Twitter for not deleting protest content
Russian authorities are suing five social media platforms for allegedly failing to delete posts urging children to take part in illegal protests, the Interfax news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday. Twitter, Google, Facebook each have three cases against them, with each violation punishable by a fine of up to 4 million…
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Russia accuses Twitter of breaking law by failing to delete content
Russia’s communications regulator accused Twitter on Monday of violating Russian law, saying the social media platform had not complied with some of its requests to delete banned content. Roskomnadzor said Twitter had failed to delete 2,862 posts containing material linked to suicide, pornography and drugs since 2017. It could be fined heavily if found guilty…
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Navalny arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has been detained at Sheremetyevo airport near Moscow, according to a post on Navalny’s Telegram channel. He was detained while going through passport control, according to the post. Navalny’s plane from Berlin was originally due to land at Vnukovo airport on Sunday evening but diverted to Sheremetyevo at the last minute,…
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Navalny leaves Berlin on flight to Moscow despite threat of arrest
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Sunday left Berlin on a flight to Moscow, where authorities have threatened to arrest him upon arrival. Russian security forces detained several of Navalny’s supporters at the Vnukovo airport near Moscow ahead of his arrival, according to a dpa reporter on the scene. Those detained include a close collaborator of…
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Russia slams U.S. electoral system as ‘archaic’ in wake of Capitol riot
A spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry has described the U.S. electoral system as “archiac” in the wake of the storming of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington by supporters of Donald Trump. “We are again drawing attention to the fact that the U.S. electoral system is archaic, it does not meet today’s democratic standards,” ministry…
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Defiant Trump: World leaders react to embarrassing chaos in U.S. Capitol, attempts to overturn election
Police in the U.S. Capitol responded with drawn guns and tear gas as hundreds of protesters stormed in and sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump’s election loss shortly after some of Trump’s fellow Republicans launched a last-ditch effort to throw out the results. Here are reactions from around the world: SWEDEN Swedish…
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U.S.-Russia rivalry will continue under Biden, says Russian lawmaker
Senior Russian lawmaker, Konstantin Kosachev, says there will be no breakthroughs in the U.S.-Russia relations under President-Elect Joe Biden as Washington’s military and political rivalry with Moscow will continue. Kosachev, who is the chairman of the Russian upper house’s foreign affairs committee, made the remarks to Sputnik on Tuesday. Biden was on Monday confirmed as…
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U.S. govt faces cyber attack linked to Russia
Hackers have been targeting the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments and other government agencies, according to media reports on Sunday. National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot told dpa “the U.S. government is aware of these reports and we are taking all necessary steps to identify and address potential issues related to this situation.” The Department…