Tag: Russia
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Presidency lists takeaways from President Buhari’s visit to Russia
President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria on Friday after his four-day visit to the Russian Republic. Trending: Patience Jonathan takes her 54th birthday anniversary to night-club [Watch her trending dance video] Patience Jonathan takes her 54th birthday anniversary to night-club [Watch her trending dance video] According to his Spokesman, Garba Shehu, who highlighted the takeaways…
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FULL TEXT: Buhari’s speech at Russia-Africa summit
STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE FIRST RUSSIA-AFRICA SUMMIT IN SOCHI, RUSSIAN FEDERATION 24TH OCTOBER, 2019 PROTOCOLS: I am delighted to participate in this first and historic Russia-Africa Summit. I thank our chief host, His Excellency Vladimir Putin, President of the Russia Federation for this important…
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Russia ready to compete for cooperation with Africa – Putin
On October 23-24, Sochi will host the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum. Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with TASS has shared his expectations of this unprecedented top-level, full-fledged summit, warned of the risk of economic confrontation between major powers on the continent and spoke about the scale of military-technical and humanitarian assistance to…
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Buhari off to Sochi for Russia-Africa Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari will today depart Abuja for Sochi, Russia, to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding from October 23 to 26. The summit focuses on exploring and expanding opportunities in security, trade and investment, science and technology, and gas production, according to a statement yesterday by Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,…
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Buhari, governors, ministers depart Abuja for Russia today
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja today to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia. The summit which begins on October 23rd will end on the 25th. It will focus on exploring and expanding opportunities in security, trade and investment, science and technology, and gas production between Russia and African nations. During the summit,…
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Flash flood kills two who refuse to leave home
Two residents of a small rural town in the Siberian region of Irkutsk were killed in a flash flood after they refused to leave their family’s home, authorities said on Friday. Torrential rains in the region have caused several tributaries of the Angara river to overflow, resulting in severe flooding. Thousands of residents have had…
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Russia bans oil exports to Ukraine
Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, on Thursday said Russia has banned exports of oil and petroleum products to Ukraine, as well as certain Ukrainian imports. Relations between the former Soviet neighbours have been at an all-time low since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region in retaliation for Kiev ousting its Kremlin-backed president. Medvedev cast…
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Russia wants Facebook, Twitter to localize users database
Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom watchdog, has said it will punish Facebook and Twitter if they decline to move the database of Russian users to Russia. Roskomnadzor head, Alexander Zharov was quoted to have said this on Tuesday. “The companies will either have to localize the databases within a certain period of time, which I suppose…
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Russia moves to isolate itself from global internet
Russia’s Lower House of Parliament on Tuesday gave tentative approval to draft legislation for the country to instate measures to isolate itself from the global internet. The bill is intended to better position the country to fend off potential cyberattacks from abroad, particularly from the United States, the legislature said in a statement. The concept…
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Mourinho takes a tumble at Russian ice hockey game
Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho took a nasty tumble at an ice hockey game outside Moscow on Monday, drawing gasps and laughs after performing a ceremonial puck drop. Mourinho, who was sacked by Manchester United in December, made the first puck drop of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) game. They will also be between…