Tag: Russia
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US sanctions Russian bank over North Korea transaction
The United States Treasury on Friday sanctioned Russia’s Agrosoyuz Commercial Bank for allegedly facilitating a financial transaction on behalf of a North Korean official involved in the country’s nuclear programme. “Today’s action targets a Russian bank for knowingly facilitating a significant transaction on behalf of an individual designated for weapons of mass destruction-related activities in…
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Monaco sign Chelsea target Golovin from CSKA Moscow
Monaco have signed Russia midfielder Aleksandr Golovin from CSKA Moscow on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Golovin was linked with Premier League side Chelsea but has completed a move to France two weeks before the start of the 2018-19 Ligue 1 season. “This is a new adventure for me,” said the 22-year-old. Golovin…
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2018 World Cup: 75 Nigerian football fans abscond in Russia – Official
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says 75 out of 230 stranded Nigerian Football fans absconded in Russia after the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The ministry’s Spokesperson, Tope Elias-Fatile, told newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja that the fans absconded in spite of government’s efforts to repatriate them. Mr Fatile said 230 stranded Nigerian football fans were…
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Russian club deny racism after cancelling deal for black player
Russian third-tier side Torpedo Moscow have cancelled plans to sign defender Erving Botaka-Yobama – denying that they have done so because he is black. Torpedo faced fan protests after announcing the signing of Botaka-Yobama – who is Russian and Congolese descent – last Saturday. The club said the deal for the 19-year-old, a former Torpedo…
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Trump expects big results from meeting with Putin
U.S President Donald Trump said Wednesday he got on well with Russian President Vladimir Putin at their summit in Finland and “big results will come”. “So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki. “Putin and I discussed many important subjects at our earlier meeting. We got along…
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Putin-Trump did not address issue of anti-Moscow sanctions – Russian envoy
The issue of the U.S. sanctions against Russia was not raised at the Helsinki summit between President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, the sides discussed economic cooperation, Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov said on Wednesday. “The issue of sanctions as such was not discussed. The part of talks which I…
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Buhari orders repatriation of Nigerians stranded in Russia
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to commence the process of repatriating Nigerians who travelled to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and got stranded in the country after the competition. Recall that the soccer fans were stranded in…
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Russia to keep visa-free entry for football fans till end of 2018 – Putin
Russia will provide visa-free entrance to the country for football fans with fan IDs until the end of 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “I think that we will provide visa-free entrance to Russia for foreign fans, who currently have fan IDs, until the end of 2018. This will be a multiple entry visa-free regime,”…
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BREAKING: Croatia shatter Russia’s World Cup dream to qualify for semi-final
Croatia beat Russia 4-3 on penalties on Saturday to set up a World Cup semi-final against England after a dramatic match full of twists and turns. The teams were locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes and remained locked – though at 2-2 – after extra time, before being forced into a shootout. Russia and Croatia…